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matrophobia

matrophobia noun: the fear of becoming like one's mother.

Noun

matrophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of becoming like one's mother.

matrophobia meaning in Tamil

matrophobia in Tamil

தாய் வெருளி

Origin of matrophobia

Coined by the poet Lynn Sukenick; equivalent to matri- + -phobia.

Questions about matrophobia

What does matrophobia mean?
Matrophobia means the fear of becoming like one's mother.
What is matrophobia in Tamil?
Matrophobia in Tamil is தாய் வெருளி. See Matrophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is matrophobia?
Matrophobia is a noun.

Words near matrophobia in the dictionary

  1. matronymic
  2. matronymically
  3. matronymics
  4. matronyms
  5. Matroosberg
  6. matrophobia
  7. matross
  8. matrosses
  9. matrotroph
  10. matrotrophic
  11. matrotrophs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matrophobia (page history and authors); matrophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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