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megalophobia

megalophobia noun: the fear of large objects.

Noun

megalophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of large objects.
    • Because megalophobia itself isn't treated as a standalone distinct condition by psychiatrists, it means there isn't any formal data on how common it is. […] If you have megalophobia, the mere sight of a large object immediately triggers in you intense anxiety, and possibly panic, out of all...2023 February 6, Christian Jarrett, “Megalophobia: Humanity's bizarre fear of large objects, explained by a psychologist”, in BBC Science Focus, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2024

Origin of megalophobia

From megalo- + -phobia.

Questions about megalophobia

What does megalophobia mean?
Megalophobia means the fear of large objects.
What part of speech is megalophobia?
Megalophobia is a noun.

Words near megalophobia in the dictionary

  1. megalopenis
  2. megalopenises
  3. megalophallic
  4. megalophallus
  5. megalophalluses
  6. megalophobia
  7. megalophonous
  8. megalopic
  9. megalopid
  10. megalopids
  11. megalopoleis

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