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menophobia

menophobia noun: the fear of menopause.

Noun

menophobia (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The fear of menopause.
    • Until her courageous effort, Sheehy suggests, menopause was a word seldom uttered aloud, certainly not in mixed company. She attributes this silence to "menophobia," fear of menopause.1992 May 14, Bettyann Kevles, book review, Los Angeles Times
    • Therefore, in this book, we have chosen to talk not just about menopause, but about independent, intelligent, menophobia-free aging — aging with dignity.1995, Patricia J. Richter, Roger Duvivier, Midlife, Madness, or Menopause: Does Anyone Know What's Normal?, Chronimed Publishing, →ISBN, page 1

menophobia meaning in Tamil

menophobia in Tamil

மாதவிடாய் வெருளி

Origin of menophobia

From meno- + -phobia.

Questions about menophobia

What does menophobia mean?
Menophobia means the fear of menopause.
What is menophobia in Tamil?
Menophobia in Tamil is மாதவிடாய் வெருளி. See Menophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is menophobia?
Menophobia is a noun.

Words near menophobia in the dictionary

  1. menopaused
  2. menopauses
  3. menopausing
  4. menophania
  5. menophilia
  6. menophobia
  7. menoplania
  8. menopome
  9. menopomes
  10. menoponid
  11. menoponids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: menophobia (page history and authors); menophobia (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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