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necrophobia

necrophobia noun: an abnormal fear of death or corpses.

Noun

necrophobia (uncountable)

  1. An abnormal fear of death or corpses.
    • Funerals are ten times worse with necrophobia in addition to grief.

necrophobia meaning in Tamil and Kannada

necrophobia in Tamil

இறப்பு அச்சம், பிண அச்சம்

necrophobia in Kannada

ಮರಣಭಯ, ಸಾವಿನ ಅಂಜಿಕೆ, ಸಾವಿನ ಹೆದರಿಕೆ, ಹೆಣದಭೀತಿ, ಶವಭಯ

Origin of necrophobia

From necro- + -phobia, by analogy with necrophilia.

Words that rhyme with necrophobia

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Questions about necrophobia

What does necrophobia mean?
Necrophobia means an abnormal fear of death or corpses.
What is necrophobia in Tamil?
Necrophobia in Tamil is இறப்பு அச்சம், பிண அச்சம். See Necrophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is necrophobia?
Necrophobia is a noun.

Words near necrophobia in the dictionary

  1. necrophilists
  2. necrophilous
  3. necrophily
  4. necrophobe
  5. necrophobes
  6. necrophobia
  7. necrophobic
  8. necrophore
  9. necrophores
  10. necrophoreses
  11. necrophoresis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: necrophobia (page history and authors); necrophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); necrophobia (Kannada 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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