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onomatophobia

onomatophobia noun: the fear of hearing particular names or words.

Noun

onomatophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The fear of hearing particular names or words.
    • The focal point of onomatophobia is auditory cues or linguistic elements – which can trigger an overwhelming fear response.2024 December 11, Ayesha Ingham Folami, “What Is Onomatophobia?”, in Klarity

onomatophobia meaning in Tamil

onomatophobia in Tamil

பெயர் வெருளி, பெயரச்சம்

Origin of onomatophobia

From onomato- + -phobia.

Questions about onomatophobia

What does onomatophobia mean?
Onomatophobia means the fear of hearing particular names or words.
What is onomatophobia in Tamil?
Onomatophobia in Tamil is பெயர் வெருளி, பெயரச்சம். See Onomatophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is onomatophobia?
Onomatophobia is a noun.

Words near onomatophobia in the dictionary

  1. onomatope
  2. onomatopeia
  3. onomatopeias
  4. onomatopeic
  5. onomatopes
  6. onomatophobia
  7. onomatophore
  8. onomatophores
  9. onomatopies
  10. onomatopoeia
  11. onomatopoeiae

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