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parthenophobia

parthenophobia noun: an irrational fear of girls, especially virgins.

Noun

parthenophobia (uncountable)

  1. an irrational fear of girls, especially virgins

parthenophobia meaning in Tamil

parthenophobia in Tamil

பெண் அச்சம், பெண்களைக் கண்டால் அச்சம், பெண்கள் அச்சம்

Origin of parthenophobia

From parthen- (“virgin”) + -o- + -phobia (“fear”).

Questions about parthenophobia

What does parthenophobia mean?
Parthenophobia means an irrational fear of girls, especially virgins.
What is parthenophobia in Tamil?
Parthenophobia in Tamil is பெண் அச்சம், பெண்களைக் கண்டால் அச்சம், பெண்கள் அச்சம். See Parthenophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parthenophobia?
Parthenophobia is a noun.

Words near parthenophobia in the dictionary

  1. Parthenopean
  2. parthenophile
  3. parthenophiles
  4. parthenophilia
  5. parthenophilic
  6. parthenophobia
  7. parthenopid
  8. parthenopids
  9. Parthenos
  10. parthenospore
  11. parthenospores

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