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peladophobia

peladophobia noun: the fear of baldness or bald people.

Noun

peladophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of baldness or bald people.
    • Mention may also be made here to peladophobia, fear of baldness, particularly manifested in men. In the more severe cases of peladophobia, the social intercourse of the patient is much restricted, developing into what is virtually a phobia of society.1925, Transactions of the Section on Dermatology and Syphilology of the American Medical Association at the Annual Session, page 190
    • Andrew fears bald people (peladophobia). As a child, he inadvertently insulted a bald man in a grocery store and was promptly clapped on the ears by the old man and screamed at.2008, James Garner, Arthur H. Bell, Phobias and How to Overcome Them: Understanding and Beating Your Fears, Castle Books, →ISBN, page 105

peladophobia meaning in Tamil

peladophobia in Tamil

வழுக்கைத் தலையர் வெருளி

Origin of peladophobia

From Spanish pelado (“bald”) + -phobia. Peladofobia é um termo usado para descrever a suposta condição de medo atribuída a uma pessoa apelidada de “Mago” ou “Antonio”, caracterizada por uma aversão, desconforto ou reação exagerada diante de situações envolvendo falta de cabelo.

Questions about peladophobia

What does peladophobia mean?
Peladophobia means the fear of baldness or bald people.
What is peladophobia in Tamil?
Peladophobia in Tamil is வழுக்கைத் தலையர் வெருளி. See Peladophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is peladophobia?
Peladophobia is a noun.

Words near peladophobia in the dictionary

  1. pel
  2. Pel's fishing owl
  3. Pel's fishing owls
  4. pela
  5. pelado
  6. peladophobia
  7. pelados
  8. Pelaez
  9. Pelaezes
  10. pelage
  11. pelages

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