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phasmophobia

phasmophobia noun: the fear of ghosts/supernatural beings.

Noun

phasmophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of ghosts/supernatural beings.
    • He also suffered from hypsophobia, a certain fear of elevated places, and the typical scotophobia and phasmophobia associated with churches, graveyards and solitary places in the dark of night.2008, E a Bucchianeri, Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World, volume 2, page 55

phasmophobia meaning in Tamil

phasmophobia in Tamil

பேய் வெருளி

Origin of phasmophobia

From Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma) + -phobia.

Questions about phasmophobia

What does phasmophobia mean?
Phasmophobia means the fear of ghosts/supernatural beings.
What is phasmophobia in Tamil?
Phasmophobia in Tamil is பேய் வெருளி. See Phasmophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phasmophobia?
Phasmophobia is a noun.

Words near phasmophobia in the dictionary

  1. phasmatodean
  2. phasmatodeans
  3. phasmid
  4. phasmidic
  5. phasmids
  6. phasmophobia
  7. phasmophobic
  8. phasms
  9. phasogram
  10. phasograms
  11. phasome

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