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phonophobia

phonophobia noun: an unusual fear of sound, especially of speaking aloud or of one's own voice.

Noun

phonophobia (usually uncountable, plural phonophobias)

  1. (usually) An unusual fear of sound, especially of speaking aloud or of one's own voice.
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phonophobia meaning in Tamil

phonophobia in Tamil

ஒலி பற்றிய பீதி, ஒலி அச்சம்

Forms of phonophobia

pluralphonophobias

Origin of phonophobia

From phono- + -phobia.

Questions about phonophobia

What does phonophobia mean?
Phonophobia means an unusual fear of sound, especially of speaking aloud or of one's own voice.
What is phonophobia in Tamil?
Phonophobia in Tamil is ஒலி பற்றிய பீதி, ஒலி அச்சம். See Phonophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phonophobia?
Phonophobia is a noun.
What is the plural of phonophobia?
The plural of phonophobia is phonophobias.

Words near phonophobia in the dictionary

  1. phonopathy
  2. phonophile
  3. phonophiles
  4. phonophobe
  5. phonophobes
  6. phonophobia
  7. phonophobias
  8. phonophobic
  9. phonophore
  10. phonophores
  11. phonophoresis

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