photophobia
photophobia noun: excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light; abnormal fear of light.
Noun (1)
photophobia (usually uncountable, plural photophobias)
- Excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light; abnormal fear of light.
Noun (2)
photophobia (uncountable)
- An aversion to or fear of being photographed, the dissemination of personal photographs, or viewing photographs.
- Photophobia was the latest affliction of Afghan officialdom—by contagion, probably, from Persia which tries to nip in the bud pictures that show her not yet entirely modern.1947, Ella K. Maillart, The Cruel Way: Switzerland to Afghanistan in a Ford, 1939, University of Chicago Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 152
- Craig Armstrong doesn't want to be photographed. His record company wouldn't like it, he says, and besides he has flu so he looks a little puffy. So "orders" and vanity combine to stop the shoot, due to take place in a trendy bar in Glasgow's West End.
The cynic may see alternative reasons for the...1998 April 2, Barry Didcock, “How to score with Madonna (or U2 or Leonard DiCaprio)”, in The Scotsman
photophobia meaning in Tamil
photophobia in Tamil
- ஒளியைப் பற்றிய அதிக அச்சம், ஒளி கண்டு ஒதுங்குதல், ஒளி அச்சம்
Forms of photophobia
| plural | photophobias |
|---|---|
| alternative form | photophobism |
Origin of photophobia
From photo- + -phobia.
From photo (“photograph”) + -phobia.
Words that rhyme with photophobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
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- xenophobia
- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- arachnophobia
- astraphobia
- astrophobia
- aviatophobia
- aviophobia
- bacillophobia
- batrachophobia
- botanophobia
- brontophobia
- bryobia
- cacophobia
- cancerphobia
- carcinophobia
- claustrophobia
- clinophobia
- clithrophobia
- coulrophobia
- cynophobia
- decidophobia
- emetophobia
- epistolophobia
- erotophobia
- eurotophobia
- gephyrophobia
- graphophobia
- gymnophobia
- gynophobia
- heliophobia
- hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
Questions about photophobia
- What does photophobia mean?
- Photophobia means excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light; abnormal fear of light.
- What is photophobia in Tamil?
- Photophobia in Tamil is ஒளியைப் பற்றிய அதிக அச்சம், ஒளி கண்டு ஒதுங்குதல், ஒளி அச்சம். See Photophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is photophobia?
- Photophobia is a noun.
- What is the plural of photophobia?
- The plural of photophobia is photophobias.
Words near photophobia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: photophobia (page history and authors); photophobia (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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