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pittakionophobia

pittakionophobia noun: the abnormal and irrational fear of stickers, sticky labels and (sometimes, also) adhesive materials such as glue.

Noun

pittakionophobia (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The abnormal and irrational fear of stickers, sticky labels and (sometimes, also) adhesive materials such as glue.
    • Among the most common phobias are those termed specific phobias—irrational fears of particular objects or situations. […] The person has had an experience that has sensitized them to respond to a specific stimulus in a fearful way. Simple phobias include such things as fear of spiders...2014, Peter Field, Chi of Change: How Hypnotherapy Can Help You Heal and Turn Your Life Around - Regardless of Your Past, Collective Ink, →ISBN, unnumbered page
    • Almost anything can trigger a phobia including: peanut butter sticking to the top of your mouth (arachibutyrophobia); being without a mobile phone (nomophobia); stickers (pittakionophobia); and thunder and lightning (tonitrophobia, among several other names). However, for people with these...2015, Mark Greener, Depression and Anxiety: The Drug-Free Way, Sheldon Press, →ISBN, page 24

Origin of pittakionophobia

Coined by hypnotherapist Peter Field in 2009. Field gives the word's formation as Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion, “*sticker”) + -o- + -phobia (used to form nouns meaning the fear of a specific thing), as a neoclassical compound. In reality, this Ancient Greek word does not mean sticker, but Latin pittacium does mean label.

Questions about pittakionophobia

What does pittakionophobia mean?
Pittakionophobia means the abnormal and irrational fear of stickers, sticky labels and (sometimes, also) adhesive materials such as glue.
What part of speech is pittakionophobia?
Pittakionophobia is a noun.

Words near pittakionophobia in the dictionary

  1. pitta breads
  2. Pitta Pitta
  3. Pitta-Pitta
  4. pittacal
  5. Pittacus
  6. pittakionophobia
  7. pittance
  8. pittance payment
  9. pittance payments
  10. pittancer
  11. pittancers

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