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psychophobia

psychophobia noun: a fear of the mind, particularly mental illness, such as dementia.

Noun

psychophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A fear of the mind, particularly mental illness, such as dementia.
    • Because psychophobia is so endemic to human nature, the process of psychoanalysis involves a continual exploration of the patient’s resistance to knowing what is dreaded in the unconscious mind.2000 May 28, Peter Wolson, “A World of Psychophobia”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 10 May 2025

Origin of psychophobia

From psycho- + -phobia.

Words formed from psychophobia

Questions about psychophobia

What does psychophobia mean?
Psychophobia means a fear of the mind, particularly mental illness, such as dementia.
What part of speech is psychophobia?
Psychophobia is a noun.

Words near psychophobia in the dictionary

  1. psychopharmacy
  2. psychophilosophical
  3. psychophilosophies
  4. psychophilosophy
  5. psychophily
  6. psychophobia
  7. psychophobic
  8. psychophonetic
  9. psychophonetically
  10. psychophonetics
  11. psychophonic

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