pteronophobia
pteronophobia noun: the fear of feathers.
Noun
pteronophobia (uncountable)
- The fear of feathers.
- Then there are the phobes whose fear of birds is combined with a fear of feathers, pteronophobia.
One case of bird-and-feathers phobia involved a woman in her thirties who was too frightened to go outside.1986, Brent Filson, There's a Monster in Your Closet!: Understanding Phobias, Julius Messner, →ISBN, page 55 - It is easy, for example, for a person to live with pteronophobia, aulophobia, or batrachophobia. One simply stays away from feathers, flutes, and frogs!1989, Josie Hadley, Carol Staudacher, Hypnosis for Change, New Harbinger Publications, →ISBN, page 98
- Then there are the phobes whose fear of birds is combined with a fear of feathers, pteronophobia.
pteronophobia meaning in Tamil
pteronophobia in Tamil
- இறகு வெருளி
Origin of pteronophobia
From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather”) + -phobia.
Questions about pteronophobia
- What does pteronophobia mean?
- Pteronophobia means the fear of feathers.
- What is pteronophobia in Tamil?
- Pteronophobia in Tamil is இறகு வெருளி. See Pteronophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pteronophobia?
- Pteronophobia is a noun.
Words near pteronophobia in the dictionary
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