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rhabdophobia

rhabdophobia noun: the fear of being beaten with a rod.

Noun

rhabdophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The fear of being beaten with a rod.
    • Some of the other conditions it identifies are stenophobia (fear of narrow things or places) and rhabdophobia (fear of being severely punished, beaten by a rod or severely criticised).2008 October 1, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail
  2. The fear of magic or magic wands.

Origin of rhabdophobia

From rhabdo- + -phobia.

Questions about rhabdophobia

What does rhabdophobia mean?
Rhabdophobia means the fear of being beaten with a rod.
What part of speech is rhabdophobia?
Rhabdophobia is a noun.

Words near rhabdophobia in the dictionary

  1. rhabdomysarcoma
  2. rhabdomysarcomas
  3. rhabdomysarcomata
  4. rhabdophane
  5. rhabdophanes
  6. rhabdophobia
  7. rhabdophoran
  8. rhabdopleurid
  9. rhabdopleurids
  10. rhabdornis
  11. rhabdornises

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