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scelerophobia

scelerophobia noun: the fear of crime, burglars or thieves.

Noun

scelerophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of crime, burglars or thieves.
    • She added that if someone is experiencing a high degree of distress because of scelerophobia and their social and occupational functioning is being affected, she recommends seeing a medical provider or mental health professional.2023 September 26, Abby Roch, “My house was broken into. Now I have developed a fear of thieves called scelerophobia.”, in Business Insider

Origin of scelerophobia

From the stem of Latin scelus + -o- + -phobia.

Questions about scelerophobia

What does scelerophobia mean?
Scelerophobia means the fear of crime, burglars or thieves.
What part of speech is scelerophobia?
Scelerophobia is a noun.

Words near scelerophobia in the dictionary

  1. scelerates
  2. sceleratine
  3. scelerats
  4. scelerophobe
  5. scelerophobes
  6. scelerophobia
  7. scelerous
  8. scelestic
  9. scelet
  10. sceletal
  11. sceleton

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