scotophobia
scotophobia noun: fear of darkness.
Noun (1)
scotophobia (uncountable)
- Fear of darkness.
- He also suffered from hypsophobia, a certain fear of elevated places, and the typical scotophobia and phasmophobia associated with churches, graveyards and solitary places in the dark of night.2008, E a Bucchianeri, Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World, volume 2, page 55
- Synonyms:
- nyctophobia
Noun (2) capitalized: Scotophobia
Scotophobia (uncountable)
scotophobia meaning in Tamil
scotophobia in Tamil
- இருள் பார்வை
Synonyms of scotophobia
Forms of scotophobia
| alternative form | Scottophobia |
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Origin of scotophobia
From scoto- + -phobia.
From Scoto- + -phobia.
Questions about scotophobia
- What does scotophobia mean?
- Scotophobia means fear of darkness.
- What is scotophobia in Tamil?
- Scotophobia in Tamil is இருள் பார்வை. See Scotophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is scotophobia?
- Scotophobia is a noun.
Words near scotophobia in the dictionary
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