selaphobia

Noun

selaphobia (uncountable)

1. (rare) Fear or intolerance of flashes of light.
   • Perhaps this explains so much of the monotony. Henri LePont sits in his "barber's chair / of worry and denial" and writes of "Selaphobia," a fear of light flashes.1985, Robert Peters, The Peters Second Black and Blue Guide to Current Literary Journals, →ISBN, page 102
   • Ever want to approach that hot guy or gal from cross the bar but you were too afraid? You might have Kakorrhaphiophobia, the fear of failure and rejection. If you find a disco ball at the dance club frightening, you might have Selaphobia, the fear of flashing light.2013 October, Michael Buzzelli, “Oh, don't be such a phobe”, in Equal Magazine