spiderphobia
spiderphobia noun: synonym of arachnophobia.
Noun
spiderphobia (uncountable)
- Synonym of arachnophobia.
- There are many kinds of spiders, ladies and gentlemen, besides the two that crawled up King Richard’s arm. There is the little grey spider, the larger brown spider, the still bigger yellow spider, and the monstrous black spider—the last named of which sometimes grows to the size of a young...1859, Elbridge Gerry Paige, New Patent Sermons, Machine Poetry, N. Y.: Frederic A. Brady, page 274
- Barney cautioned him not to speak of spiders in my presence because I was afflicted with a strange fear, sort of a spiderphobia, that made it a dangerous subject for me to hear discussed.1917, Outing, page 217, column 1
- Synonyms:
- arachnophobia
Examples of spiderphobia in a sentence
- He was a victim of arachnephobia^([sic]) or spiderphobia.1959, Science Digest, page 81, column 2:
- There must be a word for people who had spiderphobia although Norman couldn’t in his wildest imaginings even bring himself to even look^([sic]) at the word spider.1993, David Evans, A Cat in the Tulips, Millivres Books, →ISBN, page 51:
- Esther tried for years to rid Nell of her spiderphobia.1999, Caeia March, Spinsters’ Rock, The Women’s Press, →ISBN, page 170:
- So, to some extent, we’re just basically trying to treat her for spiderphobia, and at the same time we’re trying to learn from her experience whether this is an effective medium.”1999, Fred Moody, The Visionary Position: The Inside Story of the Digital Dreamers Who Are Making Virtual Reality a Reality, Times Books...
Synonyms of spiderphobia
Origin of spiderphobia
From spider + -phobia.
Questions about spiderphobia
- What does spiderphobia mean?
- Spiderphobia means synonym of arachnophobia.
- How do you use spiderphobia in a sentence?
- He was a victim of arachnephobia^([sic]) or spiderphobia.
- What part of speech is spiderphobia?
- Spiderphobia is a noun.
Words near spiderphobia in the dictionary
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