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taphophobia

/tæfəˈfəʊbɪə/

taphophobia noun: a fear of being buried alive.

Noun

taphophobia (uncountable)

  1. a fear of being buried alive

taphophobia meaning in Tamil

taphophobia in Tamil

புதைவு வெருளி

Forms of taphophobia

alternative formtaphephobia

Origin of taphophobia

From Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “grave”), + -phobia.

Questions about taphophobia

What does taphophobia mean?
Taphophobia means a fear of being buried alive.
What is taphophobia in Tamil?
Taphophobia in Tamil is புதைவு வெருளி. See Taphophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is taphophobia?
Taphophobia is a noun.
How do you pronounce taphophobia?
Taphophobia is pronounced /tæfəˈfəʊbɪə/.

Words near taphophobia in the dictionary

  1. taphophiles
  2. taphophilia
  3. taphophilic
  4. taphophobe
  5. taphophobes
  6. taphophobia
  7. taphophobic
  8. Taphos
  9. taphotaxa
  10. taphotaxon
  11. taphotype

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taphophobia (page history and authors); taphophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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