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telephobia

UK/ˌtɛləˈfəʊbiə//ˌtɛləˈfoʊbiə/

telephobia noun: a fear or dislike of talking on the telephone.

Noun

telephobia (uncountable)

  1. A fear or dislike of talking on the telephone.
    • When a friend today calls unexpectedly, our first response is usually to ask: “Is something wrong?” Telephobia is real.2025 May 31, Jo Ellison, “The beguiling charm of a bedtime phone call”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20
    Synonyms:
    telephonophobia
  2. A fear or dislike of television.

Synonyms of telephobia

Origin of telephobia

From tele- + -phobia.

Questions about telephobia

What does telephobia mean?
Telephobia means a fear or dislike of talking on the telephone.
What part of speech is telephobia?
Telephobia is a noun.
How do you pronounce telephobia?
Telephobia is pronounced /ˌtɛləˈfoʊbiə/ (US).

Words near telephobia in the dictionary

  1. telepeptide
  2. telepersonals
  3. telepheme
  4. telephemes
  5. telephilon
  6. telephobia
  7. telephobic
  8. telephonable
  9. telephone
  10. telephone alphabet
  11. telephone alphabets

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