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telephonophobia

telephonophobia noun: a fear of talking on the telephone.

Noun

telephonophobia (uncountable)

  1. A fear of talking on the telephone.
    • Unfortunately these included telephonophobia which, as its name suggests, is a fear of telephones.2008 October 1, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail
    Synonyms:
    telephobia

telephonophobia meaning in Tamil

telephonophobia in Tamil

தொலைபேசி மணி வெருளி

Synonyms of telephonophobia

Origin of telephonophobia

From telephone + -o- + -phobia.

Questions about telephonophobia

What does telephonophobia mean?
Telephonophobia means a fear of talking on the telephone.
What is telephonophobia in Tamil?
Telephonophobia in Tamil is தொலைபேசி மணி வெருளி. See Telephonophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is telephonophobia?
Telephonophobia is a noun.

Words near telephonophobia in the dictionary

  1. telephonographs
  2. telephonology
  3. telephonometric
  4. telephonophile
  5. telephonophiles
  6. telephonophobia
  7. telephonophobic
  8. telephony
  9. telephote
  10. telephotes
  11. telephoto

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Adapted from Wiktionary: telephonophobia (page history and authors); telephonophobia (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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