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teratophobia

teratophobia noun: an irrational fear of monsters (terrifying creatures, or deformed children: see usage notes).

Noun

teratophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) An irrational fear of monsters (terrifying creatures, or deformed children: see usage notes).
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:teratophobia.

teratophobia meaning in Tamil

teratophobia in Tamil

அசுரன் வெருளி, அறவெறுப்புருவச்சம்அருவெறுப்புருவச்சம், சிதைவுரு வெருளி

Origin of teratophobia

From terato- (“pertaining to birth defects”) + -phobia (“fear”), from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”).

Questions about teratophobia

What does teratophobia mean?
Teratophobia means an irrational fear of monsters (terrifying creatures, or deformed children: see usage notes).
What is teratophobia in Tamil?
Teratophobia in Tamil is அசுரன் வெருளி, அறவெறுப்புருவச்சம்அருவெறுப்புருவச்சம், சிதைவுரு வெருளி. See Teratophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is teratophobia?
Teratophobia is a noun.

Words near teratophobia in the dictionary

  1. teratophile
  2. teratophiles
  3. teratophilia
  4. teratophiliac
  5. teratophiliacs
  6. teratophobia
  7. teratoproteomics
  8. teratorn
  9. teratornithid
  10. teratornithids
  11. teratorns

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