thanatophobiac
thanatophobiac noun: one affected by thanatophobia; a person with a morbid dread of death.
Noun
thanatophobiac (plural thanatophobiacs)
- One affected by thanatophobia; a person with a morbid dread of death.
- Witry says that from his own practice he believes thanatophobiacs are almost always from the professional or upper middle classes, those from the lower classes meeting death with more stoicism than those of the upper.1922, Granville Stanley Hall, Senescence, the Last Half of Life, page 448
Forms of thanatophobiac
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Questions about thanatophobiac
- What does thanatophobiac mean?
- Thanatophobiac means one affected by thanatophobia; a person with a morbid dread of death.
- What part of speech is thanatophobiac?
- Thanatophobiac is a noun.
- What is the plural of thanatophobiac?
- The plural of thanatophobiac is thanatophobiacs.
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