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theophobia

theophobia noun: the fear of God or gods.

Noun

theophobia (plural theophobias)

  1. The fear of God or gods.
    • We see not how, even on this scheme most ingenious as it is, the atheist can expect to find relief from his tormenting theophobia, or escape that object of his greatest dread, a superhuman being, whether he styles him a God or a Daemon.1845, Tayler Lewis, Plato Contra Atheos: Plato Against the Atheists, page 131
    • In many scientific circles there is an absolute theophobia, a dread of the Creator.1909, Erich Wasmann, The Berlin Discussion of the Problem of Evolution, page 47

theophobia meaning in Tamil

theophobia in Tamil

கடவுளிடத்து வெறுப்பு

Examples of theophobia in a sentence

  • "Patriotism and theophobia are the sources of great tragedies and terrifying pictures.1913, Robert Loyalty Cru, Diderot as a Disciple of English Thought, page 421:
  • "One might postulate at this point that persons suffer from theophobia, contempt for one thought to usurp their prerogatives.2005, Morris A. Inch, Elder Brother: A Christian Alternative to Anti-Semitism, page 81:

Forms of theophobia

pluraltheophobias

Origin of theophobia

From theo- + -phobia.

Questions about theophobia

What does theophobia mean?
Theophobia means the fear of God or gods.
What is theophobia in Tamil?
Theophobia in Tamil is கடவுளிடத்து வெறுப்பு. See Theophobia meaning in Tamil.
How do you use theophobia in a sentence?
"Patriotism and theophobia are the sources of great tragedies and terrifying pictures.
What part of speech is theophobia?
Theophobia is a noun.
What is the plural of theophobia?
The plural of theophobia is theophobias.

Words near theophobia in the dictionary

  1. theophilosophies
  2. theophilosophy
  3. Theophilus
  4. theophobe
  5. theophobes
  6. theophobia
  7. theophobias
  8. theophobic
  9. theophobist
  10. theophobists
  11. theophoric

Source and license

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