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tridecaphobia

tridecaphobia is the alternative form of triskaidekaphobia.

Meaning of triskaidekaphobia

Noun

triskaidekaphobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear or dislike of the number thirteen (13).
    • Yet, despite beliefs that triskaidekaphobia began long ago and has been passed down through the centuries, the earliest known reference to Friday the 13th as a dreaded day did not appear until 1913. It is merely a 20th century invention.2017 October 12, Albert Garcia, “What is the word for fear of the number 13? Triskaidekaphobia”, in Calliope Magazine, page 3

Questions about tridecaphobia

What is tridecaphobia the alternative form of?
Tridecaphobia is the alternative form of triskaidekaphobia.

Words near tridecaphobia in the dictionary

  1. tridecanones
  2. tridecaoxide
  3. tridecaoxides
  4. tridecapeptide
  5. tridecapeptides
  6. tridecaphobia
  7. tridecaploid
  8. tridecasaccharide
  9. tridecasaccharides
  10. tridecasodium
  11. tridecasyllabic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tridecaphobia (page history and authors); triskaidekaphobia (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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