triskaidekaphobia
/ˌtɹɪskaɪdɛkəˈfəʊbi.ə/
triskaidekaphobia noun: fear or dislike of the number thirteen (13).
Noun
triskaidekaphobia (uncountable)
- 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
- The great Austrian-American composer Arnold Schoenberg had such a severe case of triskaidekaphobia (the fear of the number 13), he omitted numbering the 13th measure in some of his later works, substituting it with the notation “12a.”2019 December 13, Marika Gerken, “Friday the 13th: How it came to be and why it’s considered unlucky”, in CNN
Forms of triskaidekaphobia
| alternative form | treiskaidekaphobia |
|---|---|
| alternative form | triskaidecaphobia |
Origin of triskaidekaphobia
From triskaideka- (“thirteen”) + -phobia.
Words formed from triskaidekaphobia
Words that rhyme with triskaidekaphobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
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- xenophobia
- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- arachnophobia
- astraphobia
- astrophobia
- aviatophobia
- aviophobia
- bacillophobia
- batrachophobia
- botanophobia
- brontophobia
- bryobia
- cacophobia
- cancerphobia
- carcinophobia
- claustrophobia
- clinophobia
- clithrophobia
- coulrophobia
- cynophobia
- decidophobia
- emetophobia
- epistolophobia
- erotophobia
- eurotophobia
- gephyrophobia
- graphophobia
- gymnophobia
- gynophobia
- heliophobia
- hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
Questions about triskaidekaphobia
- What does triskaidekaphobia mean?
- Triskaidekaphobia means fear or dislike of the number thirteen (13).
- What part of speech is triskaidekaphobia?
- Triskaidekaphobia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce triskaidekaphobia?
- Triskaidekaphobia is pronounced /ˌtɹɪskaɪdɛkəˈfəʊbi.ə/.
Words near triskaidekaphobia in the dictionary
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