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vestiphobia

vestiphobia noun: a fear of clothing.

Noun

vestiphobia (uncountable)

  1. A fear of clothing.
    • Vestiphobia is the fear of clothing. This is a strange one; it is hard to imagine how a sufferer of vestiphobia can actually get on with their normal day-to-day lives.2019, Graham Ramsden, The Teenager in the Greenhouse
    • This is vestiphobia, the fear of clothing. Ties and bowties can cause vestiphobia in some people.2020, John Wood, The Hideous House Exhibit, page 26

Questions about vestiphobia

What does vestiphobia mean?
Vestiphobia means a fear of clothing.
What part of speech is vestiphobia?
Vestiphobia is a noun.

Words near vestiphobia in the dictionary

  1. vesting schedule
  2. vestings
  3. Vestini
  4. Vestinian
  5. Vestinians
  6. vestiphobia
  7. vestipitant
  8. vestitol
  9. vestitone
  10. vestiture
  11. vestitures

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