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Word: enetophobia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2001-2001
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There is a word--a decidedly straightforward one--for Donna's very extreme condition: electrophobia, or a morbid fear of electricity. You will find it listed right below eisoptrophobia (fear of mirrors) and not far above enetophobia, eosophobia and ereuthrophobia (fear of pins, daylight and blushing, respectively). And those are just some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fear Not! | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...ecclesiophobia: ... church eisoptrophobia: ... mirrors, or seeing oneself in a mirror electrophobia: ... electricity eleutherophobia: ... freedom emetophobia: ... vomiting enetophobia: ... pins enochlophobia: ... crowds enosiophobia: ... committing an unpardonable sin entomophobia: ... insects eosophobia: ... dawn or daylight epistaxiophobia: ... nosebleeds epistemophobia: ... knowledge equinophobia: ... horses eremophobia: ... being oneself ereuthrophobia: ... blushing ergophobia: ... work erotophobia: ... sexual love euphobia: ... hearing good news eurotophobia: ... female genitalia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Phobias From A to Z | 3/24/2001 | See Source »

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