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nyctophobia
[ nik-tuh-foh-bee-uh ]
noun
Psychiatry.
- an irrational or disproportionate fear of night or nighttime darkness: Compare scotophobia.
My nyctophobia is debilitating during the short days and long nights of winter.
nyctophobia
/ ˌɪəʊˈəʊɪə /
noun
- psychiatry an abnormal dread of night or darkness
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Derived Forms
- ˌԲ⳦ٴˈDz, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- Բ⳦·ٴ·· adjective noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nyctophobia1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nyctophobia1
nyct-, from Greek nukt-, nux night + -phobia
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It sometimes presents itself with related phobias, including phasmophobia, the fear of ghosts; wiccaphobia, the fear of witchcraft; and nyctophobia, the fear of darkness.
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