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thanatophobia

[ than-uh-tuh-foh-bee-uh ]

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. an irrational or disproportionate fear of death, especially one's own: Compare necrophobia.

    My daughter’s thanatophobia grew during high school—while many teens feel invincible, she was terror-stricken and obsessed with her mortality.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ٳ󲹲··ٴ·· adjective noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of thanatophobia1

First recorded in 1855–60; thanato- + -phobia
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Necrophobia and thanatophobia are allied maladies, one being the fear of dead bodies and the other the fear of death itself.

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