necrophobia

[nek-ruh-foh-bee-uh]

nec·ro·pho·bi·a

[nek-ruh-foh-bee-uh]
noun Psychiatry.
1.
an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
2.
an abnormal fear of dead bodies.

Origin:
1825–35; < Neo-Latin; see necro-, -phobia

nec·ro·pho·bic, adjective
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Necrophobia has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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necrophobia (ˌnɛkrəʊˈfəʊbɪə)
 
n
an abnormal fear of death or dead bodies
 
'necrophobe
 
n
 
necro'phobic
 
adj

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necrophobia nec·ro·pho·bi·a (něk'rə-fō'bē-ə)
n.
An abnormal fear of death or corpses.


nec'ro·pho'bic adj.

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