| 单词 | toxiphobia |
| 释义 | toxiphobia in British English (ˌtɒksɪˈfəʊbɪə) noun another word for toxicophobia toxicophobia in British English (ˌtɒksɪkəʊˈfəʊbɪə) noun an intense fear of poisoning toxiphobia in American English (ˌtɑksəˈfoubiə) noun Psychiatry an abnormal fear of being poisoned Word origin [1875–80; toxi(co)- + -phobia]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: hat trick, neoclassic, pressure point, slime mold, weekender-phobia is a combining form meaning “fear,” occurring in loanwords from Greek (hydrophobia). On this model, -phobia is used in the names of mental disorders that have the general sense “dread of, aversiontoward” that specified by the initial element. Other words that use the affix -phobia include: Anglophobia, aerophobia, aviophobia, gerontophobia, technophobiaWord lists with phobia |
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