| 单词 | taphephobia |
| 释义 | taphephobia in British English (ˌtæfɪˈfəʊbɪə) noun medicine a pathological fear of being buried alive Derived forms taphephobic (ˌtapheˈphobic) adjective Word origin from Greek taphē burial + -phobiataphephobia in American English (ˌtæfəˈfoubiə) noun Psychiatry an abnormal fear of being buried alive Word origin [‹ Gk taphe᷄ grave + -phobia]-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: aerophobia, claustrophobia, gerontophobia, photophobia, xenophobiaWord lists with phobia |
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