phasmophobia
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma) + -phobia.
Noun
phasmophobia (uncountable)
- The fear of ghosts.
- 2008, E a Bucchianeri, Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World, volume 2, page 55:
- He also suffered from hypsophobia, a certain fear of elevated places, and the typical scotophobia and phasmophobia associated with churches, graveyards and solitary places in the dark of night.
Translations
fear of ghosts
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