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haptephobia — hap·te·pho·bia (hap″te foґbe ə) [hapt + phobia] haphephobia … Medical dictionary
Haptephobia — An intense fear of being touched … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
-phobia — The English suffixes phobia, phobic, phobe ( of Greek origin: φόβος/φοβία ) occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g., agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe… … Wikipedia
Fear of being touched — The fear of being touched (also known as aphephobia, haphephobia, haphophobia, hapnophobia, haptephobia, and haptophobiacn|date=October 2007) is a rare specific phobia that involves the fear of touching or of being touched. It is an acute… … Wikipedia
List of phobias — This article is about the suffix phobia. For the class of psychological disorders, see Phobia. Contents 1 Psychological conditions 1.1 Animal phobias … Wikipedia
phobia — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fear, dread, aversion, revulsion, repulsion, dislike, antipathy; acrophobia, claustrophobia, etc. See insanity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Neurosis] Syn. fear, dread, unreasoned fear, Angst (German); see… … English dictionary for students
