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The abnormal or irrational fear of pain is agliophobia.
It is also spelt algophobia, but many psychologists prefer the above spelling, "agliophobia", because "algophobia" can be confused with the fear of algae, since algology is the science branch of botany which studies algae.
Algo is Greek for "pain" and phobos is Greek for fear or dread.
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What is the fear of werewolves?
There is no specific word for this irrational phobia.
What does the word Ailurophia mean?
An irrational fear of cats.
What are the symptoms of xanthophobia?
* Irrational fear of the color yellow * Irrational fear of the word yellow * Feeling of panic * Feeling of terror * Feeling of dread
6 letter word for irrational fear ending in a?
Phobia.
What does masochinistic mean?
Misogynistic means having an irrational dislike or fear of women. Masochistic means having an irrational attraction to the infliction of pain.
What does the word paedophobia mean?
Paedophobia refers to an irrational fear or aversion to children.
What is Ornithophobia?
Ornithophobia is the irrational fear of birds. The word's pre-fix "ornitho" tells us that it is talking about birds, and the suffix "phobia" means irrational fear.
What is aracho phobia?
A phobia is the name for an irrational fear of something. Aracho is the Greek word for spider-like animals. So, arachnophobia is an irrational fear of spiders.
What is kathisophobia?
an irrational fear of sitting down. an irrational fear of sitting down.
Can you use irrational in a sentence?
His fear of rain was irrational. Even though it was an irrational fear, he couldn't stand raindrops.
What is the word fear in long words?
Any irrational fear - and it MUST be irrational - is a phobia and will have a long word ending in ~phobia as its medical term. A fear of snakes is not a phobia, it's perfectly proper to be afraid of snakes, but to be afraid of them in a place where they don't exist, or are most unlikely to be found, would be a phobia.
What is an emotive word starting with x?
"Xenophobe" - a person with an irrational fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners.
