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What is it called when someone is terrified by something horrible?
The closest I could come up with would be Odynophobia - Fear of pain, or Thanatophobia - Fear of death. However, I wouldn't consider fearing being tortured to death necessarily a phobia, I would call it common sense.
What phobia is the fear of death?
Necrophobia.
What if the phobia name for fear of death adders?
Necrophobia is the name for the fear of death adders.
What is the phobia of death?
the name for the fear of death is called thantophobia .
What phobia is the fear of death by fire?
pyrophobia
What is the scientific term for fear of death?
Necrophobia Phobia name for the fear of death. It is a common phobia
What phobia is the fear of early death?
premuertophobia
What is the phobia name for fear of flogging a horse to death?
'Flogging a horse to death' means being obsessed with something. It is not a phobia.
How common is thanatophobia?
The fear of death is common. Elevating it to a phobia is not.
What is the phobia of dying?
Everyone is afraid of dying, but an extreme fear of death is necrophobia
What exaggerated fear of a specific situation?
The irrational fear is called a phobia; the experience or object that triggers a phobia could be called a phobic experience or object.
How long have phobia's been around for?
They have been around since the first sentient beings, all sentient beings have fears. Although, they weren't known as "Phobia's" until the late greek period, all phobia names are greek as "Phobia" is greek for fear and the beginning word (Eg necro for fear of death) is greek for whatever the fear is of (so "Necro" means death in Greek)
