There are a few specific words for fear of the dark. Lygophobia, scotophobia or achluophobia can be used but it's most commonly described as nyctophobia.
The Greek word part that means "fear" is "phobia," derived from "phobos." For "water," the root is "hydro," from "hudor." The term for "abnormal" comes from "anomalous," which has the Greek root "anomalos," meaning uneven or irregular. Together, these roots form terms like "hydrophobia" (fear of water) and "anomalophobia" (fear of the abnormal).
its an abnormal fear of water
Gymnophobia: An abnormal and persistent fear of nudity--ANSWER--From the Greek words gumnos (nude) and phobos (fear) ithe word means an irrational fear of nudity, either one's own, or other people's.
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The word brontophobia means an abnormal fear of thunder. It has nothing to do with dinosaurs, however, the dinosaur name brontosaurus means thunder lizard, so in both cases there is a linguistic link to thunder.
Xenophobic is the abnormal fear of foreign things, especially strangers or foreign people. It begins with the letter x.
The word that best describes fear of foreigners is xenophobia.xeno = strangers/foreignersphobia = unreasonable/abnormal fear (of something)
Abnormal
The word that best describes fear of foreigners is xenophobia.xeno = strangers/foreignersphobia = unreasonable/abnormal fear (of something)
"phobia" means fear; as a suffix it implies fear of the root word, so "bacteriophobia" means "fear of bacteria"
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