The fear of the dark.
It is not usually the fear of the darkness itself, but the fear of possible or imagined dangers concealed in the darkness.
Achluophobia is the fear of the dark.
Achluophobia
There is no specific word, but the fear of darkness is achluophobia, and the fear of being in enclosed places is claustrophobia.
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness. There is also nyctophobia, the fear of night.
The fear of the dark, or darkness, goes by names: Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Myctophobia, Nyctophobia, and Scotophobia.Nyctohylophobia is the fear of dark, wooded places, or the forests at night
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.
I think Noctophobia is the fear of night, so it might be the same for dark :P
A person who is afraid of the dark has a phobia called nyctophobia...So a person with nyctophobia would be called a nyctophobic.Most all children have some degree of nyctophobia which they eventually grow out of,however 1 in 25 children will carry the phobia in to adult life.
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Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders.
That is fear of the number 13
You fear either water or rabies.