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photophobia en · NOUN · etymology 1

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English photophobia From photo- + -phobia.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light; abnormal fear of light.

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Translations (27)

ja 羞明 (excessive sensitivity to light) · he פוטופוביה (excessive sensitivity to light) · ca fotofòbia (excessive sensitivity to light) · bg страх от светлина (excessive sensitivity to light) · no lysømfintlighet (excessive sensitivity to light) · da lysskyhed (excessive sensitivity to light) · sv ljusskygghet (excessive sensitivity to light) · es fotofobia (excessive sensitivity to light) · la photophobia (excessive sensitivity to light) · cs fotofobie (excessive sensitivity to light) · ru фотофо́бия (excessive sensitivity to light) · it fotofobia (excessive sensitivity to light) · fr photophobie (excessive sensitivity to light) · ru светобоя́знь (excessive sensitivity to light) · ko 수명 (excessive sensitivity to light) · sh fotofobija (excessive sensitivity to light) · bg фотофобия (excessive sensitivity to light) · sh фотофобија (excessive sensitivity to light) · de Photophobia (excessive sensitivity to light) · fi valonarkuus (excessive sensitivity to light) · sv fotofobi (excessive sensitivity to light) · el φωτοφοβία (excessive sensitivity to light) · nl fotofobie (excessive sensitivity to light) · pt fotofobia (excessive sensitivity to light) · pl światłowstręt (excessive sensitivity to light) · cmn 畏光 (excessive sensitivity to light) · yue 畏光 (excessive sensitivity to light)

photophobia en · NOUN · etymology 2

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English photophobia From photo (“photograph”) + -phobia.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) An aversion to or fear of being photographed, the dissemination of personal photographs, or viewing photographs.
   • Photophobia was the latest affliction of Afghan officialdom—by contagion, probably, from Persia which tries to nip in the bud pictures that show her not yet entirely modern. 1947, Ella K. Maillart, The Cruel Way: Switzerland to Afghanistan in a Ford, 1939, University of Chicago Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 152:
   • Craig Armstrong doesn't want to be photographed. His record company wouldn't like it, he says, and besides he has flu so he looks a little puffy. So "orders" and vanity combine to stop the shoot, due to take place in a trendy bar in Glasgow's West End. The cynic may see alternative reasons for the 39-year-old composer's photophobia, […] 1998 April 2, Barry Didcock, “How to score with Madonna (or U2 or Leonard DiCaprio)”, in The Scotsman:
   • He concludes that Mapplethorpe blocks racist photophobia by making the nudes whose penises are not visible highly erotic, while using blatantly penis-focused images to force white viewers to recognize that when they see a black man, they see him not just in possession of a large penis, but actually as a penis (Mercer 1991; Fanon 1952/2008). 2013, Douglas Crimp, “'Tell a Story, Save a Life' (Montage 1987-89)”, in Brenda Longfellow, Scott MacKenzie, Thomas Waugh, editors, The Perils of Pedagogy: The Works of John Greyson, McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN:

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