scotophobia en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English scoto- 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 scotophobia From scoto- + -phobia.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Fear of darkness.
He also suffered from hypsophobia, a certain fear of elevated places, and the typical scotophobia and phasmophobia associated with churches, graveyards and solitary places in the dark of night.
2008, E a Bucchianeri, Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World, volume 2, page 55:
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Translations (4)
fi pimeänpelko (fear of darkness) · de Skotophobie (fear of darkness) · fi skotofobia (fear of darkness) · fi nyktofobia (fear of darkness)