Usually means: Fear of changes or changing.
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  1. Metathesiophobia: The Phobia List

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Definitions from Wiktionary (metathesiophobia)

▸ noun:  (rare) The persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of change.

Similar:
tropophobia, kainotophobia, phobiaphobia, topophobia, phobophobia, atychiphobia, maniaphobia, technophobia, ideophobia, technofear, more...

Opposite:
metathesiophilia, love of change, adaptability

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Similar:
tropophobia, kainotophobia, phobiaphobia, topophobia, phobophobia, atychiphobia, maniaphobia, technophobia, ideophobia, technofear, more...

Opposite:
metathesiophilia, love of change, adaptability



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