Usually means: Fear of specific word sounds.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. onomatophobia: Wiktionary
  2. onomatophobia: Dictionary.com
  3. onomatophobia: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  4. onomatophobia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  4. onomatophobia: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Onomatophobia: The Phobia List

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Definitions from Wiktionary (onomatophobia)

▸ noun:  (rare) The fear of hearing particular names or words.

Similar:
nomatophobia, sonophobia, topophobia, homonymphobia, domatophobia, homonymophobia, verbophobia, acousticophobia, antlophobia, oikophobia, more...

Opposite:
onomatomania, love of words

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Similar:
nomatophobia, sonophobia, topophobia, homonymphobia, domatophobia, homonymophobia, verbophobia, acousticophobia, antlophobia, oikophobia, more...

Opposite:
onomatomania, love of words



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