Usually means: Fear of words or speaking.
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  1. verbophobia: Wiktionary
  2. verbophobia: Grandiloquent Dictionary

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  1. Verbophobia: The Phobia List

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Definitions from Wiktionary (verbophobia)

▸ noun:  A fear of words.

Similar:
logophobia, xenoglossophobia, monologophobia, lalophobia, bibliophobia, nomophobia, homonymphobia, phobiaphobia, graphophobia, phobophobia, more...

Opposite:
verbophilia, love of words

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Similar:
logophobia, xenoglossophobia, monologophobia, lalophobia, bibliophobia, nomophobia, homonymphobia, phobiaphobia, graphophobia, phobophobia, more...

Opposite:
verbophilia, love of words



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