Etymology

pittakionophobia

Today it means: The abnormal and irrational fear of stickers, sticky labels and (sometimes, also) adhesive materials such as glue. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πιττάκιον ← Latin pittacium
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  1. Latin · derived frompittacium
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπιττάκιον“*sticker”
  3. English todaypittakionophobia

Coined by hypnotherapist Peter Field in 2009. Field gives the word's formation as Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion, “*sticker”) + -o- + -phobia (used to form nouns meaning the fear of a specific thing), as a neoclassical compound. In reality, this Ancient Greek word does not mean sticker, but Latin pittacium does mean label.

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