Meanings
- rareuncountableThe fear of, or aversion to, babies.
Someone save me from my brephophobia
2017 November 19, @lacctivist, X, archived from the original on 25 Apr 20265 more examples
if you have brephophobia don't watch my snapchat story
2017 July 14, @WomackKendall, X, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026Dear YouTube stop giving me baby diaper ads when I try to watch any video. I don’t have a child nor will I have one any time soon and frankly the ads stress me out and makes my Brephophobia flare up just seeing the ads
2020 May 19, @russetfrost, X, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026the things brephophobia does,,,,, 😥 grown-ish kids are okay ig??? like I don't immediately want to start crying when im near a like,,, 8 year old but i get somewhat bad anxiety around babies
2020 November 18, @transbelmont, X, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026Yeah, that really sucks. There's many phobias that I don't understand, but I always try to respect them! I have a few odd ones myself (tokophobia and brephophobia, the fears of pregnancy and babies), which is *very* rough to have in a transandrophobic and natalistic society... 😖
2024 October 22, @MemeLorbius, X, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026More likely brephophobia or infantophobia, then.
2026 January 1, @theyrenotaliens, X, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026
Origin
Ancient Greek, from brepho- + -phobia.
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brephophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brephophobia
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