Meanings
- uncountableA fear of feces.
Human coprophobia appears to have developed gradually, and was reflected in an increasing demand for, first, privacy for defaecation […]
1997, Klaus Ewe, V.F. Eckardt, P. Enck, Constipation and Ano-Rectal Insufficiency1 more example
Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams).
2018 March 7, Chewie, “Artsploitation Acquires ‘A Taste of Phobia’”, in ScareTissue, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022Synonyms: scatophobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fear of feces.
Origin
- Ancient Greekφόβος
- Englishcoprophobia
From copro- (“excrement”) + -phobia (“from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) (fear)”).
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coprophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coprophobia
“coprophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coprophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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