Meanings
nounnomatophobia (uncountable)
- uncountableA morbid fear of names.
It was as if they had a sudden attack of nomatophobia (the fear of names).
2012, Tonwa Anthony, The Crazy Nigerian, page 11 more example
Did you hear of the pogonophobic barber, / Who suddenly decided that he wanted fame? / But on the stage he developed nomatophobia, / And couldn't bear to hear his own name.
2004, Natalie Kristina Goldstraw, Superlative: Echoes of the Postmodern Condition, page 103
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