oneirophobia

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noun

The fear of dreams.

OriginEnglish oneiro- ← Ancient Greek ὄνειρος (óneiros) →
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Meanings

nounoneirophobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe fear of dreams.
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    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 2022

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὄνειρος (óneiros)
  2. Englishoneiro-
  3. Englishoneirophobia

From oneiro- + -phobia.

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APA

oneirophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oneirophobia

MLA

“oneirophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oneirophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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