Meanings
nounphasmophobia (uncountable)
- uncountableThe fear of ghosts/supernatural beings.
He also suffered from hypsophobia, a certain fear of elevated places, and the typical scotophobia and phasmophobia associated with churches, graveyards and solitary places in the dark of night.
2008, E a Bucchianeri, Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World, volume 2, page 55
Origin
From Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma) + -phobia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Greek φασμοφοβία
- φασμοφοβία (fasmofovía)fear of ghosts
Russian фазмофо́бия
- фазмофо́бия (fazmofóbija)fear of ghosts
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