Meanings
plural phonophobias
- uncountableusuallyAn unusual fear of sound, especially of speaking aloud or of one's own voice.
1 more example
2003 Buck Wolf Wolf Files: Celebrity Phobias ABC News The 50-year-old Gest claims he's in constant pain from beatings during the 15-month marriage. The show business producer claims to be taking 11 different medications a day, some more than once, for headaches, nausea, hypertension, scalp tenderness, insomnia — and phonophobia. Phonophobia? Minnelli might assume that must be Gest's fear of being phony. After all, she denies all the allegations of violence. However, phonophobia is the fear of using a telephone and, especially, the fear of the sound of your own voice.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
French phonophobie
- phonophobiefear of sounds
Italian fonofobia
- fonofobiafear of sounds
Cite this entry
phonophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonophobia
“phonophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonophobia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phonophobia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonophobia.
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