Meanings
nounradiophobia (uncountable)
- uncountableThe fear of radiation.
Apparently, I have radiophobia. Radiophobia is when you come to Chernobyl, people think that they get a sore throat or their eyes water or they have diarrhea, and it's not because the actual radiation is infecting you with cancer, but cause you think- you're afraid. It's all psychosomatic.
2012 July 19, Shane Smith, 3:25 from the start, in Hunting the Radioactive Beasts of Chernobyl, Vice Media - uncountableThe fear of X-rays.
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Rhymes with radiophobia
phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaablutophobiaacephobiaacousticophobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobia
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radiophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiophobia
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“radiophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “radiophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiophobia.
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