Meanings
nounsomatophobia (uncountable)
- uncountablehuman sciencesFear of the body, as opposed to mind or spirit.
The nature/culture binary that informs Western culture’s deeply embedded erotophobia and somatophobia
2022, Marisol Cortez, “Ambivalent Anality: Revisiting the Queer Ecology of "the Jackass Moment"”, in Media+Environment
Origin
From somato- + -phobia. Coined by feminist philosopher Elizabeth Spelman.
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APA
somatophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatophobia
MLA
“somatophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somatophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatophobia.
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