Meanings
alternative tocophobia
- uncountableA morbid fear of childbirth or pregnancy.
As a woman with severe tokophobia: No! Fucking! Thank! You!
2026 August 21, u/Careless-Meringue683, “😩”, in r/comedyheaven (Reddit post), archived from the original on 21 Aug 20262 more examples
As soon as Dr Guy Glass cured Rebecca of her tokophobia, the place would be full of children.
2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 200A multitude of stories are required, not just to help those telling them to work out their own narratives, or to help those looking for information, but to challenge tokophobia by enriching and complicating our cultural understanding of childbirth.
2018 September 23, Eva Wiseman, “Mumsnet forums are a guilty pleasure, but there are truths, too”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From Ancient Greek τόκος (tókos, “birth”) + -φοβία (-phobía, “fear”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish synnytyspelko, tokofobia
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French tocophobie
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German Schwangerschaftsphobie, Tokophobie
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Polish tokofobia
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Turkish tokofobi
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Cite this entry
tokophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokophobia
“tokophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokophobia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tokophobia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokophobia.
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