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thanatophobia
[ than-uh-tuh-foh-bee-uh ]
noun
Psychiatry.
- an irrational or disproportionate fear of death, especially one's own: Compare necrophobia.
My daughter’s thanatophobia grew during high school—while many teens feel invincible, she was terror-stricken and obsessed with her mortality.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of thanatophobia1
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Example Sentences
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Necrophobia and thanatophobia are allied maladies, one being the fear of dead bodies and the other the fear of death itself.
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