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ALGOPHOBIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does algophobia mean?
• ALGOPHOBIA (noun)
The noun ALGOPHOBIA has 1 sense:
1. a morbid fear of pain
Familiarity information: ALGOPHOBIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A morbid fear of pain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("algophobia" is a kind of...):
simple phobia (any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli)
Derivation:
algophobic (suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain)
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