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NYCTOPHOBIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nyctophobia mean? 

NYCTOPHOBIA (noun)
  The noun NYCTOPHOBIA has 1 sense:

1. a morbid fear of night or darknessplay

  Familiarity information: NYCTOPHOBIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NYCTOPHOBIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A morbid fear of night or darkness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("nyctophobia" is a kind of...):

simple phobia (any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli)


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