scotophobia
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scotophobia¹
noun
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Fear of darkness.
He also suffered from hypsophobia, a certain fear of elevated places, and the typical scotophobia and phasmophobia associated with churches, graveyards and solitary places in the dark of night.
Similar: achluophobia, nyctophobia
Scotophobia²
Where it comes from
From Scoto- + -phobia.
noun Scottophobia
- Fear or hatred of Scotland.
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noun fear of darkness
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title = {scotophobia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scotophobia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
