Nyctophobia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fear of the night, nighttime, or darkness. uncountable

    ""You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia.""

  2. 2
    a morbid fear of night or darkness wordnet

Synonyms

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achluophobianight fearnight-fearnightfrightnoctiphobianoctophobia

Example

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""You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia.""

Etymology

From nycto- + -phobia.

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