noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A fear of talking on the telephone. uncountable

   "Unfortunately these included telephonophobia which, as its name suggests, is a fear of telephones."

Synonyms

All synonyms

telephobiatelephobia

Example

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"Unfortunately these included telephonophobia which, as its name suggests, is a fear of telephones."

Etymology

From telephone + -o- + -phobia.

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