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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 painplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ALGOPHOBIA (noun)


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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