thanatophobia
IPA: θænʌtˈɔfˈoʊbiʌ
noun
- Fear of death.
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Examples of "thanatophobia" in Sentences
- According to Chausovsky, thanatophobia is spread among residents of metropolises.
- More of us are petrified of public speaking (glossophobia) than of death (thanatophobia).
- "Everyone is afraid of death, but those suffering from thanatophobia are afraid of the unknown," Ponomaryov explains.
- Necrophobia and thanatophobia are allied maladies, one being the fear of dead bodies and the other the fear of death itself.
- "Usually, fear is experienced when there is a threat to an individual's life, it is directed at the source of perceived or actual danger, while thanatophobia appears regardless of a threat to existence, and its essence is always linked to death."
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