单词 | demonophobia |
释义 | > as lemmasdemonophobia demonophobia n. Brit. /ˌdiːmənə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪə/ , U.S. /ˌdimənəˈfoʊbiə/ fear of evil spirits; an instance of this.ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > [noun] > fear of demonophobia1834 the mind > emotion > fear > fear of particular things > [noun] > fear of death or dead bodies > fear of demons demonophobia1834 1834 W. Weir & G. Allan Life Sir Walter Scott vii. 420 Shakspeare's weird sisters..the compounding of their hell-broth, with their anile jabbering about pilots' thumbs, killing swine, and all the other common-places of the nursery demonophobia, can only make an impression on highly imaginative or highly ignorant minds. 1863 W. Howitt Hist. Supernatural I. 456 Their priests are now affected by a demonophobia. 1922 B. Sidis Nerv. Ills xxix. 297 The Talmudic authorities are in full accord with..with the lowest savages, ancient and modern, obsessed by the fear of spirits, by Demonophobia. 2006 Jrnl. Amer. Musicol. Soc. 59 574 The religious tone of these practices..accentuates the potent effects of demonophobia. < as lemmas |
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