单词 | algophobia |
释义 | algophobia in British English (ˌælɡəˈfəʊbɪə) noun psychiatry an acute fear of experiencing or witnessing bodily pain algophobia in American English (ˌælgoʊˈfoʊbiə; ˌælgəˈfoʊbiə) noun an abnormal fear of pain Word origin algo- + -phobiaalgophobia in American English (ˌælɡəˈfoubiə) noun Psychiatry an abnormal dread of pain Word origin [1895–1900; algo- + -phobia]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, cutback, flamenco, hit-and-run, slapstick-phobia is a combining form meaning “fear,” occurring in loanwords from Greek (hydrophobia). On this model, -phobia is used in the names of mental disorders that have the general sense “dread of, aversiontoward” that specified by the initial element. Other words that use the affix -phobia include: Anglophobia, agoraphobia, aviophobia, gerontophobia, technophobiaWord lists with phobia |
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