What does catoptrophobia mean?
Catoptrophobia means The fear of mirrors..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The fear of mirrors..
I wondered what was at the root of Shingo's catoptrophobia - his irrational dread of mirrors.
Pundit Bill O'Reilly grapples with "panophobia" (the fear of everything) while, strangely, Rush Limbaugh battles both "catoptrophobia," the fear of mirrors and "Walloonphobia," the fear of the Walloons.
If someone suffers from catoptrophobia (fear of mirrors), he sees mirrors, and their reflections, as dangerous.
Use catoptrophobia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Catoptrophobia means The fear of mirrors..
Common synonyms include eisoptrophobia, spectrophobia.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I wondered what was at the root of Shingo's catoptrophobia - his irrational dread of mirrors.
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