Hierophobia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hierophobia is a noun meaning Fear of what is religious or sacred.
Meaning
Fear of what is religious or sacred.
Example Sentences
Irreligion and hierophobia of the Republicans.
Unhappily for Owen, he had conceived a kind of hierophobia in childhood which never left him. He saw in religion only a contrivance for making men cowards towards God and slaves to each other.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include religiophobia, religiophobe, theophobia, heterophobia, heresyphobia, ecclesiophobia.
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