Pteronophobia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pteronophobia is a noun meaning The fear of feathers.
Meaning
The fear of feathers.
Example Sentences
'Um ... pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled with feathers, I think . . . '
It is easy, for example, for a person to live with pteronophobia, aulophobia, or batrachophobia. One simply stays away from feathers, flutes, and frogs!
Then there are the phobes whose fear of birds is combined with a fear of feathers, pteronophobia. One case of bird-and-feathers phobia involved a woman in her thirties who was too frightened to go outside.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lepidopterophobia, pterylosis, pteronarcyid, entomophobia, pterotillomania, pteryla.
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