Syphilophobia

Quick meaning: Syphilophobia is a noun meaning A morbid fear of syphilis.

Meaning

A morbid fear of syphilis.

Example Sentences

Part of the answer lies in the wave of “syphilophobia” that engulfed the country during the 1930s and 1940s.

Similarly, testing groups that are already socially marginal can further exacerbate syphilophobia as well as the existing prejudices against these groups.

Sexual fear with regard to the woman may assume various modalities which disguise it from the instinct itself; the most frequent are syphilophobia and gonophobia, and also the suspicion of being deceived, of being made a cuckold,.

Word Forms

• syphilophobias
• syphiliphobia

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include syphiliphobia, syphilomania, syphilitic, phthisiophobia, syphiloderm, syphilization.

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