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Spectrophobia is the fear of ghosts, specters or apparitions.
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What does the word 'spectrophobia' mean?
Spectrophobia - fear of looking into mirrors
Are ghosts scared of a phobia?
Phasmophobia Spectrophobia
What is the term for excessive fear of ghosts?
Plasmophobia. Spectrophobia is also accepted.
What is spectophobia?
Spectrophobia: An abnormal and persistent fear of ghosts.
Why is my friend scared of her reflection?
Your friend probably has Spectrophobia. This is the phobia of your own reflection.
What phobia is the fear of specters or ghosts?
Spectrophobia is the name of the phobia relating to the fear of ghosts or specters actually it is Phasmophobia
Is there such thing as a phobia of seeing your reflection?
Yes, seeing your reflection is a medically recognised abnormal phobia.This phobia is called Spectrophobia.
Is there a phobia for mirrors in the dark?
The fear of mirrors often has to do with insecurity about one's physical appearance. Their appearance may be a trigger for some root issue and others have a dysmorphic disorder that alters their perception.
What is the scientific name for the fear of your reflection?
Spectrophobia (from Latin: spectrum, "ghost") is a kind of specific phobia involving a morbid fear of mirrors and one's own reflections. Catoptrophobia (from the word catoptric meaning using a mirror to focus light; from Greek word katoptrikos ) is the fear of mirrors. This phobia is distinct from Eisoptrophobia, which is the fear of your own reflection.
What is ailurophobia phasmophobia and myctophobia?
Ailurophobia is the fear ofcatsPhasmophobia is the fear of ghosts. NOTE: It is sometimes erroneously referred to as "spectrophobia" (fear of mirrors)Nyctophobia (not "myctophobia") is the fear of the darkReferences:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailurophobiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasmophobiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctophobia
What words has the root word spect in it?
spectroscopy spectroscope spectrophone spectrogram spectrology spectrometry spectroheliograph spectrohelioscope spectrophobia
What is the phobia called for fear of aliens?
Xenophobia is the fear of strangers, foreigners or aliens.---------------------------------------------------------------------Xeno = strangers, foreigners and aliens (more in the sense of people who are strangers, aliens... and probably not so much as "aliens" from ufo's... though for lack of better term, we still use the term xenophobia to indicate the fear of aliens)Baara = From the Hebrew - brutish, one of the wives of Shaharaim a BenjamiteBaara = From the Hebrew - brutish, an Israelitish womanchuter = is the French verb "To Fall"As you can see, the fake word "baaraparchuter" was fabricated by the last person(s) that updated this answer and therefore does NOT exist!!!NOR means "fear of extra-terrestrials, the dead" (Necrophobia is the fear of death and fear of the dead). Unfortunately, a lot of people out there took it as if it was a true since it's on a wiki and they didn't stop wonder if it was a real word or not.If you want to know if a word is real, just look at the word's etymology (root language of a word) and you'll find your answer.
