"polyphobia" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: polyphobias [plural]
Etymology: poly- + -phobia Etymology templates: {{confix|en|poly|phobia}} poly- + -phobia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} polyphobia (usually uncountable, plural polyphobias)
  1. Fear of many things; a collection of fears. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-polyphobia-en-noun-u908c4-P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. (uncountable) Fear, hatred, or dislike of, or prejudice against, polyamory or polyamorous people. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Polyamory
    Sense id: en-polyphobia-en-noun-DiAk1BgW Disambiguation of Polyamory: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with poly-, English terms suffixed with -phobia Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phobia: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: polyphobe, polyphobic

Inflected forms

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