"automatonophobia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: automatonophobias [plural]
Etymology: From automaton + -o- + -phobia. Etymology templates: {{af|en|automaton|-o-|-phobia}} automaton + -o- + -phobia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} automatonophobia (usually uncountable, plural automatonophobias)
  1. Fear of humanlike figures, such as mannequins, wax figures, statues, dummies, animatronics, or robots. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Phobias Derived forms: automatonophobiac

Inflected forms

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