See hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "the fear of long words",
"word": "hippopotomonstroseskipedaliyofobi"
}
],
"word": "hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia"
}
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