"spectrophobia" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From spectro- + -phobia. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|spectro|phobia}} spectro- + -phobia Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} spectrophobia (uncountable)
  1. A morbid fear of mirrors. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Phobias Synonyms: catoptrophobia
    Sense id: en-spectrophobia-en-noun--36bvOty Disambiguation of Phobias: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with spectro-, English terms suffixed with -phobia, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with spectro-: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phobia: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
  2. A morbid fear of ghosts or specters. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-spectrophobia-en-noun-7PeYTII- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: eisoptrophobia
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