nyctophobia

English

Etymology

From nycto- +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

nyctophobia (uncountable)

1. A fear of the night, nighttime, or darkness.

   Synonyms: noctiphobia, scotophobia

   • 2004, Michael A. Gibbs, A Fairy of Anneliese Glade‎^[1], →ISBN:

     "You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia."

Synonyms

• night-fear
• nightfright
• noctophobia

Translations

fear of the night

• Bulgarian: страх от тъмното (strah ot tǎmnoto)
• Danish: mørkeræd (da), nyktofobi (da)
• Finnish: pimeänpelko (fi)
• French: nyctophobie (fr) f
• German: Nyktophobie (de) f
• Greek: νυχτοφοβία f (nychtofovía)
• Portuguese: nictofobia (pt) f
• Swedish: nyctofobi (sv) c, skotofobi (sv) c, mörkrädsla