phasmophobia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma) +‎ -phobia

Noun[edit]

phasmophobia (uncountable)

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  1. The fear of ghosts.
    • 2008, E a Bucchianeri, Faust: My Soul Be Damned for the World, volume 2, page 55:
      He also suffered from hypsophobia, a certain fear of elevated places, and the typical scotophobia and phasmophobia associated with churches, graveyards and solitary places in the dark of night.