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Definition of Nyctophobia
1. Noun. A morbid fear of night or darkness.
Definition of Nyctophobia
1. Noun. A fear of the night, nighttime or darkness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Nyctophobia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nyctophobia
Literary usage of Nyctophobia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mind and Its Disorders: A Text-book for Students and Practitioners by William Henry Butter Stoddart (1908)
"Acrophobia is an abnormal fear of heights; nyctophobia, fear of the dark.
Some people have a similar sense of oppression when they are in a church or a ..."
2. A Clinical Manual of Mental Diseases by Francis Xavier Dercum (1917)
"It may, for instance, relate to special conditions of the environment; the patient
may be morbidly afraid of the dark, nyctophobia; or contact with certain ..."
3. A Text-book on Nervous Diseases by Francis Xavier Dercum (1895)
"... 789 Numb fingers, 721 nyctophobia. 66 Nystagmus, 42, 793 associated with other
movements, 794 causes of. 794 congenital, 793 extent of movements, ..."
4. A Textbook of Sex Education for Parents and Teachers by Walter Matthew Gallichan (1921)
"Cases of horror of contact with unclean objects, physical recoils and nyctophobia,
or morbid dread of dirt, are commoner among women than among men. ..."
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