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Definition of Thanatophobia
1. Noun. A morbid fear of death.
Definition of Thanatophobia
1. Noun. Fear of dying ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Thanatophobia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thanatophobia
Literary usage of Thanatophobia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"Necrophobia and thanatophobia arc allied maladies, one being the fear of dead
bodies and the other the fear of death itself. ..."
2. Senescence, the Last Half of Life by Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"The death fear or thanatophobia is, thus, a striking case of recapitulation.
The infant, like the animal, neither knows nor dreads death. ..."
3. The Companionship of Books and Other Papers by Frederic Rowland Marvin (1906)
"5. Necrophobia, or horror of dead bodies. 6. thanatophobia, or dread of death.
7. Monophobia, or fear of solitude. 8. ..."
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