phasmophobia - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Noun
    * 1.2.1 Translations

From Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma) +‎ -phobia.

phasmophobia (uncountable)

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.