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Meaning of "autophobia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AUTOPHOBIA

autophobia  [ˌɔːtəʊˈfəʊbɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AUTOPHOBIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Autophobia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AUTOPHOBIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Autophobia

Autophobia is the specific phobia of isolation; a morbid fear of being egotistical, or a dread of being alone or isolated. Sufferers need not be physically alone, but believe that they are being ignored, unloved, threatened by intruders, and so on. Autophobia also is used in its literal text to mean, "by oneself", an uncontrollable fear of oneself or ones potential capabilities. It is sometimes associated with self-hatred, or loathing. Autophobia may be a symptom of other psychological disorders or it may predispose a person to developing other psychological disorders.

Definition of autophobia in the English dictionary

The definition of autophobia in the dictionary is the fear of solitude or being alone.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AUTOPHOBIA


acrophobia
ˌækrəˈfəʊbɪə
aerophobia
ˌɛərəˈfəʊbɪə
agoraphobia
ˌæɡərəˈfəʊbɪə
arachnophobia
əˌræknəˈfəʊbɪə
claustrophobia
ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbɪə
emetophobia
ɪˌmetəˈfəʊbɪə
homophobia
ˌhəʊməʊˈfəʊbɪə
hydrophobia
ˌhaɪdrəˈfəʊbɪə
Islamophobia
ˌɪzlɑːməˈfəʊbɪə
monophobia
ˌmɒnəʊˈfəʊbɪə
neophobia
ˌniːəʊˈfəʊbɪə
nomophobia
ˌnəʊməʊˈfəʊbɪə
nyctophobia
ˌnɪktəʊˈfəʊbɪə
phobia
ˈfəʊbɪə
phonophobia
ˌfəʊnəʊˈfəʊbɪə
photophobia
ˌfəʊtəʊˈfəʊbɪə
scopophobia
ˌskɒpəˈfəʊbɪə
technophobia
ˌtɛknəʊˈfəʊbɪə
triskaidekaphobia
ˌtrɪskaɪˌdɛkəˈfəʊbɪə
xenophobia
ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AUTOPHOBIA

autopen
autophagous
autophagy
autophanous
autophoby
autophony
autophyte
autophytic
autophytically
autopilot
autopista
autoplastic
autoplasty
autopolyploid
autopolyploidy
autopsia
autopsic
autopsies
autopsist
autopsy

WORDS THAT END LIKE AUTOPHOBIA

aichmophobia
ailurophobia
algophobia
anglophobia
anthropophobia
aquaphobia
astraphobia
astrophobia
gynophobia
mysophobia
necrophobia
ornithophobia
panophobia
pyrophobia
Russophobia
school phobia
sitophobia
social phobia
thanatophobia
Zenobia
zoophobia

Synonyms and antonyms of autophobia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «autophobia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AUTOPHOBIA

Find out the translation of autophobia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of autophobia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «autophobia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

autophobia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autofobia
570 millions of speakers

English

autophobia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

autophobia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رهاب الانفراد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

autophobia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

autophobia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

autophobia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Autophobia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Autophobia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Autophobia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

autophobia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

autophobia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Autophobia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

autophobia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தனிமையில் இருக்க இயற்கை மீறிய பேரச்சம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वयंभरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

autophobia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

autophobia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

autophobia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

autophobia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Autophobia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

autophobia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

autophobia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Autofobi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

autophobia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of autophobia

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AUTOPHOBIA»

The term «autophobia» is normally little used and occupies the 130.629 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of autophobia
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «autophobia».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AUTOPHOBIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «autophobia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «autophobia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about autophobia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUTOPHOBIA»

Discover the use of autophobia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to autophobia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age
Reveals that our vexed relationship with the automobile is nothing new. In fact, debates over whether cars are forces of good or evil in our world have raged for over a century now, ever since the automobile was invented.
Brian Ladd, 2008
2
Autophobia
Keith Collier, a washed-up engineer, invents a form of wireless electricity, hoping it will resurrect his career and save his firm, Seger Telecom.
Ben Weinberg, 2011
3
False Memory
Martie Rhodes, a happily married, successful video games designer, takes an agoraphobic friend to therapy sessions twice a week.
Dean Koontz, 2012
4
College vocabulary skills and strategies
The first one has been completed for you. autodidact cerebrate benevolence benison benevolence cerebrospinal benison autonomous bona fide autophobia autophobia cerebrate cerebration benevolence autokinetic >enejractor bona fide  ...
Elizabeth Grady Branch, Annie Calhoun Jewett, 2002
5
Confessions of a Conformist
Some even get over their autophobia suddenly, when the chips are down, and buy a despised American model, because they see they don't have the chips for a foreign car (whose illusory "low cost" is often the result only of comparison with  ...
Morris Freedman, 1961
6
Self-Interpretation in The Faerie Queene
8 Berger, "Displacing Autophobia", 172. 9 Noted by Berger, "Displacing Autophobia", 1 72, who observes also the "potentially damaging accusation" latent in Una's words to Redcross "That of your selfe ye thus berobbed arre" (I.viii. 42).
Paul Suttie, 2006
7
Power Practice: Vocabulary in Context, Gr. 5-8, eBook
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Mary Murray, 2004
8
Brain Ticklers in English
... phobia 22. atephobia 23. automysophobia 24. autophobia 25. aviatophobia 26 . bathophobia 27. bactrachophobia 28. cacophobia 29. carcinophobia 30. catagelophobia 31. cheimphobia 32. chidophobia 33. chionophobia 34. chronophobia ...
Vijaya Kumar, 2004
9
A Lexicon of Lunacy
... ruin) aulophobia (f . of flutes) aurophobia (a. to gold) automysophobia (f. being dirty; cf. misophobia) autophobia, autophoby (f. of being by oneself, of solitude; also called eremiophobia, eremophobia, monophobia) bacillophobia (f . of germs ; ...
Thomas Szasz, 1993
10
Sanitarium
I was allowed a small wooden spoon without any handle to speak of. After all, a plain metal spoon could not only convey my terrible reflection, but I could take it in hand and just consider the possibilities. Autophobia: the fear of oneself. Well ...
Michael R. Häack

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUTOPHOBIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term autophobia is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Amber Dawn connects luxury and logic between body and soul
With titles like "Queer Infinity," "Whole Messy Thing," "Autophobia," and "A Group of Sluts is Called What?," Where the Words End substitutes as ... «rabble.ca, Jun 15»
2
LLOYD OMDAHL: Welcome, Capt. Hagerott, to the ship of state
It isn't too late to call in sick or claim a disabling case of autophobia (being alone) or agoraphobia (open spaces). If bad comes to worse, God ... «Grand Forks Herald, May 15»
3
In Oregon, a Doctor Calls
... the state's voters live in the Portland metropolitan area, which has become emblematic of urban progressivism (“smart growth,” autophobia). «National Review Online, Jul 14»
4
Streetcars nothing but outdated technology kept alive by political …
... captive of a range of interests and pathologies, from nostalgia to autophobia to a belief that streetcars were superior to buses and subways. «National Post, Jul 14»
5
The Top 12 Travel Phobias You Probably Have and Don't Even …
Autophobia: The fear of being alone or isolated. Develops after repeatedly encountering closed currency exchange counters, boarded-up travel ... «Huffington Post, Jan 14»
6
Why Men Should Do Yoga
Due to my illness, I often battled severe bouts of depression and autophobia. By incorporating yoga as an essential part of my style of living, ... «Huffington Post, Nov 13»
7
WND EXCLUSIVE
... atelophobia (fear of imperfection), atychiphobia (fear of failure), automysophobia (fear of being dirty) and autophobia (fear of being alone or ... «WND.com, Oct 13»
8
Does Katrina Kaif suffer from autophobia?
Autophobia is the fear of being alone or of one's self. One wonders whether Katrina suffers from anything similar to that. A person close to ... «Bollywood Mantra, Sep 12»
9
Attacks on US embassies and autumn of apologetics after Arab Spring
... Loury's self-conforming stereotype is what Hamid Dabashi, author of the Franz Fanon inspired Brown Skin, White Masks, calls "autophobia". «Aljazeera.com, Sep 12»
10
'Are We Almost There?' Is It The End Of The Great American Road …
Brian Ladd, historian and author of two books including "Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age," says there is strong evidence from ... «International Business Times, Jul 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Autophobia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/autophobia>. Apr 2024 ».
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