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Meaning of "scopophobia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCOPOPHOBIA

scopophobia  [ˌskɒpəˈfəʊbɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCOPOPHOBIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scopophobia 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 SCOPOPHOBIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Scopophobia

Scopophobia or scoptophobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by a morbid fear of being seen or stared at by others. It is related to Ophthalmophobia. Scopophobia can also be associated with a pathological fear of drawing attention to oneself.

Definition of scopophobia in the English dictionary

The definition of scopophobia in the dictionary is the fear of being observed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCOPOPHOBIA


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCOPOPHOBIA

scop
scopa
scopae
Scopas
scopate
scope
scope out
scopelid
scopeloid
scoping study
scopolamine
scopoline
scopophilia
scopophiliac
scopophilic
scoptophilia
scoptophobia
scopula
scopulae
scopulate

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCOPOPHOBIA

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

Synonyms and antonyms of scopophobia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scopophobia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCOPOPHOBIA

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

Translator English - Chinese

scopophobia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scopophobia
570 millions of speakers

English

scopophobia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scopophobia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

scopophobia
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scopophobia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scopophobia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scopophobia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scopophobia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scopophobia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scopophobia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scopophobia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scopophobia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scopophobia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scopophobia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scopophobia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कोपॉफोबिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scopophobia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scopophobia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scopophobia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scopophobia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scopophobia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scopophobia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scopophobia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scopophobia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scopophobia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scopophobia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOPOPHOBIA»

The term «scopophobia» is normally little used and occupies the 125.003 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of scopophobia
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «scopophobia».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOPOPHOBIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scopophobia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scopophobia» 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 scopophobia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCOPOPHOBIA»

Discover the use of scopophobia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scopophobia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Therapy?: List of Rare Songs by Therapy?, Scopophobia, ...
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Books Llc, 2010
2
Neuropsychiatric Issues in Epilepsy
The feeling of being stared at observed in our epileptic patients (we named this observation “scopophobia—like in epilepsy”) is considerably different from that seen in patients with anxiety disorders (scopophobia in anxiety). First, our patients ...
Masato Matsuura, Yushi Inoue, 2010
3
South Korean Golden Age Melodrama: Gender, Genre, and ...
... visual and narrative rhetoric of the classical feature film, the history marking this rhetoric in an altered configuration of the gaze. Scopophobia, the visual symptom of this crisis, demonstrates the topology of the South Korean male's psyche.
Kathleen McHugh, Nancy Abelmann, 2005
4
Atomic Dwelling: Anxiety, Domesticity, and Postwar Architecture
Scopophobia/. Scopophilia. Electric Light and the Anxiety of the Gaze in American Postwar Domestic Architecture Margaret Maile Petty In her investigation of Adolf Loos's European interiors from the 1920s and 1930s, Beatriz Colomina ...
Robin Schuldenfrei, 2012
5
Building Vocabulary From Word Roots Student Book Lv 7 (4c): ...
Professor: “Oh yes it can! How else do you think you'll know immediately if someone's heart has stopped beating? Or if someone has totally stopped breathing?” 2nd Medical Student: “What if the patient has scopophobia?” The class laughs.
Timothy V. Rasinski, 2007
6
Why Gould Was Wrong
... scoffing instinct scolding, scolding instinct scopophilia, scopophilia (the deriving of sexual pleasure from visual sources) instinct scopophobia, scopophobia (fear of being seen by others) instinct scorn, laughter-of-scorn instinct scorn, scorn ...
Nils K. Oeijord, 2003
7
Kim Ki-duk
In her study of The Stray Bullet, Eunsun Cho calls this unique phenomenon “ scopophobia” (fear of/in looking), a condition that is exemplified by Ch'or—ho's averted gaze away from Myong—suk's act of prostitution in the bus scene where the ...
Hye Seung Chung, 2012
8
Human Behavior: The New Synthesis
... scoffing instinct scolding, scolding instinct scopophilia, scopophilia (the deriving of sexual pleasure from visual sources) instinct scopophobia, scopophobia (fear of being seen by others) instinct scorn, laughter-of-scorn instinct scorn, scorn ...
Mitch C. Bronston, Nils K. Oeijord, 2001
9
Refiguring the Archive
In general one could argue that this is the result of unthinking scopophobia, so seemingly inherent in academic and official institutions with their privileging of and, indeed, fixation on the word. We use the term scopophobia - literally translated ...
Carolyn Hamilton, 2002
10
The Principles of Digital Engagement
16 Scopophobia is the fear of people staring at you, and this screen shot was taken from the page about it on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Scopophobia), at a time when a 'personal appeal from founder Jimmy Wales' was running ...
Gez Smith, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCOPOPHOBIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scopophobia is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Anonsowanie nowej gry Emitenta
W związku z powyższym Zarząd przedstawia aktualny harmonogram wydawniczy dla obu tytułów: Scopophobia trafi na rynek w 4 kwartale tego roku, natomiast ... «Bankier, May 15»
2
BRIEF-Bloober Team announces game debuts
Plans to release 'Scopophobia' in Q4 and 'Layers of Fear' in Q3. * Its unit, iFun4all Sp. z o.o., will make 'This red game without a great name' available to the ... «Reuters, May 15»
3
Trzy premiery gier od Bloober Team
Scopophobia" ma kosztować, razem z nakładami na marketing, kilka milionów złotych. Będzie grą z gatunku horror/thriller. Prezes nie zdradza daty premiery. «Rzeczpospolita, Mar 15»
4
Piotr Babieno pokazuje, jak przekuć porażkę w sukces
Nie zdradzę szczegółów, ale tropem może być np. „Scopophobia”, która nazwę wzięła od stanu psychicznego oznaczającego lęk przed byciem obserwowanym ... «Forsal.pl, Mar 15»
5
Third Time's The Charm
She explained that she stopped performing at 19 due to scopophobia, a fear of being watched, which is “a ridiculous phobia for a dancer to have”. «Reykjavík Grapevine, Feb 15»
6
Polski Bloober Team przypomni o sobie w przyszłym roku!
Ok, to o czym będzie Scopophobia? Zarys wygląda tak, że wcielimy się w małego chłopca, który ukrywa się przed zabójczym wzrokiem bazyliszka. Poziom, na ... «CHIP, Dec 14»
7
Scopophobia na PC i PS4. Data premiery Basement Brawl w grudniu
Bloober Team, developer specjalizujący się w realizacji gier z gatunku horror/thriller, poinformował, że zakończył prace pre-produkcyjne nad grą Scopophobia ... «gry-online.pl, Dec 14»
8
Wróciła moda na akcje producentów gier
W październiku zaprezentowała też nową strategię i plany wydawnicze dotyczące dwóch nowych gier. „Medium" i „Scopophobia" zadebiutują do końca 2015 r. «Parkiet, Nov 14»
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Polskie studio Bloober Team wyda trzy gry w przyszłym roku
Na I lub II kwartał 2015 r zaplanowano horror Scopophobia. Akcję umieszczono tu w epoce wiktoriańskiej, a sytuację obserwujemy z perspektywy pierwszej ... «eurogamer.pl, Nov 14»
10
Bizarre phobias: Afraid of words, trees and more...
Fear of being looked at Scopophobia is an anxiety disorder in which the sufferer has an intense fear of being looked at or stared at by others. This results in ... «Bangalore Mirror, Nov 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Scopophobia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/scopophobia>. May 2024 ».
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