Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "scoptophobia" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF SCOPTOPHOBIA

scoptophobia  [ˌskɒptəˈfəʊbɪə] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCOPTOPHOBIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scoptophobia 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 SCOPTOPHOBIA 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCOPTOPHOBIA


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 SCOPTOPHOBIA

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCOPTOPHOBIA

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

Synonyms and antonyms of scoptophobia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scoptophobia» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF SCOPTOPHOBIA

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

Translator English - Chinese

scoptophobia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scoptophobia
570 millions of speakers

English

scoptophobia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scoptophobia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رهبة المرأى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scoptophobia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scoptophobia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scoptophobia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scoptophobia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scoptophobia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scoptophobia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scoptophobia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scoptophobia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scoptophobia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scoptophobia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scoptophobia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कोपटॉपहॉबिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scoptophobia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scoptophobia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scoptophobia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scoptophobia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scoptophobia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scoptophobia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scoptophobia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scoptophobia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scoptophobia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scoptophobia

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOPTOPHOBIA»

The term «scoptophobia» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.467 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Unused
8
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «scoptophobia» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of scoptophobia
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «scoptophobia».

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCOPTOPHOBIA»

Discover the use of scoptophobia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scoptophobia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary32: Dorland's ...
... monophobia mastigophobia, rhabdophobia taphephobia claustrophobia, clithrophobia catagelophobia, katagelophobia clithrophobia scopophobia, scoptophobia amychophobia aphephobia, haphephobia, haptephobia automysophobia ...
Dorland, 2011
2
A Lexicon of Lunacy
... coprophobia) sciophobia (f. of shadows) scoleciphobia (f . of worms; also called vermiphobia; cf. helminthophobia) scopophobia (f. of being looked at; also scoptophobia) scotophobia (f . of the dark; also called achluophobia) selaphobia (f ...
Thomas Szasz, 1993
3
The Routledge Spanish Bilingual Dictionary of Psychology and ...
... scopophilia escopofilia (f) activa — active scopophilia escopofobia (1') — scopophobia escopolamina (f) — scopolamine escoptofilia (1') — scoptophilia escoptofobia (f) — scoptophobia escorzo (m) — foreshortening escotadura (1) — notch ...
Steven Kaplan, 2011
4
Life Games
... HAPTEPHOBIA KATHISOPHOBIA You are afraid of being touched You are afraid of sitting down PHALACROPHOBIA LIGYROPHOBIA You are afraid of becoming bald You are afraid of loud noises SCOPTOPHOBIA PHLEMAPHOBIA You ...
Amanda Perry, 2005
5
An Excess of Phobias and Manias
... school grounds or bus, being teased about appearance or clothing, reciting in class, undressing in front of other children for gym, and going to the bathroom without privacy. scopophobia, scoptophobia: An abnormal fear of being stared at.
‎2003
6
The Freud Encyclopedia: Theory, Therapy, and Culture
His innovative approach to scoptophobia (fear of looking) as the fourth transference neurosis is an insufficiently recognized part of subsequent interest in narcissist structure. Signs of progress were trampled by the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact ...
Edward Erwin, 2002
7
Psychoanalysis International, V.1: A Guide to Psychoanalysis ...
In 1965 his essay "Scoptophobia. The Fourth Transference Neurosis" appeared in the journal Psyche; at the end of his life Dosužkov wrote a book on this subject. He was a creative scientist. It is not possible to list all his works here, which ...
Peter Kutter, 2013
8
Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of ...
... excessive fear of bad men scholionophobia, fear of going to school school: didaskaleinophobia, scholionophobia sciaphobia, sciophobia: an abnormal fear of shadows scoleciphobia, excessive fear of worms scopophobia, scoptophobia: an ...
John G. Robertson, 1991
9
Word Power Made Easy
... aphobia thirst: dipsophobia thunder: brontophobia time: chronophobia togetherness: synophobia travel: hodophobia ugliness: cacophobia voices: phemophobia vomiting: emetophobia walking: basiphobia watching: scoptophobia ...
Norman Lewis, 1991
10
Enhancement in Drug Delivery
It is so central to our way of life that irrational fear of losing vision, termed Scoptophobia or Scotomaphobia, is totally incapacitating for some individuals. Creationists suggested that an organ as special as the human eye could not have come ...
Elka Touitou, Brian W. Barry, 2006

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCOPTOPHOBIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scoptophobia is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Great Works: A Horse Frightened By Lightning (C1813-14 …
Scoptophobia is the fear of being seen or watched. Iconophobia is the fear of pictures. But there is no ready word for the fear of being pictured. Perhaps there ... «Independent, Jan 09»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Scoptophobia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/scoptophobia>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z