ophidiophobia

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Related to ophidiophobia: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

ophidiophobia

1. an abnormal fear of snakes. Also ophiophobia.
2. herpetophobia.

See also: Reptiles

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RAWALPINDI -- A wave of panic and fear suddenly grips people whenever they spot a snake, but the Snake House in Rawalpindi's Ayub Park helps people overcome their ophidiophobia.

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When discussing examples like the fear of heights (acrophobia), fear of darkness (nyctophobia), or fear of snakes (ophidiophobia), the author explains how these phobias grow out of useful fears with evolutionary bases.

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She suffered bruises on her back, stomach, arms and legs, and a severe case of ophidiophobia: fear of snakes.

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A fearless journalist, of course, would have sought to find out who he was and why he was wandering the streets with a potentially deadly reptile, but Tyndale's ophidiophobia held sway and these questions will, I fear, remain unanswered.

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