hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobiathe fear of long words
What the word
the fear of long words
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
sesquipedalophobia (variant)
logophobia (fear of words)
verbophobia (fear of words)
rhabdophobia (fear of being criticized)
Synonym
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
hypernyms
phobia (generic) anxiety disorder (clinical) fear (generic) dread (generic)
the word itself
sesquippedaliophobia (variant) sesquipedaliophobia (variant) hippopomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (misspelling)
related concepts
logophobia (words) verbophobia (words) aichmophobia (sharp) megalophobia (large) phobophobia (fear itself)
sufferer
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobe (rare) sesquipedaliophobe (rare) logophobe (words)
Thesaurus
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Synonyms
fear of long words (clinical) sesquippedaliophobia (variant) long-word phobia (colloquial)
Related Fears
logophobia verbophobia phonophobia glossophobia
Object of Fear
long word polysyllable sesquipedalian (rare) sesquipedalianism (rare)
Word Parts
hippopoto (prefix) monstro (prefix) sesquippedalio (root) phobia (suffix)
Feelings
anxiety dread panic discomfort avoidance
Reactions
skipping squinting mispronouncing paraphrasing stammering
Situations
reading aloud spelling bee technical text legal document medical jargon
People
sufferer lexicologist logophobe student reader
Irony
self-referential humorous coinage paradox joke word
Domain
psychology linguistics anxiety disorder phobia wordplay
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