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- noun A
phobia of beingtouched .
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The fear of being touched also known as aphephobia, aphenphosmphobia, haphephobia, haphophobia, hapnophobia, haptephobia, and haptophobia is a rare specific phobia that involves the fear of touching or of being touched.
Archive 2007-05-01 Cliff Pickover 2007
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The fear of being touched also known as aphephobia, aphenphosmphobia, haphephobia, haphophobia, hapnophobia, haptephobia, and haptophobia is a rare specific phobia that involves the fear of touching or of being touched.
Aphenphosmphobia Cliff Pickover 2007
oroboros commented on the word aphenphosmphobia
Fear of being touched. The word features in Carl Hiaasen's comic novel "Nature Girl".
April 25, 2007