Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A morbid dread of being buried alive. Also
taphiphobia .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
fear of beingburied alive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a morbid fear of being buried alive
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Examples
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Mr. de Melo, a resort operator and politician, built a burial vault he could survive in because he's gripped by a rare condition called taphephobia, the fear of being buried alive.
A Man Called Freud 2008
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Freud de Melo Given the low probability of live burial nowadays, cases of taphephobia are "pretty darn rare," says psychologist Jonathan S. Abramowitz, director of the Anxiety and S.ress Disorders Clinic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A Man Called Freud 2008
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A Brazilian man named Freud de Melo suffers from taphephobia, the fear of being buried alive, so he built himself a special crypt.
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A Brazilian man named Freud de Melo suffers from taphephobia, the fear of being buried alive, so he built himself a special crypt.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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When times get bad and the market is sinking, many of them seem to suffer from taphephobia -- a fear of getting buried alive -- and they want to run for the hills as quickly as possible.
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When times get bad and the market is sinking, many of them seem to suffer from taphephobia -- a fear of getting buried alive -- and they want to run for the hills as quickly as possible.
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When times get bad and the market is sinking, many of them seem to suffer from taphephobia -- a fear of getting buried alive -- and they want to run for the hills as quickly as possible.
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• Freud de Melo, 73, operates a quirky tourist park in central Brazil that features stone models of Noah's Ark and other sculptures, but he also notoriously suffers from taphephobia, the fear of being buried alive, and one of his sculptures is his own elaborate, fear-assuaging crypt.
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When times get bad and the market is sinking, many of them seem to suffer from taphephobia -- a fear of getting buried alive -- and they want to run for the hills as quickly as possible.
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Basements don't get enough natural light, and since we clearly have latent taphephobia (fear of being buried alive), we need a finished basement we'd want to sleep in.
qms commented on the word taphephobia
You tell 'em they hafta keep probin' ya
Afore they start layin' sod ovah ya!
If ye yelps and ye squirms
Y'ain't ready for worms -
I knows me way 'round taphephobia.
February 27, 2015