Meaning of automatonophobia | Babel Free

Definitions

Fear of humanlike figures, such as mannequins, wax figures, statues, dummies, animatronics, or robots.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“The plot involved angel statues that came alive with demonic faces the instant their victims stopped looking at them. Can I say for certain it gave some kid automatonophobia? No, but I’m glad I didn’t see it when I was six.”

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