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Meaning of catoptrophobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The fear of mirrors.

uncountable

Examples

“I wondered what was at the root of Shingo's catoptrophobia - his irrational dread of mirrors.”
“Pundit Bill O'Reilly grapples with "panophobia" (the fear of everything) while, strangely, Rush Limbaugh battles both "catoptrophobia," the fear of mirrors and "Walloonphobia," the fear of the Walloons.”
“If someone suffers from catoptrophobia (fear of mirrors), he sees mirrors, and their reflections, as dangerous.”

CEFR level

C2
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