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Meaning of cyanophobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Fear of, or aversion to, the colour blue.

uncountable

Examples

“Von Hasner cites a case of aversion to blue, or cyanophobia, in a woman, fifty years old, in whom it had existed since childhood. Looking at blue objects always brought on he ache, vertigo, nausea, and even vomiting.”
“While one person may have arachnophobia (fear of spiders), someone else may have arachibutyrophobia (fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of their mouth), or cyanophobia (fear of the color blue).”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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