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Meaning of hierophobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Fear of what is religious or sacred.

uncountable

Examples

“Irreligion and hierophobia of the Republicans.”

“Unhappily for Owen, he had conceived a kind of hierophobia in childhood which never left him. He saw in religion only a contrivance for making men cowards towards God and slaves to each other.”

CEFR level

C1

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

See also

hieroscopy Hierosolyma Hierosolymite hierourgy hierurgy Hies