Meaning of koumpounophobia | Babel Free

Definitions

The fear of buttons (clothing fasteners).

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Examples

“Mrs Rose said that from time to time psychiatrists had asked her whether their clients suffering from koumpounophobia, or fear of buttons, could visit the shop in Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia.”

“Years ago, I worked with the parents of a three-year-old with koumpounophobia, a fear of buttons. She violently refused to wear anything with buttons and screamed if her mom approached with buttons on her shirt.”

“Meet mother-of-one Louisa Francis, whose bizarre phobia means she is terrified of buttons. The 30-year-old panics if faced with one, and is forced to flee if they are placed too near to her. To most people they are harmless but for Louisa they are a source of fear - because she has koumpounophobia.”

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