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Meaning of maieusiophobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Morbid dread of childbirth.

archaic, uncountable

Examples

“The perversion of normal maternal instinct known as maieusiophobia accounts for a few childless marriages, which may be attributed principally to the erroneous ideas advanced by mothers in the education of their daughters […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

maieutic maieutics Maigaiti Maigo maigre Maigue

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