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Meaning of psychophobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A fear of the mind, particularly mental illness, such as dementia.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“Because psychophobia is so endemic to human nature, the process of psychoanalysis involves a continual exploration of the patient’s resistance to knowing what is dreaded in the unconscious mind.”

CEFR level

C1

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

See also

psychophonetics psychophony psychophor psychophylaxis Psychophysical psychophysical parallelism