Meaning of syphilophobia | Babel Free

Definitions

A morbid fear of syphilis.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Sexual fear with regard to the woman may assume various modalities which disguise it from the instinct itself; the most frequent are syphilophobia and gonophobia, and also the suspicion of being deceived, of being made a cuckold,...”

“Similarly, testing groups that are already socially marginal can further exacerbate syphilophobia as well as the existing prejudices against these groups.”

“Part of the answer lies in the wave of “syphilophobia” that engulfed the country during the 1930s and 1940s.”

CEFR level