Definition of Acerophobia

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acerophobia
The fear of sourness

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Acerophobia Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

Phobia
Acerophobia
Fear of sourness


Acerophobia Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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-phob-
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (of Greek origin: φόβος/φοβία ) occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g., agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g., hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g., acidophobia), and in medicine to describe hypersensitivity to a stimulus, usually sensory (e.g., photophobia). In common usage they also form words that describe dislike or hatred of a particular thing or subject. The suffix is antonymic to -phil-.

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