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katsaridaphobia

noun /kætˌsæɹɪdəˈfəʊbiə/

  1. Fear or dislike of cockroaches.

    uncountable

    Yes, cockroaches wallow in filth, but a case of food poisoning is probably about as bad as it gets if one of those pests skitters across your slice of pizza – a stroll through the park compared to malaria, yellow fever or dengue fever. Still, anecdotally, many people suffer from katsaridaphobia, or cockroach phobia.

Where it comes from

From Modern Greek κατσαρίδα (katsarída, “cockroach”) + -phobia.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry katsaridaphobia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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