scelerophobe

English

Etymology

From the stem of Latin scelus +‎ -o- +‎ -phobe.

Noun

scelerophobe (plural scelerophobes)

  1. One who suffers from scelerophobia.
    • 2023 September 26, Abby Roch, “My house was broken into. Now I have developed a fear of thieves called scelerophobia.”, in Business Insider‎[1]:
      A scelerophobe can experience physical symptoms such as hot flashes or chills, dizziness, nausea, numbness, tachycardia, and hyperventilation, to name a few. […] In other words, someone who has been brought up by scelerophobes has potentially learned to develop scelerophobia; another case in which this fear could arise would be by direct exposure to criminal activity.
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