oneirophobia

English

Etymology

From oneiro- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

oneirophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of dreams.
    • 2018 March 7, Chewie, “Artsploitation Acquires ‘A Taste of Phobia’”, in ScareTissue‎[1]:
      Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams).

References

American Psychological Association (APA):
oneirophobia. (n.d.). Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English,
Preview Edition (v 0.9.6). Retrieved February 03, 2007, from
Dictionary.com website: [2]

Modern Language Association (MLA):
"oneirophobia." Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English,
Preview Edition (v 0.9.6). Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. 03 Feb. 2007.
Dictionary.com [3]

Chicago Manual Style (CMS):
oneirophobia. Dictionary.com. Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of
English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6). Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
[4] (accessed: February 03, 2007).

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