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coprophobia

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English

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Etymology

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From copro- (excrement) +‎ -phobia (from Ancient Greek φόβος "phobos" (fear)).

Noun

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coprophobia (uncountable)

  1. A fear of feces.
    • 1997, Klaus Ewe, V.F. Eckardt, P. Enck, Constipation and Ano-Rectal Insufficiency[1]:
      Human coprophobia appears to have developed gradually, and was reflected in an increasing demand for, first, privacy for defaecation []