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dextrophobia

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English

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Etymology

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From dextro- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

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dextrophobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear of things located to one's right.
    • 2008 January 10, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail[1]:
      It also mentions coulrophobia (fear of clowns), dextrophobia (fear of objects at the right side of the body), and, one which parents are particularly prone to, ephebiphobia, or fear of teenagers.
    • 2019 July 23, admin, “Do you have Dextrophobia?”, in Tribeca Care[2]:
      Unfortunately, there is no method of treatment, known to let people get rid of this problem of dextrophobia.