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didaskaleinophobia

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek διδασκαλεῖον (didaskaleîon, school) +‎ -phobia.

Noun

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didaskaleinophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of going to school.
    • 2019, Graham Duff, “Sleater-Kinney”, in Foreground Music: A Life in Fifteen Gigs, London: Strange Attractor Press, →ISBN, page 153:
      As well as claustrophobia, I also suffer from a condition that I can't even pronounce: Didaskaleinophobia. It translates as fear of schools. I only experienced a very minor form of this as a kid.