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automatonophobia

noun

Etymology

From automaton + -o- + -phobia.

  1. derived from αὐτόματον
  2. formed as automatonophobia — “automaton + -o- + -phobia”

Definitions

  1. Fear of humanlike figures, such as mannequins, wax figures, statues, dummies,…

    Fear of humanlike figures, such as mannequins, wax figures, statues, dummies, animatronics, or robots.

    • The plot involved angel statues that came alive with demonic faces the instant their victims stopped looking at them. Can I say for certain it gave some kid automatonophobia? No, but I’m glad I didn’t see it when I was six.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for automatonophobia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA