erythrophobia

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Noun

erythrophobia (uncountable)

1. abnormal and persistent fear of blushing
2. Abnormal and persistent fear of the colour red.

   • As they passed through the upper hall J. noticed that the carpet was red. This immediately brought back to her mind the recollection of the suicide and produced a peculiar feeling of fear,—erythrophobia,—which was immediately followed by pain in the back of her head...

     The erythrophobia and the suicidal obsession, which did not yield to the influence of hypnotic suggestion, entirely disappeared and sank at once into the background.

Synonyms

• erytophobia
• ereuthophobia
• ereuthrophobia

Translations

• French: érythrophobie
• Italian: ereutofobia

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