catoptrophobia
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek κάτοπτρον (kátoptron, “mirror”) + -phobia.
Noun
editcatoptrophobia (uncountable)
- The fear of mirrors.
- 2008 February 6, Gordon (quoting Ed Naha), “We have nothing to fear...but these bozos”, in misc.news.internet.discuss[2] (Usenet):
- Pundit Bill O'Reilly grapples with "panophobia" (the fear of everything) while, strangely, Rush Limbaugh battles both "catoptrophobia," the fear of mirrors and "Walloonphobia," the fear of the Walloons.