OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 53265

trypophobia

/ˌtɹɪpəˈfəʊbi.ə/
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tripofobia
An irrational or obsessive fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes, such as those found in honeycombs.
2015, Irena Milosevic, Trypophobia (Fear of Holes), Irena Milosevic, Randi E. McCabe (editors), Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, ABC-CLIO (Greenwood), page 401, In parti…
Images of lotus seed heads are often reported as inducing trypophobia. Sufferers of trypophobia report that it is the visual percept that is particularly aversive.
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