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NECROPHOBIA

Definition: NECROPHOBIA

NECROPHOBIA

Noun

1. An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Necrophobia \Nec`ro*pho"bi*a\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression a dead body to fear.]. (Websters 1913)

Modern Usage: NECROPHOBIA

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Necrophobia (1995)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: NECROPHOBIA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

necrophobia

14
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: NECROPHOBIA

Language Translations for "NECROPHOBIA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏رهاب الموت. (various references)

   

French

  

nécrophobie. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ネオン管 (bottleneck, drip-dry, import restriction list, Is it so?, nack chain, Nebraska, neck, neckerchief, necking, necklace, neckline, necktie, necktie pin, necrophilia, nector, negative, negative color, neglect, negligee, negotiation, Nelson, neon tube, nepenta, nephron, nephrosis, nepotism, Neptune, neptunium, Nescafe, -ness, nest, nest table, nesting, Nestle, net, net ball, Net citizen, net in, net play, net price, net score, netball falling in, netizen, net-mask, nettopology, network, network administration, networker, networking, Nevada, Never give up!, Never happen, Never mind, next, no carbon, no-iron, permanent snowpatch, Really?, several tables inside each other, tie, wash and wear). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ネクロフォ"ア . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ecrophobianay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "NECROPHOBIA"

Words rhyming with "NECROPHOBIA" (pronounced 'Nec`ro*pho"bi*a'): Anglophobia, Bibliophobia, Cimbia, Cobia, Columbia, Gynephobia, hydrophobia, Nosophobia, nubia, Papaphobia, Photophobia, Russophobia, Sitophobia, Toxiphobia. (additional references)

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Anagrams: NECROPHOBIA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-h-i-n-o-o-p-r"

-2 letters: acrophobe.

-3 letters: apocrine, bronchia, canephor, caponier, chaperon, pecorino, picaroon, poachier, procaine, prochain, prochein.

-4 letters: aerobic, aphonic, apnoeic, archine, bicorne, birchen, boronic, brechan, brioche, bronchi, broncho, caprine, carbine, chopine, chorine, chorion, corbina, coronae, harpoon, hencoop, heparin, hipbone, nephric, panoche, phocine, phonier, phrenic, pibroch, pincher, poacher, porcine, porcino.

-5 letters: achier, aeonic, anchor, apneic, archon, barhop, beacon, bicorn, bicron, bonaci, bonier, borane, branch, breach, broach, broche, bronco, brooch, cahier, carbon, carhop, caribe, carnie, ceriph, chaine, cheapo, chopin, chorea, cipher, coheir, coiner, cooper, copier, coprah, corban, corbie, cornea, corona, crepon, enrich, eparch, ephori, harpin, hernia, heroic, heroin, hooper, inarch, ochone, ochrea, operon, orache, orcein, orphan, orphic, orpine, painch, panier, pechan, phobia, phobic, phonic, picaro, pincer, poncho, prance, preach, prince, racoon, rancho, rapine, recoin, richen.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-h-i-n-o-o-p-r"
 

+5 letters: bronchopneumonia, thrombocytopenia.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: NECROPHOBIA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 45 43 52 4F 50 48 4F 42 49 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.    .    -.-.    .-.    ---    .--.    ....    ---    -...    ..    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01000101 01000011 01010010 01001111 01010000 01001000 01001111 01000010 01001001 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#69 &#67 &#82 &#79 &#80 &#72 &#79 &#66 &#73 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0045 0043 0052 004F 0050 0048 004F 0042 0049 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4839375249504249364335

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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