nyctophobia

English

Etymology

From nycto- +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

nyctophobia (uncountable)

A fear of the night, nighttime or darkness.
Synonyms: noctiphobia, scotophobia
- 2004, Michael A. Gibbs, A Fairy of Anneliese Glade‎, →ISBN:
  "You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia."

Translations

fear of the night

Danish: mørkeræd (da), nyktofobi (da)
Finnish: pimeänpelko
French: nyctophobie (fr) f
German: Nyktophobie (de) f

Greek: νυχτοφοβία f (nychtofovía)
Portuguese: nictofobia (pt) f
Swedish: nyctofobi (sv) c, skotofobi (sv) c, mörkrädsla

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