gelotophobia
English
noun
Definitions
- An abnormal and persistent fear of being laughed at.
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek γέλως (laughter) + Ancient Greek φόβος (fear, panic flight, phobia).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φόβος
Gloss
fear, panic flight, phobia
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
恐, 虞, 怖, 畏, 慄
Emoji
😨 😱
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -phobic English
- melophobia English
- fobofobia Finnish
- -phobus Latin
- ablutio Latin
- claustrum Latin
- phobia Latin
- Phobie German
- -phobie French
- phobie French
- -φοβία Ancient Greek
- Δηΐφοβος Ancient Greek
- βλέννος Ancient Greek
- γέλως Ancient Greek
- γελωτοποιός Ancient Greek
- τρῦπα Ancient Greek
- φέβομαι Ancient Greek
- φόβος Ancient Greek
- ἄφοβος Ancient Greek
- ἱπποφοβάς Ancient Greek
- ὁμίχλη Ancient Greek
- *bʰegʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- fobia Portuguese
- fobia Polish
- -fob Norwegian Nynorsk
- fobi Norwegian Nynorsk
- -fóbach Irish
- φόβος Greek (modern)