chrometophobia
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9.9
A strong fear of money or handling it
- noun
- /ˌkroʊmɪtəˈfoʊbiə/
- Specialized
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crometofobia
- People with chrometophobia often feel anxious when they have to handle cash.
Examples
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Her chrometophobia made it difficult for her to even look at her paycheck.
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He developed chrometophobia after his family lost everything in a financial crisis.
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Well, we can definitely say that we do NOT have Chrometophobia, Chrematophobia, or Peladophobia, Emma!
Blog text (24) -
The weirdest phobias I could find were Chrometophobia and Chrematophobia, which both mean a fear of money.
Blog text (24)
Synonyms
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5.1
A very strong, unreasonable fear of a specific thing or situation
is a specific irrational fear or strong aversion to money
How Afraid
Surface Forms
chrometophobia singular
chrometophobias plural
Morphology
Etymology
Chrometophobia comes from Greek parts chrem- meaning 'money' and -phobia meaning 'fear', the same -phobia you see in arachnophobia ('fear of spiders'). So, chrometophobia is a strong, unreasonable fear of money or of handling money.