haptephobia

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Definition of haptephobia in English English dictionary

The fear of being touched (also known as aphephobia, haphephobia, haphophobia, hapnophobia, haptephobia, and haptophobia) is a rare specific phobia that involves the fear of touching or of being touched. It is an acute exaggeration of the normal tendencies to protect one's personal space, expressed as a fear of contamination or of the invasion, and extending even to people whom its sufferers know well

Dokunulmaktan aşırı ürkme, diğer bir şeyin veya bir kişinin kendisine değmesinden anormal şekilde korkma