I Must Not Fear...Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
A phobia is an irrational fear or hatred of a specific thing or situation which compels one to avoid it despite awareness and reassurance that the object or situation is not dangerous. Listed below are the names and definitions of six phobias. Five are real phobias documented in psychology journals, while one is an imposter. Can you determine which one from the list below is not a real phobia?
Trichopathophobia - Fear of hair Pentheraphobia - Fear of mother-in-law Aibohphobia - Fear of Palindromes Doraphobia - Fear of fur or skins of animals Logizomechanophobia - Fear of computers. Onomatophobia- Fear of hearing a certain word or of certain names. AnswerAibohphobia is not a real, documented phobia; it is actually a joke started on the Internet. It has not appeared in any documented psychology journal. The joke, of course, is that the word Aibohphobia is a palindrome.The title is part of a quote on fear from the book Dune, by Frank Herbert. Hide What Next?
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