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anthophobia

/ˌænθəˈfəʊbiə/noun

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फूलों से अत्यधिक डर

Advanced wordPYP · asked 1 time

Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

SSC CGL Pre 2025
noun
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    an extreme fear of flowers

    फूलों से अत्यधिक डर

    • Her anthophobia made garden visits difficult.
    • His anthophobia meant that even a bouquet in the room made him anxious.
    • The doctor said her anthophobia could be treated gradually.
    + 2 more examples
    • Anthophobia is rare, but it can be very distressing.
    • His anthophobia kept him away from the wedding decorations.
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⌂Word origin and word building

Antho- means flower (as in anthology, originally 'a collection of flowers', and chrysanthemum).

Antho- का अर्थ फूल (anthology, मूल रूप से 'फूलों का संग्रह', और chrysanthemum की तरह)।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked often (phobias): fear of flowers is anthophobia; water hydrophobia; heights acrophobia; closed spaces claustrophobia; crowds or open spaces agoraphobia; spiders arachnophobia; strangers or foreigners xenophobia; snakes ophidiophobia; darkness nyctophobia.

अक्सर पूछा जाता है (भय): फूलों का डर anthophobia; पानी का hydrophobia; ऊँचाई का acrophobia; बंद जगह का claustrophobia; भीड़ या खुली जगह का agoraphobia; मकड़ियों का arachnophobia; अजनबियों या विदेशियों का xenophobia; साँपों का ophidiophobia; अँधेरे का nyctophobia।