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autophobia

/ˌɔːtəˈfəʊbiə/noun

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अकेले होने का अत्यधिक डर

Advanced wordPYP · asked 2 times

Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

SSC CGL Mains 2019SSC Exams 2018
noun
  1. 1

    [U]

    an extreme fear of being alone

    अकेले होने का अत्यधिक डर

    • People with autophobia feel anxious when left alone at home.
    • Autophobia made it hard for him to live alone in the new city.
    • Autophobia can make even a short evening alone feel frightening.
    + 2 more examples
    • He sought help for his autophobia from a counsellor.
    • Her autophobia eased once she got a pet to keep her company.
AaSpelling

au·to·pho·bia

⌂Word origin and word building

Auto- means self (autobiography, autograph).

Auto- का अर्थ स्वयं है (autobiography, autograph)।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: fear of being alone is autophobia (also monophobia); of heights acrophobia; of water hydrophobia; of closed spaces claustrophobia; of crowds or open spaces agoraphobia; of strangers or foreigners xenophobia; of spiders arachnophobia; of snakes ophidiophobia.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: अकेले होने का डर autophobia (monophobia भी); ऊँचाई का acrophobia; पानी का hydrophobia; बंद जगह का claustrophobia; भीड़ या खुली जगह का agoraphobia; अजनबियों या विदेशियों का xenophobia; मकड़ियों का arachnophobia; साँपों का ophidiophobia।