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nyctophobia

/ˌnɪktəˈfəʊbiə/noun

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अंधकार-भय

Advanced wordPYP · asked 1 time

Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

SSC CGL Mains 2020
noun
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    [U]

    an extreme fear of the dark or of night

    अंधकार-भय

    • Many children suffer from nyctophobia.
    • Her nyctophobia meant that she always slept with a small lamp switched on.
    • Nyctophobia can make going to bed difficult for a child.
    + 2 more examples
    • The doctor treated her nyctophobia with gentle exercises.
    • Nyctophobia is more common than many people think.
AaSpelling

nyc·to·pho·bi·a

With nycto- (night).

nycto- (रात) के साथ।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often (phobias): fear of the dark is nyctophobia; heights acrophobia; water hydrophobia; closed spaces claustrophobia; open spaces or crowds agoraphobia; spiders arachnophobia; strangers xenophobia; light photophobia; death thanatophobia.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है (भय): अँधेरे का डर nyctophobia; ऊँचाई का acrophobia; पानी का hydrophobia; बंद जगह का claustrophobia; खुली जगह या भीड़ का agoraphobia; मकड़ियों का arachnophobia; अजनबियों का xenophobia; प्रकाश का photophobia; मृत्यु का thanatophobia।