Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alethophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aletho-pho-bia
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fear or dislike of the truth; an unwillingness to come to terms with truth or facts.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Is her "official science" fatally smitten with alethophobia?"
"If Alethophobia infects even one person, we can never attain universal unity."
"It sounds like a rare and serious psychiatric disorder, but I'm betting that two out of three people suffer from alethophobia."
"And the root of such blindness, hostility, or indifference, cognophobia, misology (Kant) and "alethophobia” (or rather, fear of correct beliefs), is a past in which interest, interest-driven epistemic desires and interrogative stances have regularly lost out to a variety of practical considerations in particular to fear of unpleasant discoveries."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia) + -phobia, equivalent to aletho- + -phobia.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

alethophobe alethophobic

Frequently Paired Words

truthaphobia

Antonyms

alethophilia

Questions

What does alethophobia mean?: A fear or dislike of the truth; an unwillingness to come to terms with truth or facts.
Where does alethophobia come from?: From Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia) + -phobia, equivalent to aletho- + -phobia.

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