#1: Haphephobia
What it is:
A morbid fear of being touched.Word history:
Haptein is a Greek word that means to fasten (that is, to bring two things together).Bonus points:
Haptics is the English word for “a science concerned with the sense of touch,” used in technologies like touch-screen displays that let users feel clicks.——– ** ——–
#2: Doraphobia
What it is:
The dread of touching the skin or fur of an animal.Word history:
The Greek word dora means “the skin or hide of an animal.”Bonus points:
The root word dora comes from the Greek verb derein, meaning “to skin or to flay.” This is also the source of derm, the Greek word for skin, which shows up in words like “dermatology”.
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