logophobia

logophobia
/law'geuh foh"bee euh, log'euh-/, n.
an obsessive fear of words.
[1920-25; LOGO- + -PHOBIA]

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  • verbophobia — noun A fear of words. Syn: logophobia …   Wiktionary

  • logos — (n.) 1580s, Logos, the divine Word, second person of the Christian Trinity, from Gk. logos word, speech, discourse, also reason, from PIE root *leg to collect (with derivatives meaning to speak, on notion of to pick out words; see LECTURE (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

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