bibliophobia
Fear of reading
Bibliophobia is an irrational fear of books.
The term appears more often in wordplay and literary humor than in clinical contexts—someone might jokingly claim bibliophobia when faced with a long reading list.
Genuine cases involve anxiety triggered by books themselves or the act of reading: His bibliophobia kept him out of libraries.
Intense anticipatory fear
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
apprehension · aversion · avoidance · distress · unease · nervousness · horror · fright
Book collection or building
- literatureBody of written works
- novelNew and unusual
- textbookAcademic subject manual
- tomeSubstantial scholarly volume
volume · manuscript · hardcover · paperback · bookstore · reading · pages · print
Ability to read, write
- educationSystematic development of mind
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
school · academics · homework · curriculum · examination · comprehension · instruction · classroom
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
trepidation · apprehension · aversion · avoidance · distress · unease · nervousness · horror · fright · alarm
library
Book collection or building
- literatureBody of written works
- novelNew and unusual
- textbookAcademic subject manual
tome · volume · manuscript · hardcover · paperback · bookstore · reading · pages · print · text
literacy
Ability to read, write
- educationSystematic development of mind
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
knowledge · school · academics · homework · curriculum · examination · comprehension · instruction · classroom · intellectual
phobophobia
Dread of dreading
bibliophobiabibliophilia
Love of books
bibliomania · book lover · bookworm · voracious reader · bookishness
phobia, xenophobia, phobic, bibliophile, bibliography, phobias, bibliomania, hydrophobia, bibliophilic