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語源

From Ancient Greek τρῦπα (trûpa, “hole”), compare Ancient Greek τρυπάω (trupáō, “bore”), +‎ -phobia (from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear, phobia”)), said to have been coined by a blogger from Ireland in 2005.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌtɹɪpəˈfəʊbi.ə/
• (General American) enPR: trĭ'pə-fōʹbē-ə, IPA: /ˌtɹɪpəˈfoʊbi.ə/
• 韻: -əʊbiə
• ハイフネーション: try‧po‧pho‧bia

名詞

trypophobia (uncountable)

1. (psychology) An irrational or obsessive fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes, such as those found in honeycombs. [from 2005]
   • 2013 October, G[eoff] G. Cole, A[rnold] J. Wilkins, “Fear of Holes”, in Psychological science, volume 24, number 10, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1980–1985:

     Images of lotus seed heads are often reported as inducing trypophobia. Sufferers of trypophobia report that it is the visual percept that is particularly aversive.

   • 2015, Irena Milosevic, Trypophobia (Fear of Holes), Irena Milosevic, Randi E. McCabe (editors), Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, ABC-CLIO (Greenwood), page 401,

     In particular, individuals with trypophobia are fearful of clusters of holes that are found in a variety of objects and matter such as skin, coral, honeycombs, seed pods, and even aerated chocolate.

関連する語

• trypophobe
• trypophobic

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Further reading

• trypophobia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia