Philophobia
noun
a fear of love, falling in love
Word Origin
Greek philos ‘loving’
n.
by 1976, from philo- + -phobia.
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[fi-los-uh-fas-ter, fi-los-uh-fas-ter] /fɪˌlɒs əˈfæs tər, fɪˈlɒs əˌfæs tər/ noun 1. a person who has only a superficial knowledge of philosophy or who feigns a knowledge he or she does not possess.
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[fil-uh-sof, fil-uh-zof; French fee-law-zawf] /ˈfɪl əˌsɒf, ˌfɪl əˈzɒf; French fi lɔˈzɔf/ noun, plural philosophes [fil-uh-sofs, fil-uh-zofs; French fee-law-zawf] /ˈfɪl əˌsɒfs, ˌfɪl əˈzɒfs; French fi lɔˈzɔf/ (Show IPA) 1. any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire. 2. a philosophaster. n. “Enlightenment rationalist and skeptic,” especially […]