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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A dread or hatred of books.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The fear of books.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A dread of books.

Examples

  • “The two share (d) a common affliction, bibliophobia or the fear of books.”

    Bush - A modern day Marie Antoinette and the best friend Bin Laden could have

  • “Judge Methuen declares that bibliophobia is but one phase of jealousy; that one's wife hates one's books because she fears that her husband is in love, or is going to be in love, with those companions of his student hours.”

    The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac

  • “Had it not been for Heber and for the bibliophobia which prevailed, when his possessions came to the hammer in 1834, it is doubtful whether Miller of Craigentinny could have achieved the extraordinary”

    The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

  • “Methuen declares that bibliophobia is but one phase of jealousy; that one's wife hates one's books because she fears that her husband is in love, or is going to be in love, with those companions of his student hours.”

    The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac

  • “Bolsheviks Bolshephobia books bibliophobia bound (being) or tied up merinthophobia bowel movements (painful) defecaloesiophobia brain disease meningitophobia bridges (crossing) gephyrophobia buildings (high) batophobia bullets ballistophobia (see also missiles) bulls taurophobia buried alive (being) taphephobia cancer carcinomophobia cats ailurophobia”

    pangsuan Diary Entry

  • “NAME ACTUAL FEAR MIGHT BE MISTAKEN FOR bibliophobia books fear of term papers bathophobia depth fear of being clean Gallophobia France, things French fear of California wine crystallophobia glass fear of Gypsies cryophobia ice, frost fear of peeling onions polyphobia many things fear of parrots phonophobia noise, loud talking fear of stereos topophobia places fear of Italian mice aichurophobia points fear of sneezing belonophobia sharp objects fear of cold cuts halophobia speaking fear of angels tacophobia speed fear of Mexican food phagophobia swallowing fear of becoming a sissy haphephobia touching, being touched fear of fractions Hodophobia travel fear of hobbits Parthenophobia young girls fear of Greek temples”

    Verbatim: VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 2

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  • jmjarmstrong JM wonders if bibliophobia will have to upgrade to ebibliophobia Oct 4, 2009

‘bibliophobia’ has been looked up 1239 times, added to 8 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 20.