dikephobia

This spring's lineup of old Parisian Grand Guignol goodies gleefully exploits an array of human phobias old and new: from dikephobia (fear of justice) to bdellophobia (fear of leeches) to a perhaps hitherto undiscovered phobia, the fear of lewd shadow puppetry.

San Francisco Bay Guardian: Top Stories 2009

This spring's lineup of old Parisian Grand Guignol goodies gleefully exploits an array of human phobias old and new: from dikephobia (fear of justice) to bdellophobia (fear of leeches) to a perhaps hitherto undiscovered phobia, the fear of lewd shadow puppetry.

San Francisco Bay Guardian: Top Stories 2009

And speaking of confusion, I leave it to your imagination to figure out the meaning of spermophobia, gynophobia, and dikephobia.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 2 1980