Usually means: Fear of being touched physically.
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  1. aphephobia: Wiktionary
  2. aphephobia: Dictionary.com
  3. Aphephobia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. aphephobia: Grandiloquent Dictionary

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  1. Aphephobia: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Aphephobia)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of haphephobia [The fear of being touched.]

Similar:
haphephobia, aphenphosmphobia, agliophobia, Afriphobia, algiophobia, syphiliphobia, germaphobia, apiphobia, acephobia, haemophobia, more...

Opposite:
philophobia, attraction, love, fondness

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Similar:
haphephobia, aphenphosmphobia, agliophobia, Afriphobia, algiophobia, syphiliphobia, germaphobia, apiphobia, acephobia, haemophobia, more...

Opposite:
philophobia, attraction, love, fondness



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