Usually means: Fear of insects; irrational, intense.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (insectophobia)

▸ noun:  (pathology) An abnormal fear of insects.

Similar:
pathophobia, sitophobia, germophobia, microphobia, helminthophobia, pediculophobia, odynophobia, syphiliphobia, acarophobia, syphilophobia, more...

Opposite:
entomophilia, insectophilia

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Similar:
pathophobia, sitophobia, germophobia, microphobia, helminthophobia, pediculophobia, odynophobia, syphiliphobia, acarophobia, syphilophobia, more...

Opposite:
entomophilia, insectophilia



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