symbolophobia

English

Etymology

symbol +‎ -o- +‎ -phobia

Noun

symbolophobia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, rare) A fear of particular icons or symbols; systems that use symbolism, such as artificial intelligence; or that one's own speech or actions may be interpreted as having symbolic meanings.
    • 1901, The Lutheran Quarterly, volume 31, page 231:
      It was a complete confessional somersault. In 1890 Dr. Parson seemed to have an attack of symbolophobia. Fortunately for him and the Church, it did not last long.
    • 2013 July 9, G.B., “Re: The future of Spark . Spark 2014 : a wreckage”, in comp.lang.ada (Usenet):
      I guess we need to adapt to even more overloadings, since symbolophobia is part of Ada culture.
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