haphephobia
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prettygoodwordhaphephobia (haf-eh-FOH-bee-ə) - n., a morbid fear of touching.
Also spelled aphephobia, haphophobia, hapnophobia, haptephobia, and haptophobia, also called thixophobia -- which first seems to be the most common term. All of the former are coined from variations on Greek ἁφή (haphe), touch, which also gave us a bunch of hapto- words. Can include fear of touching someone as much as being touched.
---L.
Also spelled aphephobia, haphophobia, hapnophobia, haptephobia, and haptophobia, also called thixophobia -- which first seems to be the most common term. All of the former are coined from variations on Greek ἁφή (haphe), touch, which also gave us a bunch of hapto- words. Can include fear of touching someone as much as being touched.
---L.
