🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

密集恐惧症

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mìjí kǒngjùzhèng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trypophobia/ˌtrɪp.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"看到密密麻麻的小洞,她的密集恐惧症就犯了。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    An aversion or extreme fear of objects, patterns, or irregularities featuring clusters of small holes or bumps, such as those found in honeycombs, sponges, or seed pods.

    "Looking at the close-up image of the lotus seed pod triggered her trypophobia immediately."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in 2005 on an internet forum, the term combines the Greek root 'trypa' meaning 'boring, drilling, or hole' with 'phobia' meaning 'fear'. It emerged in digital spaces to describe a specific, newly categorized visual aversion to clusters of small holes or bumps.

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