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Philophobia 

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people become petrified of falling in love.
Although butterflies in the stomach are often associated with love, for someone with philophobia those butterflies are more like deadly scorpions, as they are petrified of falling in love. Unfortunately many people in this category end up living a life of solitude and fear of commitment.
Philophobia by LightningThunda November 3, 2014
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philophobia 

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philophobia n (Greek philia, love + phobia, fear) - a persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of love and intimacy, of deep relationship with smbd.


It seems Stalin suffered from philophobia. He never had a deep personal relationship with anybody, a man or a woman, either friendship or love.
philophobia by Mikhail Epstein November 7, 2003

Philophobia 

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Fear of being in love.
X: "Man, have you seen what people do when they're in love? They do all sorts of stupid, embarrassing stuff usually for no reason what-so-ever. People who are scared of being in love are not strange at all, they're just sensible."
Y: Oh...Sure! They have Philophobia."
Philophobia by rperazag June 26, 2010

Philophobia 

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(noun) A fear of being in love or falling in love. Usually because of past relationships or family issues.
Sally: I don't think we should hang out anymore.
Bobby: Why not?
Sally: I have philophobia.
Philophobia by qwertypeach August 8, 2010

Philophobia 

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The fear one has of falling in love.
He realized that he might have Philophobia after admitting that he was afraid of having a platonic relationship.
Philophobia by ...bytemeh January 4, 2019

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Philophobia is a phobia that makes you scared to confess your love or to confess any type of love problems to your crush or a fact talk to your crush
Don't Have Philophobia about this
Philophobia by yerssfgssbvg April 16, 2021

Philophobia 

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The fear of being in Love. The fear of getting emotional attached to a person.
A: Why are you scared of Rom-coms?
B: I have Philophobia
Philophobia by Jan 🌻 March 21, 2022
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