deipnophobia

deipnophobia

an abnormal fear of dining and dinner conversation.
See also: Dining
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These are actual phobias: deipnophobia - the fear of dinner parties, selenophobia - a fear of the moon, genuphobia - the fear of knees and scriptophobia - the fear of writing in public.
Why having a weird phobia is nothing to be scared of
DEIPNOPHOBIA Fear of dining or dinner party conversations.
Fright of our lives; PHOBIAS OF THE MODERN WORLD
We can't imagine this at all, but we hear some people have deipnophobia, which is the fear of dining and dinner conversation.
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