The fear of dolls, also known as pediophobia or glenophobia, is a specific phobia of human-like toys for children, mannequins and ventriloquists' dummies, and may also transfer to other human-like models such as wax figures; to be considered a phobia, the fear must be persistent, intense and out of proportion to the threat. Fear of dolls has been exploited by horror films such as Child's Play and The Conjuring, both of which feature evil dolls.
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1. Wikipedia: Fear of dolls
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a specific phobia of human-like toys for children, mannequins, and ventriloquist's dummies
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