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Submechanophobia

Clinical and Motivational Phenomena

Submechanophobia is a fear of submerged man-made objects, either partially or entirely underwater, which could include shipwrecks, statues, sea mines, animatronics such as those seen in theme parks, or old buildings, as well as more mundane items such as buoys, chains and miscellaneous debris.

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Classification
Type of Phenomenon
Emotional Phenomenon 1
Diagnostic Chapter
Anxiety or Fear-Related Disorders 2
Sources
1. Submechanophobia (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Submechanophobia lead paragraph (w-bbfill-psych-diag-0926, keyword classification against phenomenon-kind enum definitions, hand-checked)View the Source
2. ICD-11 Browser (WHO)
World Health Organization
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