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Psychological Phenomena

Pogonophobia

Clinical and Motivational Phenomena

Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.

Facts
Partially Attested
First Described Year
1851 1
David Smith's 1851 publication of The Covenanter of the Reformed Presbyterian Church describes the Jesuits of Baden as suffering a veritable pogonophobia.
Classification
Type of Phenomenon
Emotional Phenomenon 1
Diagnostic Chapter
Anxiety or Fear-Related Disorders 2
Connections

In Branch

Abnormal Psychology, Branches of Psychology
Source Pogonophobia (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Pogonophobia (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia Pogonophobia lead paragraph (w-bbfill-psych-diag-0926, keyword classification against phenomenon-kind enum definitions, hand-checked)
  • History section
    David Smith's 1851 publication of The Covenanter of the Reformed Presbyterian Church describes the Jesuits of Baden as suffering "a veritable pogonophobia at the sight of a democratic chin."
  • In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Lead section
    The term pogonophobia is derived from the Greek words pogon (πώγων) for "beard" and phobos (φόβος) for "fear."
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2. ICD-11 Browser (WHO)
World Health Organization
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