bibliophobia


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bibliophobia

(ˌbɪblɪəʊˈfəʊbɪə)
n
an aversion to books
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bibliophobia

an abnormal dislike for books.
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(35) Tom Shippey, "Bibliophobia: Hatred of the Book in the Middle Ages," William Matthews Memorial Lectures, Birkbeck University of London, 1999, http://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/matthews/tom_shippey, part 1, The Canterbury Tales.
"This sely jalous housbonde to bigyle": Reading and Performance in Chaucer's The Miller's Tale
Other unusual conditions include papyrophobia, the fear of paper, and bibliophobia, the fear of books.
I LIVE IN FEAR OF THE PRINTS OF DARKNESS; Mum has newspaper phobia

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