Tokophobia

Pronunciation: /toʊkə'foʊbiə/

Definitions of tokophobia

noun an extreme fear or aversion to childbirth

Example Sentences

A1 Tokophobia is a fear of childbirth.

A2 Many women with tokophobia choose to have a cesarean section instead of a natural birth.

B1 Tokophobia can cause significant distress and anxiety for pregnant women.

B2 Therapy and counseling can help women with tokophobia overcome their fear of giving birth.

C1 Severe cases of tokophobia may require psychiatric intervention to manage the fear.

C2 Women with tokophobia may avoid getting pregnant altogether due to their extreme fear of childbirth.

Examples of tokophobia in a Sentence

formal Tokophobia is a specific phobia characterized by an intense fear of childbirth.

informal I heard she has tokophobia and is really scared of giving birth.

slang I can't even think about having a baby, it gives me major tokophobia.

figurative Her tokophobia is so severe that she avoids any discussion about pregnancy or childbirth.

Grammatical Forms of tokophobia

• past tense: experienced
• plural: tokophobias
• comparative: more tokophobic
• superlative: most tokophobic
• present tense: experiences
• future tense: will experience
• perfect tense: have experienced
• continuous tense: is experiencing
• singular: tokophobia
• positive degree: tokophobic
• infinitive: to experience
• gerund: experiencing
• participle: experiencing

Origin and Evolution of tokophobia

First Known Use: 1996 year

Language of Origin: Greek

Story behind the word: The word 'tokophobia' is derived from the Greek words 'tokos' meaning childbirth and 'phobos' meaning fear.

Evolution of the word: The term 'tokophobia' was first coined in 1996 by the British psychiatrist Kristina Hofberg to describe a pathological fear of pregnancy and childbirth. Since then, the usage of the word has become more widespread in the medical field to describe this specific phobia.