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Baldness vs Peladophobia - What's the difference?

baldness | peladophobia |

As nouns the difference between baldness and peladophobia

is that baldness is the state of being bald (said of a human ) while peladophobia is the fear of baldness and/or of bald people.

baldness

English

Noun

  • The state of being bald (said of a human ).

    • Synonyms

    * (baldness in humans''): alopecia (''medical term ) * hairlessness * calvity

    Derived terms

    * male pattern baldness

    See also

    * hair loss *

    peladophobia

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The fear of baldness and/or of bald people.
  • * 1925 , Transactions of the Section on Dermatology and Syphilology of the American Medical Association at the Annual Session , page 190:
    • Mention may also be made here to peladophobia', fear of baldness, particularly manifested in men. In the more severe cases of ' peladophobia , the social intercourse of the patient is much restricted, developing into what is virtually a phobia of society.
  • * 2008 , James Garner & Arthur H. Bell, Phobias and How to Overcome Them: Understanding and Beating Your Fears , Castle Books (2008), ISBN 9780785824091, page 105:
    • Andrew fears bald people (peladophobia ). As a child, he inadvertently insulted a bald man in a grocery store and was promptly clapped on the ears by the old man and screamed at.
  • * 2010 , Vanessa Woods, Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo , Gotham Books (2010), ISBN 9781101429266, unnumbered page:
    • You can have pluviophobia, the fear of being rained on, or peladophobia , the fear of bald people, but there is no medical term for the fear of doors.
    English words suffixed with -phobia