SCOTOPHOBIA NOUN 1. an intense aversion or hostility towards Scotland, its people, or its culture ..1828 2. an irrational fear or dislike of the dark ...1844 ETYMOLOGY noun 1. - from Scoto- (forming adjectives and nouns with the sense ‘of or relating to Scotland or its people) + -phobia (forming nouns with the sense ‘fear of ——’, ‘aversion to ——’); noun 2. - from Scoto- (forming adjectives and nouns with the sense ‘of or relating to darkness) + -phobia (forming nouns with the sense ‘fear of ——’, ‘aversion to ——’) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1828 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Now, that the writer has been bit, is obvious enough, even though he had not confessed it. He has been driven to his pen by the influence of a sort of Scotophobia, which rendered seven copious evacuations necessary, in order to avoid more fatal consequences..." From: Anglicanus Scotched - Marcus Dods
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