Multiple choice general knowledge

FEAR OF what causes: Philsosphobia…..

  1. Learning

  2. Cooking

  3. Floods

  4. Philosophy
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Philosophobia (despite the typo in 'Philsosphobia') refers to fear of philosophy or learning. The prefix 'philos' comes from Greek meaning love/learning, and '-sophia' means wisdom. However, the '-phobia' suffix inverts this to mean fear of learning or philosophical thinking. The other options are incorrect: learning alone would be 'sophophobia', floods (antlophobia), and cooking (mageirocophobia).

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