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Q&A Coulrophobia: the fear of clowns [closed]

Can a child who has been sexually harassed by clowns be said to have 'coulrophobia: the fear of clowns' because of the fear and trauma she is undergoing? I mean to ask if the word 'coulrophobia' c...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by tapi‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:34:31Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/46929
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar tapi‭ · 2019-12-08T12:34:31Z (over 4 years ago)
Can a child who has been sexually harassed by clowns be said to have 'coulrophobia: the fear of clowns' because of the fear and trauma she is undergoing?

I mean to ask if the word 'coulrophobia' can be used when she's scared because of the fact that she was harassed.

I'm writing a story on this girl, who was raped but was diagnosed to be coulrophobiac by the doctor. He didn't know, neither did he check whether she was raped.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-07-26T15:17:22Z (almost 5 years ago)
Original score: -2