automatonophobia
nounEtymology From automaton + -o- + -phobia.
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Usually Fear of humanlike figures, such as mannequins, wax figures, statues, dummies, animatronics, or robots.
- The plot involved angel statues that came alive with demonic faces the instant their victims stopped looking at them. Can I say for certain it gave some kid automatonophobia? No, but I’m glad I didn’t see it when I was six.2016 March 23, Keith Wagstaff, “Why Do Statues of Humans Terrify Me? An Investigation”, in VICE, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2025:
- Derived terms
- automatonophobiac