graphophobia


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graph·o·pho·bi·a

(graf'ō-fō'bē-ă),
Morbid fear of writing.
[grapho- + G. phobos, fear]
Morbid fear of writing of handwriting

graphophobia

(grăf″ō-fō′bē-ă) [″ + phobos, fear]
An abnormal fear of writing.
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Marking modernismo as the first Spanish American literary movement that cannot ignore that compromised relationship, Gonzalez finds there an acute graphophobia, 'an attitude towards the written word that mixes respect, caution, and dread with revulsion and contempt' (p.
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