coprophobia (Q1118754)

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fear of or aversion to feces or defecation
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coprophobia
fear of or aversion to feces or defecation

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    Freud points out that ‘‘excreta arouse no aversion in children; they seem precious to them, as being parts of their own bodies which have been detached from them’’ (p. 99). Thus, phylogenetically and ontogenetically, taboos act as ‘‘a barrier against a phase of development that has been surpassed’’ (p. 99). (English)

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