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Nov 12, 2003 17:24

Cacophobia, n.

The fear of ugliness.

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Just as I was looking at this community klassique November 13 2003, 06:37:57 UTC
I find a word that ties in with my homework! So to detail the word a little (and quite possibly be annoying) I'll do just a little bit of etymology.

We all know what phobia means, but the other half is from the Greek word kakos, which just means bad or harsh.

Happened to come across it while breaking down the word calligraphy... which is beautiful writing so cacography, being the complete opposite would be scrawly or illegible handwriting.

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