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Onomatophobia

Onomatophobia is the fear of certain names or words. Stemming from his hatred of British scientists, whom he accused of stealing German ideas, Philipp von Lenard[?], a German physicist, could not bear to hear, see, or say the name of Sir Isaac Newton.

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