Automatonophobia
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Automatonophobia is the fear of anything that falsely represents a sentient being and is a type of specific phobia.[citation needed] This includes, but is not limited to, ventriloquist dummies, animatronic creatures, mannequins, scarecrows, and wax statues. This fear can manifest itself in numerous ways, every individual who suffers from the fear of being different. Similar phobias include pupaphobia, the fear of puppets, and pediophobia, the fear of dolls.
See also[edit]
- Killer toys
- Capgras delusion, in which an affected person believes that their loved ones have been replaced with doppelgängers
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