Bibliophobia

Bibliophobia is the fear or hatred of books, and the word is used in two related but distinct ways. In psychology and psychiatry it names an irrational and persistent fear of books or reading, a specific phobia grouped under the anxiety disorders. In broader cultural and historical use it describes a fear or hatred of the influence books may have on society or culture, an attitude that has historically motivated censorship and book burning. The term is the opposite of bibliophilia, the love of books, and it comes from the Greek biblion, meaning book, and phobos, meaning fear. This record is a reference summary of how the term is used, not medical advice.