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{{additional citations\|date=April 2018}} '''Spectrophobia''' (derived from [[Latin]]: ''spectrum'', n. specio, an appearance, form, image of a thing; an apparition, spectre) or '''catoptrophobia''' (from Greek κάτοπτρον ''kátoptron'', "mirror") is a kind of [[specific phobia]] involving ana abnormal and persistent fear of [[mirror]]s, and an anxiety about seeing one's own face reflected in them.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Ferenczi \|first1=Sandor \|title=Further Contributions to the Theory and Technique of Psycho-Analysis \|date=1994 \|publisher=Karnac Books \|isbn=9781855750869 \|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EN-eCP-fgO0C&pg=PA365&dq=%22spectrophobia+%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6_sWkq6XkAhWKa8AKHSZyBcUQ6AEIRDAE#v=onepage&q=%22spectrophobia%20%22&f=false \|accessdate=28 August 2019 \|language=en}}</ref> It is sometimes related to the fear of [[ghosts]] or the undead.{{cn\|date=August 2019}} This phobia is distinct from eisoptrophobia,{{how?\|date=August 2019}} which is the [[Fear processing in the brain\|fear]] of one's own reflection.

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