There’s a word— albeit one not recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary or any psychology manual— for the excessive fear of clowns: Coulrophobia. Not a lot of people actually suffer from a ...
Coulrophobia, the fear of clowns, is considered to be one of the most common phobias. Approximately 10% of surveyed individuals report having severe coulrophobia, while an estimated 50% report some ...
Ask the internet why clowns are scary, and you’ll come up with a variety of answers, none of them particularly satisfying. Clowns are unpredictable, and that makes us nervous about what they have ...