A Subset Of Phobias
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Pediophobia belongs to the broader category of automatonphobia. This is the fear of any “not quite human” entity, including mannequins, robots, ventriloquist dummies, puppets, and yes, dolls. It’s sort of like the Russian nesting dolls of phobias. Er. Bad choice of words.