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automatonophobia
Automatonophobia is the fear of anything that falsely represents a sentient being; it is a type of specific phobia. 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 being different. A similar phobia is pupaphobia, the fear of puppets.
== Causes ==
The cause of automatonophobia is currently unknown, though it has been theorized that the fear derives from the members of a society's expectations for how other human beings should behave. Some fears may be driven by the exposure to aggressive or frightening portrayals of robotic or inanimate objects. The inanimate objects associated with automatonophobia represent human beings, most being portrayed very realistically. People expect the same type of behavior from one another. These inanimate objects, though closely portraying humans, do not behave quite the same as real humans. People often fear what they do not understand. It has been hypothesized that the brain might perceive the automaton as something dangerous or frightening, like a corpse or a disfigured/diseased person, and urge the sufferer to be repulsed by it. Ventriloquist dummies, animatronic creatures, and wax statues all fit into this theory; they portray but do not necessarily behave in as life-like a fashion as human beings. John T. Wood in his book '' "What Are You Afraid Of?: A guide to dealing with your fears"'' says that the cause of phobias is a hard to thing to generalize about because "...each person's fears are his own and spring from his unique personality and experience." Another way is possibly made by a virtual contact with Ventriloquist dummies, animatronic creatures, and wax statues. Some examples are movies, games, and other media.
The concept of the 'uncanny valley' also comes to mind while looking at automatonophobia. This hypothesis states that when features of automatons are very realistic but still not fully convincing, it causes a response of revulsion or even fear.
These are just theories or hypothesis however; indisputable conclusions have yet to be made.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
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