astrophobia

See also: astraphobia

English

Etymology

From astro- +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

astrophobia (uncountable)

  1. A fear of stars and celestial space.
    • 2018 March 7, Chewie, “Artsploitation Acquires ‘A Taste of Phobia’”, in ScareTissue‎[1]:
      Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams).

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