hylophobia

English

Etymology

From hylo- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

hylophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of forests or wooded areas.
    • 2013, Peter Young, Oak, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 118:
      Related to dendrophobia but less well known are hylophobia (fear of forests), nyctohylophobia (fear of dark wooded areas or forests at night) and xylophobia (fear of wooden objects).

Hyponyms

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