xylophobia

English

Etymology

From xylo- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

xylophobia (uncountable)

  1. A fear of wooden objects.
    • 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).
  2. A fear of forests.
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