astraphobia

American  

[as-truh-foh-bee-uh] / ˌæs trəˈfoʊ bi ə /

Rarely astrapophobia or astrophobia

noun

Psychiatry.

1. an irrational or disproportionate fear of thunder and lightning.

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astraphobia British  

/ ˌæstrəˈfəʊbɪə /

noun

1. a fear of thunder and lightning

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Other Word Forms

• astraphobic adjective

Etymology

Origin of astraphobia

First recorded in 1855–60 for spelling astrophobia in the obsolete sense “fear of stars,” and in 1870–75 for the spelling astraphobia in its current sense; from astro- ( def. ) or Greek astra(pḗ) “lightning” + -phobia