aviophobia
English
Etymology
Possibly from French avion (“airplane”) + -phobia
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊbiə
Noun
aviophobia (uncountable)
- Fear of flying.
- I'd love to come and visit you but aviophobia means that it'd have to be by boat, and that just takes too long!
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:aviophobia.
Synonyms
- aerophobia