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lilapsophobia

[li-lap-suh-foh-bee-uh, lahy-]

noun

Psychiatry.

  1. an irrational or disproportionate fear of tornadoes or hurricanes, or of the possibility that a less severe storm will develop into such catastrophic weather: generally considered a form of astraphobia.

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Other Word Forms

  • lilapsophobic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lilapsophobia1

First recorded in 1975–80; from Greek î (inflectional stem î- ) “violent storm, hurricane” + -o- ( def. ) + -phobia ( def. )

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