cosmophobia

      English

      Etymology

      cosmo- + -phobia

      Noun

      cosmophobia (uncountable)

      1. fear or dread of outer space
        • 1971, Rumanian review: Volume 25
          The cosmophobia is only a symptom. It is not we who fly into outer space; it is outer space that should come down to the earth.
        • 2012, Brian Aldiss, The Dark Light Years
          As well as having an exploratory function, these flights were calculated to relieve cosmophobia.
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