melanoheliophobia

English

Etymology

melano- (“pigmented, darkened”) +‎ helio- (“Sun, star”) +‎ -phobia (“fear”), from black holes being collapsed stars.

Noun

melanoheliophobia (uncountable)

1. (informal) The irrational fear of (astrophysical) black holes.
   • 2021 October 5, “Dark Star”, in Killers of the Cosmos, season 1, episode 5, via Science Channel:

     I hear you suffer from a certain affliction, melanoheliophobia

Hypernyms

• phobia

 

See also

• trypophobia