English Explanatory Dictionary

anemophobia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fear of or aversion from wind.

Word forms

anemophobia

Etymology

From anemo- (“wind”) + -phobia. In some uses apparently a calque of Chinese 惡風 /恶风 (“aversion from wind (due to the coldness it brings about)”), a term used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Synonyms

ancraophobia
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