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- Latin · borrowed fromhorror vacuī“fear of empty space”
- English todayhorror vacui
From Latin horror vacuī (“fear of empty space”), from horror (“horror, fear”) + vacuum (“vacuum”).
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horror vacui
Today it means: The Aristotelian principle that there are no vacuums in nature. Full definition →
Latin horror vacuī