aerophobe

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noun

A person who is afraid of flying.

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Meanings

nounaerophobe (plural aerophobes)

plural aerophobes

  1. A person who is afraid of flying.

    Many aerophobes who fly nonetheless rev up for their ordeal by popping tranquilizers or getting stoned on marijuana at the terminal parking lot or drowning their fears at the airport bars.

    1972, Cosmopolitan, volume 173, page 106

Origin

From aero- + -phobe.

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APA

aerophobe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerophobe

MLA

“aerophobe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerophobe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aerophobe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerophobe.

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