Meanings
- rareuncountableThe fear of floods or inundation.
As climate change brews, Woody is likely to suffer from a severe case of the newly diagnosed floodophobia (or antlophobia). He will not be alone.
2010, Matthew E. Kahn, Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future, Basic Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 1142 more examples
Two roads greet thee before thy devastation and failures... one road stemming from Mama's womb the other dislodged from Daddy's deformed testicles Learning to read was thy great antlophobia of which they twirled towards a dusty tomb.
2012, "Dapharoah69", “"Response to Robert Frost's 'The Road Less Taken'”, in THE KINGD[O]M: A Testimony, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 371Like other phobias, it’s believed that Antlophobia is caused by outside traumatic events that happened when the affected individual was younger.
2012, Ryan Vazquez, “True Fear”, in Positive/Negative Magazine, volume 6, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Rochester Institute of Sciences, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2014, page 52
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄντλος“hold of a ship; bilgewater”
- Englishantlophobia
Presumably from Ancient Greek ἄντλος (ántlos, “hold of a ship; bilgewater”), also defined in LSJ as "a flood of water" + -phobia.
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antlophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antlophobia
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