cosmophobia

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noun

The fear or dread of outer space.

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Meanings

nouncosmophobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe fear or dread of outer space.

    As well as having an exploratory function, these flights were calculated to relieve cosmophobia.

    2012, Brian Aldiss, The Dark Light Years
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    The cosmophobia is only a symptom. It is not we who fly into outer space; it is outer space that should come down to the earth.

    1971, Rumanian review: Volume 25

Origin

From cosmo- + -phobia.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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