Meanings
- uncountableFear of one’s home.
(archaic, rare)
1 more example
Many of our teenage hippies are in the streets today because they suffer from ecophobia.
1995, International Reading Association, Journal of ReadingSynonyms: œcophobia, oecophobia, oikophobia
- uncountableA feeling of powerlessness to prevent cataclysmic environmental change, apocalypse, etc.
No wonder the mood of the moment is ecophobia, the fear that the planet is increasingly inhospitable.
1990, George F Will, Suddenly: The American Idea Abroad and at Home
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFear of one’s home.
Origin
From eco- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek: οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) and φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
ecophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecophobia
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