hylophobia

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noun

The fear of forests or wooded areas.

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Meanings

nounhylophobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe fear of forests or wooded areas.

    Related to dendrophobia but less well known are hylophobia (fear of forests), nyctohylophobia (fear of dark wooded areas or forests at night) and xylophobia (fear of wooden objects).

    2013, Peter Young, Oak, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 118

Origin

From hylo- + -phobia.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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