uranophobia

alternative ouranophobia

1. rareuncountableFear of heaven.

   One phobia that intrigued me was Uranophobia, the fear of heaven. It occurred to me that I had a fear of heaven — the heaven of being happy.

   2003, Jennifer Bannan, Inventing Victor, →ISBN, page 186

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   I translated a paper on them last year. Take uranophobia, for instance, which is a fear of heaven." "Oh, a fear of heaven!" She clapped her hands together.

   1989, Richard De Combray, Lost in the City of Light, page 140

   'Madam, don't drive too fast. I fear speed.' 'I'm sorry, sir. Sir, do you have uranophobia, the fear of heaven?' 'Why?' 'Because you say you fear death. That's why you don't want me to speed.'

   2006, Vincent Egbuson, Womandela: fiction, →ISBN