xylophobia

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noun

A fear of wooden objects.

OriginEnglish xylo- ← Ancient Greek ξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon) →
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Meanings

nounxylophobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA fear of wooden objects.

    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
  2. uncountableA fear of forests.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon)
  2. Englishxylo-
  3. Englishxylophobia

From xylo- + -phobia.

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APA

xylophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylophobia

MLA

“xylophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylophobia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xylophobia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylophobia.

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