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melanoheliophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
melanohe-lio-pho-bia
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The irrational fear of (astrophysical) black holes.

Informal; Uncountable

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Etymology

From melano- (“pigmented, darkened”) + helio- (“Sun, star”) + -phobia (“fear”), from black holes being collapsed stars.

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Frequently Paired Words

trypophobia

Questions

What does melanoheliophobia mean?
The irrational fear of (astrophysical) black holes.
Where does melanoheliophobia come from?
From melano- (“pigmented, darkened”) + helio- (“Sun, star”) + -phobia (“fear”), from black holes being collapsed stars.

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