Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pteromerhanophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pteromer-hanopho-bia
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fear of flying.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Soon, Bowie's pteromerhanophobia was as much a part of the star's persona as any other aspect of his career."
"Say goodbye to pteromerhanophobia, your overwhelming fear of flying."
"As it turns out, those are fairly easy fears to apply to a monster or demon, but what about pteromerhanophobia, the fear of flying?"
"Official conclusion: panic attack due to pteromerhanophobia. Layla would have held her trembling sister on the cab ride back to the Luxor as she devised an alternate plan for getting the petulant one back to Memphis."

Etymology

Typo for pteromechanophobia.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

aviophobia aerophobia

Rhymes With

homophobia phobia xenophobia claustrophobia agoraphobia zenobia arachnophobia photophobia trypophobia hydrophobia acrophobia coulrophobia

Questions

What does pteromerhanophobia mean?: Fear of flying.
Where does pteromerhanophobia come from?: Typo for pteromechanophobia.

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