uranophobia

/ˈjuɹənoʊˌfəʊbi.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

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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."
"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."
"'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.'"

From urano- + -phobia.

ouranophobia (alternative)

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How do you pronounce uranophobia?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjuɹənoʊˌfəʊbi.ə/.

What does uranophobia mean?

Fear of heaven.

Where does uranophobia come from?

From urano- + -phobia.

How to pronounce uranophobia

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