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Definition of Astraphobia
1. Noun. A morbid fear of thunder and lightning.
Definition of Astraphobia
1. Noun. An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astraphobia
Literary usage of Astraphobia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical treatise on nervous exhaustion (neurasthenia) by George Miller Beard (1894)
"For convenience of reference, this classification of morbid fears may be thus
tabulated: astraphobia—Fear of lightning. ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"To this disease I have given the name astraphobia. ... astraphobia is more common
in women than in men, though I have seen it in both sexes. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1874)
"astraphobia is more common in women than in men, though I have seen it in both
sexes. The tendency to the disease appears to run in families. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"... of individuals is made to point to a moral: but in a student's manual of
general medicine this gives the subject an undue prominence. astraphobia and ..."
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