hylophobia
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]hylophobia (uncountable)
- The fear of forests or wooded areas.
- 2013, Peter Young, Oak, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 118:
- 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).