antlophobia

English

Etymology

Presumably from Ancient Greek ἄντλος (ántlos, “hold of a ship; bilgewater”), also defined in LSJ as "a flood of water" + -phobia.

Noun

antlophobia (uncountable)

1. (rare) The fear of floods or inundation.
   • 2010, Matthew E. Kahn, Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future, Basic Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 114:

     As climate change brews, Woody is likely to suffer from a severe case of the newly diagnosed floodophobia (or antlophobia). He will not be alone.

   • 2012, "Dapharoah69", "Response to Robert Frost's 'The Road Less Taken'", in THE KINGD[O]M: A Testimony, Lulu.com (2012), →ISBN, page 371:

     Two roads greet thee before thy devastation and failures...
     one road stemming from Mama's womb
     the other dislodged from Daddy's deformed testicles
     Learning to read was thy great antlophobia
     of which they twirled towards a dusty tomb.

   • c. 2012, Ryan Vazquez, "True Fear", Positive/Negative Magazine (College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Rochester Institute of Sciences), Volume 6, page 52:

     Like other phobias, it’s believed that Antlophobia is caused by outside traumatic events that happened when the affected individual was younger.