atomphobia

English

Alternative forms

• atomophobia

Etymology

From atom +‎ -phobia.

Noun

atomphobia (uncountable)

1. (rare) The fear of or aversion to the use of nuclear power or nuclear weapons.
   • 1947 September 27, Richard R. Werry, “An American Beginning for International Education”, in School and Society, volume 66, number 1709, Lancaster, Pa.: The Society for the Advancement of Education, Inc., page 238:

     We are becoming as a nation, as a world, indeed, atom-conscious. Many of us are already afflicted with atomphobia, though so far it has manifested itself only in a mirage of autoaeromotive discs and a war of words between chronic optimists and empirical pessimists concerning civilization’s probable future.

Translations

fear of or aversion to the use of nuclear power or nuclear weapons

• German: Atomphobie f