speluncaphobia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin spēlunca + -phobia.
Noun[edit]
speluncaphobia (uncountable)
- A morbid fear of caves or caverns.
- 2011, Graham Deeks, Vermin from Space: Aye in the Sky, page 243:
- There is no reason to be concerned, though it is quite natural to exhibit some degree of speluncaphobia.
- 2012, John Drake Robinson, A Road Trip Into America's Hidden Heart— Traveling the Back Roads, Backwoods and Back Yards:
- So some folks avoid this experience if they fear heights or elevators or suffer from claustrophobia or speluncaphobia.
- 2015 February 18, John Barker, “2,000 feet below the surface”, in Street Roots: Portland, Oregon's award-winning weekly street newspaper:
- Call it claustrophobia, call it speluncaphobia, whether it’s fear of small spaces or fear of caves, “Deep Down Dark” is not a book for those with these phobias punctuated by vivid imaginations.