Talk:uranophobia

RFV discussion: September–November 2017

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uranophobia

"Fear of heaven". A bunch of mentions, of which a few relate it to (presumably male) homosexuality:

1. • 1978, Howard G. Zettler, -Ologies and -isms: a thematic dictionary, Gale Cengage

     Uranophobia an abnormal fear of homosexuals and homosexuality. urophobia an abnormal fear of passing urine. vaccinophobia an abnormal fear of vaccines and vaccination, vermiphobia an abnormal fear of worms. xerophobia an abnormal ...

   • 1982, Verbatim

     ... theaters theophobia Cod tomophobia surgical operations topophobia certain places trichophobia hair uranophobia homosexuality vaccinophobia vaccines verhaphobia words bibUophobia books blenophobia pins and needles bogyphobia ...

   • 1998, Queena N. Lee-Chua, Queena N. Lee, Straight Talk on Everyday Mysteries, Anvil Books (→ISBN)

     ... *hapephobia: fear of touching or being touched *hamartophobia or peccatiphobia: fear of sin or sinning *coitophobia: fear of sexual intercourse * demophobia or ochlophobia: fear of crowds *uranophobia: fear of homosexuality *trichophobia: ...

(as in urning, Uranian).__Gamren (talk) 15:00, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

I went through all 63 Usenet hits, and every one was either a mention or a reference to homophobia rather than a fear of Heaven. Khemehekis (talk) 18:58, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

There are three cites in the entry, but one of them is a bit mention-y. Kiwima (talk) 22:36, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 01:28, 4 November 2017 (UTC)