ancraophobia

English

Etymology

Unknown element +‎ -phobia.

Noun

ancraophobia (uncountable)

1. (rare) The fear of wind.
   • 1971 January 13, Hal Boyle, “According To Boyle”, in The Circleville Herald, 88th year, number 10, Circleville, Oh., page 4, column 3:

     Out­side storms assail the creaking home and can lead to the devel­opment of ancraophobia, the fear of winds, as well as phono­phobia, the fear of noise.

   • 2012, Clay S[traus] Jenkinson, “[Culture] North Dakota is an Acquired Taste”, in For the Love of North Dakota and Other Essays: Sundays with Clay in the Bismarck Tribune, Washburn, N.D.: The Dakota Institute Press of the Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan Foundation, →ISBN, page 68:

     If you suffer from agoraphobia (fear of wide open spaces), you might not want to move to North Dakota. Or ancraophobia (fear of wind), or psychrophobia (fear of cold) . . . not to mention treelessnessophobia, velveetaphobia, coupedupophobia.

   • 2015, Jinhuan Wang, Qinghua Meng, “Rabies”, in Hongjun Li, editor, Radiology of Infectious Diseases, volume 1, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht and People's Medical Publishing House, →ISBN, part III (Radiology of Viral Infections), page 563, column 1:

     After prodromal phase, patients show excitement; extreme fears including hydrophobia, photophobia, and ancraophobia; pharyngeal muscle spasm; and dyspnea. Hydrophobia and ancraophobia are typical symptoms but may be absent in some cases.

   • 2017, J Lenni Dorner, Fractions of Existence (The Existence Series; 1), →ISBN, pages 65 and 359:

     She avoided discussions of her bizarre fear of the wind as much as possible. When it came up in conversation, her sister, Ellinore (who was only fifteen months younger than Gwendolyn), suggested she seek out a therapist who specialized in ancraophobia. […] "I don't know. The wind seems to mock me by always getting worse when I'm upset. I have ancraophobia."

   • 2019, Dawn Menge, Queen Vernita Conquers the Volcanic Islands‎^[1], Bloomington, Ind.: Archway Publishing, →ISBN:

     Monday, the Queen learned she had ancraophobia, which is a fear of the wind. Tuesday, Wanda taught the Queen to use the force of the wind to propel them through the water. Wednesday, the Queen learned that by using the force of the wind, she could help conquer her fears.

   • 2019, Trevor Harley, “Weather and Belief”, in The Psychology of Weather (The Psychology of Everything), Abingdon, Oxon, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, section “Fear of the Weather”:

     I may no longer suffer from astraphobia, but I do suffer from mild ancraophobia (fear of the wind). Wind can be a power destructive force, but can also be mildly disruptive: if you live in the country in particular you may worry about telephone and electricity lines coming down.

   • 2021, Saania Saxena, “Fears”, in Teenage Chronicles: My Journey of Self Discovery, London: Europe Books, →ISBN:

     If truth be told, when I used to live in Singapore and was still very young, I had what I later realized was called tachophobia (fear of speed) and ancraophobia (fear of the wind). Just the sound of the gushing wind would shake me to the core, and I wouldn’t take a step outside my house without feeling dreadfully frightened.

Translations

fear of wind

• Italian: ancraofobia (it) f

Further reading

• ancraophobia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia