aquaphobia

English

Etymology

From aqua- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

aquaphobia (uncountable)

1. A fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning.

   Synonyms: hydrophobia (colloquial), water fear, waterfright (rare, nonstandard)

   • 2016 June 10, Malia Wollan, “How to Overcome Aquaphobia”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1]:

     The goal — what Dash considers to be the mastery of aquaphobia — is to float peacefully in deep water for at least five minutes, 10 feet from a wall or support.

Related terms

• aquaphobe
• aquaphobic

Translations

fear of water — see also hydrophobia

• French: aquaphobie (fr) f
• German: Wasserangst f, Aquaphobie f
• Hindi: जलांतक (hi) m (jalāntak)
• Portuguese: aquafobia (pt) f
• Russian: водобоя́знь (ru) f (vodobojáznʹ), гидрофо́бия (ru) f (gidrofóbija)
• Swedish: vattuskräck (sv) c

See also

• aquagenic pruritus (“water allergy”)
• aquagenic urticaria (“water allergy”)
• hydrophobia (“rabies”)