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oecophobia

oecophobia is the archaic spelling of ecophobia.

Meaning of ecophobia

Noun

ecophobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear of one’s home.
    • (archaic, rare)
  2. A feeling of powerlessness to prevent cataclysmic environmental change, apocalypse, etc.
    • No wonder the mood of the moment is ecophobia, the fear that the planet is increasingly inhospitable.1990, George F Will, Suddenly: The American Idea Abroad and at Home

Questions about oecophobia

What is oecophobia the archaic spelling of?
Oecophobia is the archaic spelling of ecophobia.

Words near oecophobia in the dictionary

  1. oeconomies
  2. oeconomus
  3. oeconomy
  4. oeconym
  5. oeconyms
  6. oecophobia
  7. oecophorid
  8. oecophorids
  9. oecophorine
  10. OECs
  11. OECTA

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