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nephophobia

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The fear of clouds.

uncountable

Examples

“Another "ia" was evolving here, she felt, to send⟳ Mrs. Goodchild scuttling delightedly: nephophobia, a terror of clouds.”
“Lions, Tigers and Clouds….Oh My...Is it possible, you wonder⟳, that I have⟳ Nephophobia?”
“Natural environment phobias include⟳ weather-related conditions such as fear of thunderstorms (astrophobia), clouds (nephophobia), hurricanes (lilapsophobia), snow⟳ (chionophobia), cold (cryophobia), wind (ancraophobia), and rain⟳ (ombrophobia), among others.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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