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单词 aerophobia
释义

aerophobian.

Brit. /ˌɛːrə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪə/, U.S. /ˌɛroʊˈfoʊbiə/, /ˌɛrəˈfoʊbiə/
Forms:

α. 1700s airophobia, 1700s– aerophobia, 1800s aërophobia.

β. 1800s aerophoby, 1800s aërophoby.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: aero- comb. form, -phobia comb. form.
Etymology: < aero- comb. form + -phobia comb. form; in sense 1 after post-classical Latin aerophobus fearing air (5th cent.). Compare post-classical Latin aerophobia (1768 or earlier). Compare also French aérophobie (1751 in sense 1).In form airophobia showing alteration after air n.1 With β. forms (which are very rare) compare -phoby comb. form. With sense 3 compare aerophobe n. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation of aerophoby as (ē:ərǫ·fŏbi) /ˌeɪəˈrɒfəbɪ/.
1. Medicine. Dread of or abnormal sensitivity to (the movement of) air, spec. as a symptom of rabies (see quot. 1929; cf. hydrophobia n.).
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1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 60/1 Aerophobia, among physicians, signifies the dread of air, which is a symptom of the phrenzy.
1769 B. Alexander tr. G. B. Morgagni Seats & Causes Dis. I. i. 172 In imitation of those whom Cælius, in like manner, speaks of.., who would have call'd the fear of air, for example, aerophobia.
1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 23/1 Aërophobia, a fear, or dread of any current of air, because in hydrophobia and some other diseases.., it is apt to induce a paroxysm: aërophoby.
1876 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 72 84 The aërophobia alone indicated the excessive hyperæsthesia.
1929 Lancet 5 Oct. 741/2 Another constant symptom is aerophobia—i.e., spasms are elicited by a light blowing on the patient's face or by a draught of warm or cold air.
1984 Dumbarton Oaks Papers 38 156/1 Agathias makes no allusion to hydrophobia, photophobia, and aerophobia, all characteristic of human rabies.
2007 Internat. Jrnl. Infectious Dis. 11 32/2 The majority of victims had hydrophobia (95.7%), followed by aerophobia (66.4%), photophobia (33.2%), and paralysis (21.3%).
2. Dislike of fresh air; irrational fear of draughts. Now rare.
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pneumatophobia1678
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pantophobia1807
necrophobia1833
phoby1834
syphilomania1838
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siderodromophobia1879
phthisiophobia1883
sitiophobia1884
ochlophobia1885
sitiomania1887
acrophobia1888
zoophobia1888
leprophobia1889
nosophobia1889
pamphobia1890
bacteriophobia1894
tuberculophobia1894
taeniiphobia1897
thalassophobia1897
topophobia1899
dysmorphophobia1900
akathisia1903
cremnophobia1903
musicophobia1903
ailurophobia1905
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phobism1914
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1771 M. Hewson Let. 2 Nov. in B. Franklin Papers (1974) XVIII. 239 He is never troubled with Airophobia, but seems delighted with fresh Air.
1785 B. Franklin Let. 28 Aug. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (1786) 2 21 I myself had formed this prejudice, this aerophobia, as I now account it.
1797 M. Mears Pupil of Nature iv. 47 The Doctor indulges in some pleasant sallies, with the hope of curing people of the aerophobia, or dread of air, which, he says, distresses weak minds, and makes them chuse to be stifled and poisoned, rather than leave open the window of a bed-chamber.
1835 Mechanics' Mag. 23 457/2 Many others as well as myself have doubtless been annoyed by the aerophobia of many who travel by our public carriages, and the pertinacity of such persons in keeping the windows closed.
1993 New Scientist 18 Dec. 24/1 Specific phobias are more common in women than men. Examples include:..Aerophobia—fear of draughts or of flying.
3. The fear of air travel.
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1966 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Apr. 33/2 While air travel is a practical necessity and relatively safe, many players are subject to a high degree of aerophobia.
1977 Washington Post 7 Oct. c14/1 One flies to Los Angeles (aerophobia), gets on a freeway (autophobia), rides a crowded elevator (claustrophia) [etc.].
1992 Time 27 Apr. 42/1 Staggered by the recession, constant fare fights and a global epidemic of aerophobia..U.S. airlines have lost more than $6 billion since 1990.
2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health i. 32 It's quite normal to suffer a degree of anxiety when flying, but severe, debilitating aerophobia, like any other phobia, is almost always irrational.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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