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It is a noun defined as an extreme or irrational fear of flying or travelling by airplane. Example: She was diagnosed with aerophobia after experiencing a panic attack on a flight, causing her to avoid air travel at all costs.
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aerophobia
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A pathological aversion or sensitivity to air or the movement of air, especially as a symptom of rabies.
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To name a few: enclosed spaces (claustrophobia); heights (acrophobia); fainting (asthenophobia); being trapped far from home (a species of agoraphobia); germs (bacillophobia); cheese (turophobia); speaking in public (a subcategory of social phobia); flying (aerophobia); vomiting (emetophobia); and, naturally, vomiting on airplanes (aeronausiphobia).
Mr. Colvin, who said he not only would not fly himself, but would not let his wife, Tracie, fly to Texas next month, has classic aerophobia, as the fear of flying is called.
(Answer: Aerophobia, a fear of flying).
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