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pyrophobia

[ pahy-ruh-foh-bee-uh ]

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. an irrational or disproportionate fear of fire.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ··· adjective noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pyrophobia1

First recorded in 1885–90; pyro- + -phobia
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Forest Service suffered from “pyrophobia”—it tried to suppress all wildfires.

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