amaxophobia en · NOUN
Etymology
Formed in English from Ancient Greek ἅμαξα (hámaxa, “waggon”) + -phobia, the latter element itself deriving from the Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía). The etymologically consistent spelling is *hamaxophobia, but that spelling is not attested outside word-lists and dictionaries.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Fear of being in or riding in a vehicle.
I have known of at least two well marked instances of amaxophobia originating in the fright of being run away with and the effect of the shock abiding with them throughout the after life[…]
1908, Charles Hamilton Hughes, The Alienist and Neurologist, volume 29, page 65:
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de Amaxophobie (fear of riding in a vehicle) · ca amaxofòbia (fear of riding in a vehicle) · pt amaxofobia (fear of riding in a vehicle) · es amaxofobia (fear of riding in a vehicle) · it amaxofobia (fear of riding in a vehicle) · de Fahrangst (fear of riding in a vehicle)