siderodromophobia

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noun

The fear of trains.

πŸ’¬ Usage Examples

β€œHe went at night, by sleeper, and was able to make the most interesting observations of siderodromophobia. ... he was aghast with certainty that something had gone wrong -- a bridge was out, a train was ahead of them; perhaps another was coming just behind them, about to smash into them at sixty miles an hour.” Sinclair Lewis; Arrowsmith; Harcourt Brace; 1925.
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