aerophobicadj.n.

1879 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 100 180 The phenomena of the hydrophobic or ‘aerophobic’ spasm.

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Aërophobia Aërophobic, a.

2003 H. Krauss et al. Zoonoses (ed. 3) i. 115/2 The patient is extremely sensitive to air movements (aerophobic) and noise.

1885 B. A. Watson Treat. Amputations Extremities vi. 312 [He] became an advocate of the aerophobic ideas of his times.

1955 J. Strachey tr. S. Freud Interpr. of Dreams vi. 292 The opening and shutting of windows was one of the main subjects of dispute... She herself was aerophilic in her sleeping habits; her husband was aerophobic.

1972 Oneonta (N.Y.) Star 9 May 4/2 If one opens all one's doors and windows to reality, they will find it less suffocating than an atmosphere of aerophobic fantasy.

1999 J. Campbell Recovering Benjamin Franklin ii. 74 Franklin's advocacy of ventilation is best known through his dispute with the decidedly ‘aerophobic’ John Adams.

1977 M. J. Smith Kicking Fear Habit vi. 68 Many people who think they have a fear of flying in an airplane are not aerophobic but claustrophobic.

1991 D. R. Koontz Cold Fire i. iv. 145 Something impelled him to look back across the wide-bodied plane to the aerophobic woman..in row twenty-three.

2001 Observer 18 Nov. (Escape section) 20/1 If you were aerophobic before last week's American Airlines plane crash.., you may feel like you never want to go near an airport again.

1978 Adv. Behaviour Res. & Therapy 1 242 Aerophobics who come to realize they run a much greater risk of death by driving than by flying will not necessarily abandon their cars.

2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health i. 32 Many of the courses for aerophobics focus on putting the risks of flying in perspective.