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The word brontophobia means an abnormal fear of thunder. It has nothing to do with dinosaurs, however, the dinosaur name brontosaurus means thunder lizard, so in both cases there is a linguistic link to thunder.
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Brontophobia is the fear of dinosaurs fact or fiction?
No it is not a fear of dinosuars, it is a fear of thunder and lighting !
What type of weather is brontophobia?
Brontophobia is not a weather but a fear. Brontophobia is the fear of lightning and thunder.
What is the name of the fear of lighting?
That is called Brontophobia.
What is boronophobia the fear of?
Do you mean "brontophobia" and if so it's the fear of thunder.
What is the phobia name for Fear of thunder and lightning?
Astraphobia is the fear of thunder or lightening.
What is brontophobia?
It is the fear of lightning and thunder and is common among children.
What phobia is the fear of thunder?
astraphobia or astrapophobiaActually astraphobia is fear of lightning and I have no idea what astrapophobia is fear of but the fear of thunder is Brontophobia
What specifically is the fear of thunderstorms called?
Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia or Keraunophobia.
What is bronophobia?
There is no bronophobia. However, there is a brontophobia. Brontopobia is a severe fear of thunder that causes a person anxiety.
What is the phobia name for Fear of wind?
Astraphobia is the fear of thunder and lightning and lilasophobia is the fear of tornados and hurricanes. Brontophobia is the fear of thunder storms.
What is the name for the Fear of dinosaurs?
The phobia of dinosaurs is ornithoscelidaphobia.
What phobia is the fear of natural disasters?
Quote: "People who fear the sound of thunder suffer from a phobia called 'brontophobia' and the fear of lightning is called 'keraunophobia'."Fear of lightning can also be called astraphobia.
