Home › Words › E › ecophobiaecophobiaecophobia means fear of one’s home.EtymologyFrom eco- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek: οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) and φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).nounFear of one’s home.e.g.“(archaic, rare)”A feeling of powerlessness to prevent cataclysmic environmental change, apocalypse, etc.e.g.“No wonder the mood of the moment is ecophobia, the fear that the planet is increasingly inhospitable.” — 1990, George F Will, Suddenly: The American Idea Abroad and at Home:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.oikophobia 82% match — Ecophobia; fear of a home environment. vs ecophobia →nostophobia 73% match — A fear of, or aversion to, returning to one's home. vs ecophobia →domatophobia 69% match — A morbid fear of being inside a house. vs ecophobia →kenophobia 68% match — An abnormal fear of empty spaces. vs ecophobia →domophobia 67% match — A compulsive flight from domesticity. vs ecophobia →topophobia 64% match — A fear of certain places or situations. vs ecophobia →oikophobe 63% match — One who suffers from oikophobia, especially one who identifies with a global group rather than feelings of patriotism or chauvinism. vs ecophobia →eremophobia 61% match — fear of solitude vs ecophobia →