An irrational fear of one's home or living environment, or more broadly, an anxiety about ecological conditions and environmental collapse.
From Greek 'eco-' (house, environment) combined with '-phobia' (fear). The term emerged in late 20th-century psychology to describe both personal anxiety about domestic spaces and modern climate-related anxiety.
Ecophobia captures something very modern—while our ancestors feared wild nature, some people today actually fear the safety of their own homes and the world's ecosystems. This word itself changed meaning as psychology evolved.
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