Is there a word for a fear of the future? If so, what is it?

I'm going to say no...there is no official name for a fear/phobia of the future or future events. (At least not scientifically/psychologically).

Here is an intersting thought however:

"...And by the way, my Greek friends tell me that if I want to coin the term for the fear of the future, it could be 'mellontophobia', which, like most other phobias, is not a desirable state of mind."

Anybody else got a better answer?


https://muralgurl.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/i-havent-written-in-a-while-and-what-is-mellontophobia/

A fear of "the future" hasn't officially been coined because it is such a fluid abstraction. It isn't like the fear of termites (Isopterophobia) or the fear of people with beards (Pogonophobia).

The closest you might find are fears of the many aspects of the future, such as a fear of change (Metathesiophobia) or the fear of robots (Grimwade's syndrome).

I'm sure anyone with a basic knowledge of Latin roots could make one up for you though.

Lists can be found all of the net:
http://phobialist.com/

http://www.changethatsrightnow.com/phobia-list-and-definitions/

Dread, which can also mean fear of the present.

dread /drɛd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dred] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object) 1. to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
2. to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience: I dread going to big parties.
3. Archaic. to hold in respectful awe.
–verb (used without object) 4. to be in great fear.
–noun 5. terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dread