acrophobia
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9.2
- noun
- /ˌækrəˈfoʊbiə/
- Specialized
:
acrofobia
- I also suffer from acrophobia and claustrophobia.
- acrophobia is the fear
Examples
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Acrophobia is the fear of high places.
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Client C: Acrophobia—from being unable to comfortably use escalators or go near windows on floors above ground level, the client chose to visit the top of the 170m tall Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower and photograph the view below.
Academic text (2012) -
I have acrophobia, and it's getting worse every minute!
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And one can't help feeling a sense of acrophobia as you view the city of Paris through the clock tower windows.
Academic text (2014) -
I'm terrified of heights, I have acrophobia.
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l have acrophobia, which gives me vertigo, and l get dizzy.
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Ed has acrophobia, which makes him anxious when he is on tall buildings.
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She avoids climbing stairs because her acrophobia prevents her from feeling safe at heights.
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Many people with acrophobia experience panic attacks when they look down from a high place.
Synonyms
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3.9
Feeling scared when you are in high places like tall buildings
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8.9
Feeling afraid when you are high up
Antonyms
How Afraid
- Specialized
3
9.2
23
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Acrophobia comes from Greek parts: acro- meaning 'high' or 'top' and -phobia meaning 'fear', and it uses the same acro- you see in acrobat. So, acrophobia is the extreme fear of high places.