acrophobia
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊbiə
Noun
acrophobia (countable and uncountable, plural acrophobias)
- phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level
- Synonyms: altophobia, fear of heights, height-fear
- 1888, Association of American Railroads Accounting Division, Association of American Railroads, Accounting Division, Report of the Railway Accounting Officers:
- You know, being elevated to the position of Chairman has given me rather a bad attack of acrophobia.
- 1956, Information Access Company, ProQuest Direct, Road and Track:
- But it's no place for anyone with acrophobia, what with its myriad drop-offs and switchbacks.
- 2005, Kevin O'Brien, The Last Victim:
- You know, acrophobia? I get nervous just standing this close to the edge.
Antonyms
Related terms
English terms prefixed with acro-
Translations
fear of heights
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See also
Further reading
- Richard Lederer (1989) Crazy English: the ultimate joy ride through our language, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 59, →ISBN: “Here are more than two hundred additional words that describe the terrors that go bump in our mind: acrophobia: heights”
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