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ACROPHOBIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acrophobia mean? 

ACROPHOBIA (noun)
  The noun ACROPHOBIA has 1 sense:

1. a morbid fear of great heightsplay

  Familiarity information: ACROPHOBIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACROPHOBIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A morbid fear of great heights

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("acrophobia" is a kind of...):

simple phobia (any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli)

Derivation:

acrophobic (suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places)


 Context examples 


Acrophobia is a fear of heights.

(Phobias, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)



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