bathophobia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌbæθəˈfəʊbiə/
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Etymology
From batho- + -phobia.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves.
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(uncountable) The fear of depths.
"You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia."
2004, Michael A. Gibbs, A Fairy of Anneliese Glade, →ISBN:
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pl batofobia (fear of depths)