Dictionary

claustrophobia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌklɔː.strəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ (General-American)
• /ˌklɒs.trəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˌklɑs.trəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from Latin claudō (“to shut, close; to imprison, confine”) + -phobia. First attested in the British Medical Journal.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The abnormal fear of closed, tight places.
   • The first scenes, which take place in a minitheater that keeps shrinking, will be painful for anyone with even a tinge of claustrophobia. 2007 June 16, Ben Brantley, “An Artist’s Look Back at Her Life, Now Ended”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2020:
   • She complained of emaciation, nervousness, tenderness of the scalp, weakness of the back, claustrophobia, and other morbid fears. 1902 JANUARY, WM. BALDWIN KEYES, D.D.S., “Pyorrhea Alveolaris With Special Reference To Practical Medicine.”, in The Dental Cosmos, volume XLIV, number 1, page 4:
   • (Editor’s note: Those who suffer from claustrophobia, kabourophobia, arachnophobia or thalassophobia are advised to skip the above trailer.) 2024 August 11, Andrew Torgan, Daniel Wine, “Start your week smart: Gymnast stripped of medal, Brazil plane crash, Trump campaign hack, fighting inside Russia”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2024:

Forms

Antonyms

agoraphobia

Deriveds

claustrophobe · claustrophobic

Translations (50)

sh клаустрофобија (fear of closed, tight places) · pt claustrofobia (fear of closed, tight places) · sv klaustrofobi (fear of closed, tight places) · nn klaustrofobi (fear of closed, tight places) · cmn 幽閉恐懼症 /幽闭恐惧症 (fear of closed, tight places) · de Klaustrophobie (fear of closed, tight places) · sv cellskräck (fear of closed, tight places) · kk жабық бөлмеден қорқу (fear of closed, tight places) · hu klausztrofóbia (fear of closed, tight places) · tr klostrofobi (fear of closed, tight places) · nl claustrofobie (fear of closed, tight places) · fi ahtaanpaikankammo (fear of closed, tight places) · fr claustrophobie (fear of closed, tight places) · ko 밀실공포증 (fear of closed, tight places) · ga clástrafóibe (fear of closed, tight places) · fa تنگناهراسی (fear of closed, tight places) · de Raumangst (fear of closed, tight places) · nl engtevrees (fear of closed, tight places) · ja 閉所恐怖症 (fear of closed, tight places) · et klaustrofoobia (fear of closed, tight places) · da klaustrofobi (fear of closed, tight places) · be клаўстрафобія (fear of closed, tight places) · gl claustrofobia (fear of closed, tight places) · el κλειστοφοβία (fear of closed, tight places) · ga uamhan clóis (fear of closed, tight places) · ko 폐쇄공포증 (fear of closed, tight places) · mi mae apiapi (fear of closed, tight places) · ru клаустрофо́бия (fear of closed, tight places) · nb klaustrofobi (fear of closed, tight places) · ka კლაუსტროფობია (fear of closed, tight places) · he קלאוסטרופוביה (fear of closed, tight places) · eo klostrofobio (fear of closed, tight places) · br klostrofobiezh (fear of closed, tight places) · ko 폐실공포증 (fear of closed, tight places) · ca claustrofòbia (fear of closed, tight places) · mn давчуу орчноос айх (fear of closed, tight places) · mk клаустрофо́бија (fear of closed, tight places) · az klaustrofobiya (fear of closed, tight places) · sh klaustrofobija (fear of closed, tight places) · ko 폐소공포증 (fear of closed, tight places) · de Platzangst (fear of closed, tight places) · pl klaustrofobia (fear of closed, tight places) · fi klaustrofobia (fear of closed, tight places) · mn давчуу орчноос эмээх (fear of closed, tight places) · es claustrofobia (fear of closed, tight places) · cs klaustrofobie (fear of closed, tight places) · gv feoh chionney (fear of closed, tight places) · it claustrofobia (fear of closed, tight places) · ro claustrofobie (fear of closed, tight places) · eo klaŭstrofobio (fear of closed, tight places)