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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level countable, uncountable

   "You know, being elevated to the position of Chairman has given me rather a bad attack of acrophobia."

2. 2
   a morbid fear of great heights wordnet

Synonyms

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altophobiaaltophobiafear of heightsheight fearhypsophobiavertigo

Antonyms

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bathophobia

Example

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"Dr. Jackson says you have acrophobia."

Etymology

From acro- + -phobia.

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