Bathophobia

/ˌbæθəˈfəʊbiə/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves. uncountable
  2. 2
    The fear of depths. uncountable

    ""You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia.""

Example

More examples

""You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia.""

Etymology

From batho- + -phobia.

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