Bathophobia
//ˌbæθəˈfəʊbiə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves. uncountable
- 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.""
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
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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