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English
Etymology
From acro- + -phobia.
Pronunciation
Noun
acrophobia (countable and uncountable, plural acrophobias)
- phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level
- Synonyms: altophobia, fear of heights, height-fear
1888, Association of American Railroads Accounting Division, Association of American Railroads, Accounting Division, Report of the Railway Accounting Officers:You know, being elevated to the position of Chairman has given me rather a bad attack of acrophobia.
1956, Information Access Company, ProQuest Direct, Road and Track:But it's no place for anyone with acrophobia, what with its myriad drop-offs and switchbacks.
2005, Kevin O'Brien, The Last Victim:You know, acrophobia? I get nervous just standing this close to the edge.
2019 March 27, Understanding Acrophobia, or Fear of Heights:Acrophobia describes an intense fear of heights that can cause significant anxiety and panic.
2019 September 12, Rosemary Black, Acrophobia (The Fear of Heights): Are You Acrophobic?:The definition of acrophobia is, simply put, a phobia of heights.
2021 March 3, Sarah Bence, Steven Gans, MD (medical reviewer), What Is Acrophobia?:Acrophobia is a persistent and intense fear of heights. People with acrophobia will experience panic and sudden anxiety in a variety of situations involving heights.
2020 July 27, What to know about acrophobia:Acrophobia is an intense fear of heights. If a person has acrophobia, being high up or thinking about heights may cause them to have a panic attack.
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Translations
fear of heights
- Afrikaans: akrofobie
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Belarusian: акрафобія f (akrafóbija), страх вышыні m (strax vyšyni), боязь вышыні f (bójazʹ vyšyni)
- Bikol Central: harog
- Bulgarian: страх от височина́ m (strah ot visočiná)
- Catalan: acrofòbia (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 懼高症／惧高症 (zh) (jùgāozhèng), 恐高症 (zh) (kǒnggāozhèng), 畏高症 (wèigāozhèng)
- Danish: højdeskræk c, akrofobi c
- Dutch: hoogtevrees (nl) f (informal), acrofobie f (formal)
- Finnish: korkean paikan kammo
- French: acrophobie (fr) f
- Georgian: აკროფობია (aḳropobia)
- German: Höhenangst (de) f, (learned) Akrophobie (de) f
- Hungarian: akrofóbia (hu), tériszony (hu)
- Irish: acrafóibe f
- Japanese: 高所恐怖症 (ja) (こうしょきょうふしょう, kōsho kyōfushō)
- Korean: 고소공포증 (ko) (gosogongpojeung), 높은곳공포증 (ko) (nopeun'gotgongpojeung)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: høydeskrekk (no) m, høgdeskrekk m, akrofobi (no) m
- Nynorsk: høgdeskrekk m, akrofobi m
- Polish: akrofobia (pl) f
- Portuguese: acrofobia (pt) f
- Romanian: acrofobie (ro) f
- Russian: боя́знь высоты́ f (bojáznʹ vysotý), акрофо́бия (ru) f (akrofóbija)
- Swedish: akrofobi (sv) c, höjdskräck (sv) c (possibly less severe/pathological, like "fear of heights")
- Tagalog: lula, lagimlim
- Turkish: akrofobi (tr), yükseklik korkusu (tr)
- Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
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See also
Further reading
- Richard Lederer (1989) Crazy English: the ultimate joy ride through our language, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 59, →ISBN: “Here are more than two hundred additional words that describe the terrors that go bump in our mind: acrophobia: heights”
