bathophobia

English

Etymology

batho- +‎ -phobia

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊbiə
  • IPA(key): /ˌbæθəˈfəʊbiə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

bathophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves.
  2. The fear of depths
    • 2004, Michael A. Gibbs, A Fairy of Anneliese Glade‎, →ISBN:
      "You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia."

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