claustrophobia
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from Latin claudō (“I shut, close; I imprison, confine”) + -phobia. First attested in the British Medical Journal.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌklɑː.strəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌklɒs.trəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊbiə
Noun
[edit]claustrophobia (usually uncountable, plural claustrophobias)
- The fear of closed, tight places.
- 2007 June 16, Ben Brantley, “An Artist’s Look Back at Her Life, Now Ended”, in The New York Times[1]:
- The first scenes, which take place in a minitheater that keeps shrinking, will be painful for anyone with even a tinge of claustrophobia.
- 2024 August 11, Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, “Start your week smart: Gymnast stripped of medal, Brazil plane crash, Trump campaign hack, fighting inside Russia”, in CNN[2]:
- (Editor’s note: Those who suffer from claustrophobia, kabourophobia, arachnophobia or thalassophobia are advised to skip the above trailer.)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]fear of closed, tight places
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