bathophobia

English

Etymology

From batho- +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbiə
• IPA^(key): /ˌbæθəˈfəʊbiə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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."

Antonyms

• altophobia

Translations

fear of depths

Polish: batofobia (pl) f

See also

• batophobia