English dictionary · noun

claustrophobia

extreme or irrational fear of confined places

Meaning and definitions

1. extreme or irrational fear of confined places

Connected roots

• -phobia

  fear

• clud-

  closing, shutting

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• conclude

  to bring to an end; to arrive at a judgment

• exclude

  to deny access; to leave out

• homophobia

  Hatred, fear, aversion, or prejudice towards homosexuals.

• homophobe

  One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

• agoraphobia

  The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.

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