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Synonyms for claustrophobia

Grammar : Noun
Spell : klaw-struh-foh-bee-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ˌklɔ strəˈfoʊ bi ə

Définition of claustrophobia

Origin :
  • "morbid fear of being shut up in a confined space," coined 1879 (in article by Italian-born, French-naturalized Swiss-English physician Dr. Benjamin Ball (1834-1892)) from Latin claustrum "a bolt, a means of closing; a place shut in, confined place, frontier fortress" (in Medieval Latin "cloister"), past participle of claudere "to close" (see close (v.)) + -phobia "fear."
  • As in cabin fever : noun anxiety caused by living in isolation or indoors for a long period of time
Example sentences :
  • But you must not do this to a Breton fisherman full of drink and claustrophobia.
  • Extract from : « Tatterdemalion » by John Galsworthy
  • You hear stories about going loopy from claustrophobia and stuff.
  • Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • To-day he was feeling the claustrophobia of London more acutely than usual.
  • Extract from : « H.M.S. ---- » by Klaxon
  • I have claustrophobia and would hate to git stuck in an over-sized fountain pen halfway to the middle of this earth.
  • Extract from : « Operation Earthworm » by Joe Archibald
  • For the first time in the hundreds of hours he'd spent in the tank, he knew the meaning of claustrophobia.
  • Extract from : « Warning from the Stars » by Ron Cocking
  • Donne and Swift were morbid men suffering from claustrophobia.
  • Extract from : « The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 » by Various
  • The cigar was his protection, his secret weapon, against the claustrophobia the mosquitero gave him.
  • Extract from : « The Five Arrows » by Allan Chase
  • Claustrophobia is the malady of those who have a horror of close quarters from which they can not easily make their escape.
  • Extract from : « Poise: How to Attain It » by D. Starke
  • The sufferer from claustrophobia will invent any excuse to avoid an elevator or the theatre.
  • Extract from : « Why Worry? » by George Lincoln Walton, M.D.

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