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Definition of "acrophobia" []

  • An abnormal fear of high places. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "acrophobia" in a sentence
  • "The presence of Novak in a dual role underscores the basic idea: Vertigo refracted through a cracked prism (acrophobia is further referenced in the jaw-dropping trapeze scene, the climax of both the film and the film-within-the-film)."
  • "Achilles tendon acid acid rain acquittal acronym acrophobia"
  • "I can't honestly call acrophobia a neurosis; fear of falling is normal and sane."