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Definitions

Wiktionary

  1. n. The love of enclosed, tight places.

Etymologies

  1. Based on the Latin claustrum ("a shut in place"), from claudere ("to close") + +‎ -philia. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “But, I also keep coming back because it's one of the only places on the web you can find the word "claustrophilia" used in a coherent sentence.”

    Snug as a Bug in a Beautiful Box

  • “For me, there is a strong connection, between this kind of claustrophilia, a love of curiousity cabinets and the concept of horror vacui as applied to Victorian design.”

    Snug as a Bug in a Beautiful Box

  • “That you would group these people along with the Austrians as part of the “free market crowd” only exposes your suffocating intellectual claustrophilia.”

    Matthew Yglesias » Macro Rap

  • “With little doors you can close if you want to be really snug (there's a thin line between claustrophilia and claustrophobia, though).”

    Snug as a Bug in a Beautiful Box

  • “An examination of his two laptops showed Williams visited websites on claustrophilia.”

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories

  • “Sources said the MI6 agent was a fan of claustrophilia - in which people get sexual pleasure from confined spaces.”

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories

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