Claustrophobia definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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These include a large category of fears called phobias--claustrophobia, agoraphobia, photophobia, altaphobia, phonophobia, etc Three fields or professions, other than religion and philosophy, have sought to deal with these fears, the psychiatric, the psychoanalytic, and the psychological.

—The Conquest of Fear

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noun An abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces.

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Had I possessed tendencies to claustrophobia, my surroundings would probably have prompted me to pound on the door and demand to be let out. — muller 10 fixed
Freeman Dyson remarked that the closed universe gave him "a feeling of claustrophobia, to imagine our whole existence confined within a box." — F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 01 - July 1995
Except for an odd claustrophobia, the fear of enclosed things—of houses or clothing—they're quite as intelligent as most of us. — Startling Stories January, 1939
Small ships triggered his claustrophobia, and Odyssey was tiny. — Analog, July-August 2006
His evidently terrible experiences in World War II gave him serious problems with claustrophobia, and the only place he felt safe was on the grass verge of the ring road. — jonobacon@home