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N o, acrophobia (from the Greek: ἄκρον, ákron , meaning "peak, summit, edge" and φόβος, phóbos, "fear") is an extreme or irrational fear of heights.
Arachnophobia or arachnephobia (from the Greek: ἀράχνη, aráchnē, "spider" and φόβος, phóbos, "fear") is a specific phobia, the irrational fear of Spiders.
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∙ 11y agoArachnophobia is the fear of spiders.
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What is the phobia for height called?
Acrophobia is the fear of heights.
What is the fear of heights?
Acrophobia = Fear of heights
What is the specific word for fear of heights?
I know acrophobia is a fear of heights. 'Acro' is a Greek root meaning 'summit' and 'phobia' means 'fear'.
What part of speech is acrophobia?
The word acrophobia is a noun. It is the fear of heights.
What is the most common phobia in the world?
The most common phobia in the world is definitely Arachnophobia. 50% of women and 10% of men have, to some degree, a fear of spiders. If not that then Acrophobia a fear of heights.
Which term means an excessive fear of high places?
Acrophobia
To be affected by a great fear?
Many people have phobias. Phobias are a excruciating fear of an object or situation. The most common ones are ophidiophobia which is snakes, arachnophobia which is spiders, acrophobia which is heights, and agoraphobia which is the fear of being unable to escape.
How do you spell acrophobia?
That is the correct spelling of acrophobia (fear of open spaces, i.e. outdoors).
What do you call afraid of heights?
Vertigo. Acrophobia is the fear of heights. Vertigo is dizziness.
How do you describe fear of heights?
acrophobia...people who have acrophobia are acrophobics
How do you use the word acrophobia in a sentence?
Acrophobia is a fear of heights. A good sentence for this word is, his acrophobia was so extreme that it made him quit his job.
What is height phobia?
Acrophobia is the fear of heights.
