Crossword clues for claustrophobia
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"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."
Wiktionary
n. The fear of closed, tight places.
WordNet
n. a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
Wikipedia
Claustrophobia is the fear of being enclosed in a small space or room and having no escape. It can be triggered by many situations or stimuli, including elevators crowded to capacity, windowless rooms, and even tight-necked clothing. It is typically classified as an anxiety disorder, which often results in panic attacks. The onset of claustrophobia has been attributed to many factors, including a reduction in the size of the amygdala, classical conditioning, or a genetic predisposition to fear small spaces.
One study indicates that anywhere from 5–7% of the world population is affected by severe claustrophobia, but only a small percentage of these people receive some kind of treatment for the disorder.
The term claustrophobia comes from Latin claustrum "a shut in place" and Greek , phóbos, "fear".
Claustrophobia (retitled Serial Slayer for home video release) is a 2003 horror thriller written and directed by Mark Tapio Kines. The films stars Melanie Lynskey, Sheeri Rappaport, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Will Collyer, and Judith O'Dea.
Claustrophobia is a 2008 Hong Kong romantic drama film written and directed by Ivy Ho in her directorial debut, and starring Karena Lam and Ekin Cheng.
Claustrophobia is the fear of closed, tight places.
Claustrophobia may also refer to:
- Claustrophobia (2008 film), a 2008 Hong Kong romantic drama film
- Claustrophobia (2003 film), a 2003 horror thriller
- Claustrophobia (2011 film), directed by Russell Harvard
- "Claustrophobia" (Code Lyoko episode)
- "Claustrophobia" (song), 1965 song by the Bee Gees
Claustrophobia is a Russian escape room franchise. 142 "quests" have been opened under this brand in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, the UAE, the USA, the Kyrgyz Republic and Thailand. 120 more quests are under development in such countries as Slovenia, Italy, Great Britain, Andorra, Slovakia, and France. Claustrophobia was included in the “Best in the City” list by Afisha in 2014, and was nominated for RBK Prize 2014 in the “Startup of the Year” category.
Usage examples of "claustrophobia".
Angel of Leaky Outhouses up there, and we got the Angel of Overgrazed Pastures and the Angel of Always Being Broke up there--why, we got so many offbeat, grizzled angels floating around over this little town that sometimes I get claustrophobia from all their wing rustling--from them that has any feathers left in their wings, that is.
Credential doctrines disaccorded with a pervasive staleness and spiritual claustrophobia.
Now, with billions of cubic kilometers of open space around him, he was suddenly feeling the unpleasant stirrings of claustrophobia.
Let us go over the progress of the illusion once more: first came the claustrophobia, then the smell, then, through Dr.
It was so difficult to fight my growing claustrophobia I began to wonder about Morgan.
Being hugged by Auntie Sara induced in six year old Caroline a sense of claustrophobia and primitive fright.
I had had to try it, though, because I was feeling desperate, with a touch of claustrophobia tossed in.
In this unhealthy claustrophobia, I notice that even the insects in the terrarium are clustered together, hidden beneath moss, on the underside of stones, unwilling to move out, hibernating for the summer.
Her steps faltered and her heart pounded faster, fighting beneath the burden of claustrophobia that tightened her chest.
Experiencing a sudden, un-characteristic attack of claustrophobia, he hurried to remove the survival suit's headpiece.
That dark sky gave Gordon a feeling of claustrophobia, a sense of all the trillions of miles of shadowy gloom that encompassed him and shut him from the star bright spaces of the galaxy outside.
They traveled in silence, and the tension seemed to be intensified by the claustrophobia of the helmet, the sound of their own breathing, and the rhythmic hissing of the airfield.
Flinging his visible arm starward he babbled on: "We got the Angel of Leaky Outhouses up there, and we got the Angel of Overgrazed Pastures and the Angel of Always Being Broke up there--why, we got so many offbeat, grizzled angels floating around over this little town that sometimes I get claustrophobia from all their wing rustling--from them that has any feathers left in their wings, that is.
Mainlanders are often subjected to a spectrum ranging from xenophobia," Lars began ticking the subjects off on his fingers, "a fear of races in their own territories, to claustrophobia to nip any budding interest in space-faring, to fear of disobedience, fear and disgust of acts that are 'unnatural,' fear of committing an illegal action, rational or not.
Now that they were taking her somewhere, anywhere, the dreaded constrictions of claustrophobia had retreated, for the moment anyway.