Claustrophobia and other words ending in –phobia: definitions

By Baldmichael Theresoluteprotector’sson

I thought something quick as the weather is lovely and I really should spend more time outdoors and I don’t suffer from agoraphobia!

And please note you have nothing to fear from this article except, as has been said, fear itself. The meanings of the words may occasionally be dictionary definitions, otherwise they are my interpretations. There may be words you haven’t seen before.

Words selected from this link.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/words-that-end-in-phobia

Claustrophobia – fear of enclosed spaces. Father Christmas suffers this when entering dwellings

Klaustrophobia – fear of Klaus Schwab. He is not someone to have to your front door, let along down your chimney

Agoraphobia – fear of the Egyptian sun god

Algoreaphobia – fear of rising sea levels

Photophobia – fear of the ends of the feet of one’s enemy

Negrophobia – fear of garden plants not coming up, for example

Homophobia – fear of domestic dwellings

Omophobia – fear of a brand of washing up powder

Acrophobia – fear of the black bird of the corvus family

Look out for the sign of Baldmichael, he will be back!

P.S. if more meanings of words are your forte, whether you are forty, for tea or for anything, please try these petit fours. With a cup of tea or coffee etc.

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P.P.S. If you need something to deal with fear then there’s this.

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