Acrophobia
a pathological fear of heights.
From the Greek ἄκρος, meaning ‘summit’.
The fear of falling is thought to be the only instinctive fear in a newborn.
It is the name of an online acronym game and a roller coaster in Georgia.
This is one of those words I can never remember. I’m always getting it mixed up with agoraphobia- the fear of strangers (look, two words in one day!). But now, I think I’ll have an easier time, because “acro” like from “acrobat.”
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