hypsophobia

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English

Etymology

From hypso- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

hypsophobia (uncountable)

Fear of heights.
- 1967, Sue Kaufman, Diary of a Mad Housewife, page 94:
  Though I had more instructions, I was overcome by a huge dizzying wave of hypsophobia as I stared at him, his boots balanced on the narrow sill, his rear end dangling in outer space.

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