bathophobia

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/ˌbæθəˈfəʊbiə/

noun

The fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves.

Opposite
altophobia
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Meanings

nounbathophobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe fear of volumes with large depths such as stairways and deep caves.
  2. uncountableThe fear of depths.

    "You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia."

    2004, Michael A. Gibbs, A Fairy of Anneliese Glade, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
altophobia

Origin

From batho- + -phobia.

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Translations

Polish batofobia
  • batofobiafear of depths

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bathophobia

phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaablutophobiaacephobiaacousticophobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobia
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Cite this entry
APA

bathophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bathophobia

MLA

“bathophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bathophobia. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bathophobia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bathophobia.

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