Altophobia is the fear of heights, while hypsiphobia is the fear of high places. Both phobias involve a fear of being high above ground, but altophobia may be more generalized to any heights, while hypsiphobia specifically refers to high places.
Altophobia is the fear of heights, while hypsiphobia is the fear of high places. Both phobias involve a fear of being high above ground, but altophobia may be more generalized to any heights, while hypsiphobia specifically refers to high places.
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altophobia~ afraid of heights.
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The word Altophobia has come in to use in the last few years
relating to the fear of heights. Despite the fact that the word
doesn't exist.
The correct name for the fear of heights is acrophobia.
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Acrophobia, Altophobia, Batophobia, Hypsiphobia or
Hyposophobia.