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It's claustrophobia.
It doesn't mean being afraid of Santa Claus.
(OK, I didn't say my jokes are very good.)
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What is the fear of being strangled called?
Claustrophobia is the fear of enclosed places and suffocation.
What is a small enclosed space or room called?
claustrophobia- the fear of being in an enclosed space.
A fear of enclosed places is?
claustrophobia
What is fear of small places called?
claustrophobia, the fear of small and cramped place
I am afraid of being in small place?
Fear of small or enclosed places is claustrophobia.
What is plasmophobia?
Fear of the dark n enclosed places
Why is the fear of small spaces called claustrophobia?
Claustrophobia is the fear of small spaces because it is a combination of the Latin word claustrum (meaning enclosed space) and phobos (the Greek word for fear.)
Fear of confined spaces is called?
We use the term claustrophobia for the fear of confined spaces. A link can be found below.
Is there a word for a fear of attics?
There is no specific word, but the fear of darkness is achluophobia, and the fear of being in enclosed places is claustrophobia.
What Phobia is a fear of small places?
There is no recognized term meaning fear of small people, dwarfs, or midgets. However, two have been proposed:-- achondroplasiphobia - referencing the genetic disparity of bodily proportions-- nanosophobia - from the Greek word for dwarf, nanos/nannos
What is fear of going to attics?
Possibly claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces)
What is the sickness called if your uncomfortable with tight spaces?
It's not a sickness it's a fear. Rather a fear to being in enclosed spaces sometimes dark enclosed spaces. It's called claustrophobia.
