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claustrophilia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
claus-trophil-ia
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The love of, or arousal from, enclosed, tight places.

Uncountable

Etymology

Based on the Latin claustrum (“a shut in place”), from claudere (“to close”) + -philia ("love").

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Derived Forms

claustrophiliac

Rhymes With

pedophilia cilia necrophilia sillier haemophilia philia milia biophilia zoophilia juvenilia kabylia autogynephilia

Questions

What does claustrophilia mean?
The love of, or arousal from, enclosed, tight places.
Where does claustrophilia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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