What does climacophobia mean?
Climacophobia means The fear of staircases or of falling down stairs..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The fear of staircases or of falling down stairs..
Lucy: Are you afraid of staircases? If you are, then you have climacophobia.
I myself have recently developed mild climacophobia (fear of falling downstairs). Don't know why, but I'm convinced that someday I'll fall down a flight of stairs and hurt myself badly.
I once knew a tall kyphophobic man, Who was sick of stooping so low; Sadly he developed climacophobia, When he moved from his bungalow.
Use climacophobia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Climacophobia means The fear of staircases or of falling down stairs..
Common synonyms include bathmophobia.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Lucy: Are you afraid of staircases? If you are, then you have climacophobia.
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