claustrophobia
noun /ˌklɒstrəˈfəʊbiə/, /ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbiə/
/ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbiə/
[uncountable]- an extreme fear of being shut in a small place; the unpleasant feeling that a person gets in a situation that limits them
- to suffer from claustrophobia
- She felt she had to escape from the claustrophobia of family life.
- I hate lifts—they give me claustrophobia.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + claustrophobia- get
- suffer from
- give somebody
- …
- a feeling of claustrophobia
Word Originlate 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin claustrum ‘lock, bolt’ + -phobia (see phobia).