claustrophilia
The love of, or arousal from, enclosed, tight placesThe love of, or arousal from, enclosed, tight places.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The love of, or arousal from, enclosed, tight places.
Origin
Based on the Latin claustrum (“a shut in place”), from claudere (“to close”) + -philia ("lBased on the Latin claustrum (“a shut in place”), from claudere (“to close”) + -philia ("love").
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedclaustrophiliac
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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