Recent Examples on the WebThe experience catalyzes a quest to understand and overcome her acrophobia. Eva Holland, Outside Online, 14 Apr. 2020 Examples: acrophobia, the fear of heights; arachnophobia, the fear of spiders. Kayla Webley Adler, Marie Claire, 8 July 2019 Latest Stories Virtual reality helped people with acrophobia, a fear of heights, overcome their fear and venture onto mountains and rope bridges, researchers said.NBC News, 11 July 2018
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Italian acrofobia, from acro-acro- + -fobia-phobia