The word Altophobia has come in to use in the last few years relating to the fear of heights. Despite the fact that the word doesn't exist.
The correct name for the fear of heights is acrophobia.
Altophobia is the fear of heights, while hypsiphobia is the fear of high places. Both phobias involve a fear of being high above ground, but altophobia may be more generalized to any heights, while hypsiphobia specifically refers to high places.
Acrophobia, Altophobia, Batophobia, Hypsiphobia or Hyposophobia.
Acrophobia
The scientific name for fear of heights is acrophobia.
acrophobia...people who have acrophobia are acrophobics
No a fear of heights is called Acrophobia, Altophobia, Batophobia, Hypsiphobia or Hyposophobia. Vertigo is a balance disorder that causes dizziness. It is often associated with heights but doesn't need to be.
it's called acrophobia. it's pretty much the same thing as a fear of heights, right?
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Fear of heights is called acrophobia, altophobia, batophobia, hypsiphobia or hyposophobia. Vertigo is also used but it mostly means feeling of dizziness.Batophobia seems to refer more specifically to the fear of being near, or standing next to, tall objects. Aeroacrophobia is the fear of open high places.The technical term for an excessive fear of heights is acrophobia, although most experts wouldn't use the term much and would probably just say "height phobia."Phobia is the technical term for a fear that is excessive (out of proportion to the actual danger).
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