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acrophilia

acrophilia noun: a love of heights.

Noun

acrophilia (uncountable)

  1. A love of heights.
  2. Sexual arousal from heights or high altitudes.

Origin of acrophilia

From acro- + -philia.

Questions about acrophilia

What does acrophilia mean?
Acrophilia means a love of heights.
What part of speech is acrophilia?
Acrophilia is a noun.

Words near acrophilia in the dictionary

  1. acropetally
  2. acrophase
  3. acrophases
  4. acrophile
  5. acrophiles
  6. acrophilia
  7. acrophilic
  8. acrophobe
  9. acrophobes
  10. acrophobia
  11. acrophobiac

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