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basophobia

basophobia noun: inability to walk or stand erect, due to emotional causes.

Noun

basophobia (uncountable)

  1. Inability to walk or stand erect, due to emotional causes.
    • In basophobia the patient by a sort of auto-suggestion persuades himself that it is impossible to stand upon his legs.1908, A reference handbook of the medical sciences
    • Although not diagnosed with basophobia, the clinical term for this fear, Bourgeois made it a major theme in her art. For example, the Personages of 1947-9 are unable to stand on their own […]2007, Frances Morris, Paulo Herkenhoff, Marie-Laure Bernadac, Louise Bourgeois, page 55
  2. Fear of falling

Forms of basophobia

alternative formbasiphobia

Origin of basophobia

From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “step”) + -phobia. Alternatively, from baso- + -phobia. By surface analysis, bas- + -o- + -phobe + -ia.

Questions about basophobia

What does basophobia mean?
Basophobia means inability to walk or stand erect, due to emotional causes.
What part of speech is basophobia?
Basophobia is a noun.

Words near basophobia in the dictionary

  1. basophilic granulocytes
  2. basophilism
  3. basophilous
  4. basophils
  5. basophily
  6. basophobia
  7. basophyl
  8. basophyls
  9. basopinacocyte
  10. basopinacocytes
  11. basopinacoderm

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