climacophobia
climacophobia noun: the fear of staircases or of falling down stairs.
Noun
climacophobia (uncountable)
- The fear of staircases or of falling down stairs.
- Lucy: Are you afraid of staircases? If you are, then you have climacophobia.1965, Charles M. Schulz, A Charlie Brown Christmas, 05:46-05:51
- I myself have recently developed mild climacophobia (fear of falling downstairs). Don't know why, but I'm convinced that someday I'll fall down a flight of stairs and hurt myself badly.2001 August 16, Leigh Butler, “TAN: Phobias (was Re: TAN: Summer Reading recommendations)”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet)
- Synonyms:
- bathmophobia
climacophobia meaning in Tamil
climacophobia in Tamil
- படிக்கட்டச்சம், ஏணி வெருளி, படிகள் வெருளி
Synonyms of climacophobia
Origin of climacophobia
From Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase”) + New Latin -phobia, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Questions about climacophobia
- What does climacophobia mean?
- Climacophobia means the fear of staircases or of falling down stairs.
- What is climacophobia in Tamil?
- Climacophobia in Tamil is படிக்கட்டச்சம், ஏணி வெருளி, படிகள் வெருளி. See Climacophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is climacophobia?
- Climacophobia is a noun.
Words near climacophobia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: climacophobia (page history and authors); climacophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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