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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CLAUSTROPHILIA

From claustro-, from Latin claustrum cloister + -philia.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CLAUSTROPHILIA

claustrophilia  [ˌklɔːstrəˈfɪlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLAUSTROPHILIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Claustrophilia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CLAUSTROPHILIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of claustrophilia in the English dictionary

The definition of claustrophilia in the dictionary is abnormal pleasure derived from beinɡ in a confined space.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLAUSTROPHILIA


ailourophilia
aɪˌluːrəˈfɪlɪə
ailurophilia
aɪˌlʊərəˈfɪlɪə
arctophilia
ˌɑːktəˈfɪlɪə
basophilia
ˌbeɪsəˈfɪlɪə
biophilia
ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪlɪə
canophilia
ˌkænəˈfɪlɪə
eosinophilia
ˌiːəʊˌsɪnəˈfɪlɪə
ephebophilia
ɪˌfiːbəˈfɪlɪə
Germanophilia
dʒɜːˌmænəˈfɪlɪə
gerontophilia
dʒɛˌrɒntəˈfɪlɪə
hemophilia
ˌhiːməˈfɪlɪə
paedophilia
ˌpiːdəʊˈfɪlɪə
Pamphylia
pæmˈfɪlɪə
paraphilia
ˌpærəˈfɪlɪə
pedophilia
ˌpiːdəʊˈfɪlɪə
scopophilia
ˌskɒpəˈfɪlɪə
scoptophilia
ˌskɒptəˈfɪlɪə
stigmatophilia
stɪɡˌmætəˈfɪlɪə
topophilia
ˌtɒpəˈfɪlɪə
zoophilia
ˌzəʊəˈfɪlɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLAUSTROPHILIA

claucht
Claude
Claude Lorrain
Claudel
claudication
Claudius
Claudius II
clausal
clause
Clausewitz
Clausius
claustral
claustration
claustrophobe
claustrophobia
claustrophobic
claustrophobically
claustrum
clausula
clausular

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLAUSTROPHILIA

Anglophilia
automobilia
Cecilia
cilia
coprophilia
cynophilia
Europhilia
haemophilia
ilia
Ismailia
juvenilia
memorabilia
milia
monilia
necrophilia
neophilia
Reggio nell´Emilia
retrophilia
Sicilia
technophilia

Synonyms and antonyms of claustrophilia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «claustrophilia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLAUSTROPHILIA

Find out the translation of claustrophilia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of claustrophilia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «claustrophilia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

claustrophilia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Claustrophilia
570 millions of speakers

English

claustrophilia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

claustrophilia
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

حب الأماكن المغلقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

claustrophilia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

claustrophilia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

claustrophilia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Claustrophilia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Claustrophilia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Claustrophilia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

claustrophilia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

claustrophilia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Claustrophilia
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

claustrophilia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒதுக்கிடத்தில் இருப்பதில் பெரு விருப்பம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्लेस्ट्रोफिलिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Claustrophilia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

claustrofilia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

claustrophilia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

claustrophilia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

claustrophilia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

claustrophilia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

claustrophilia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

claustrophilia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

claustrophilia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of claustrophilia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAUSTROPHILIA»

The term «claustrophilia» is normally little used and occupies the 138.452 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAUSTROPHILIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «claustrophilia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «claustrophilia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about claustrophilia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLAUSTROPHILIA»

Discover the use of claustrophilia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to claustrophilia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Claustrophilia: The Erotics of Enclosure in Medieval Literature
In this book, Abraham argues that a theological imagination can expand the contours of postcolonial theory through a reexamination of notions of subjectivity, gender, and violence in a dialogical model with Karl Rahner.
Cary Howie, 2007
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Figures of Confinement: Literature and Claustrophilia
This dissertation analyzes key aspects of confinement in modern literature. Among the leading threads of this analysis is the notion of limit and the tendency in the texts under consideration toward what here is called "claustrophilia.
Hernan Diaz, 2007
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I.Asimov: A Memoir
It is claustrophilia, or a liking for enclosed places. Let me tell you how I became consciously aware of the condition. Every once in a while I would go to a department store with Gertrude. (I hate shopping and can't be trusted to buy my own ...
Isaac Asimov, 2009
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Post-Kleinian Psychoanalysis: The Biella Seminars
CHAPTER TEN Epilogue: claustrophilia and the "perennial philosophy historical approach to psychoanalysis and the study of confusion between internal and external reality leads the JL JLenquirer on to other related areas of thought: to the  ...
Kenneth Sanders, 2001
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Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary
Some authors hold that mental claudication may be responsible for sudden fleeting episodes of mental confusion. claustrophilia A pathological desire to be confined and enclosed within a small space—the exact opposite of claustrophobia.
Robert Jean Campbell, 2009
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Conversations with Isaac Asimov
The author is clearly describing his own claustrophilia there. As Asimov puts it in his autobiography, "Why it should be, I don't know, and psychiatrists may make what they like of it (for I will not ask them, and I will not listen if they try to tell me),  ...
Carl Howard Freedman, 2005
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Uncovering Lives
In The Robots of Dawn, a character from a distant planet refers scornfully to "the claustrophilia of you Earthmen, your dislike of leaving your walls."8 The author is describing his own claustrophilia there. As Asimov puts it in his autobiography, ...
Alan C. Elms, 1994
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Clauss family ( Not Subd Geog) Claussen family USE Clawson family Claustrophilia (May Subd Geog) BT Spatial behavior Claustrophilia in literature ( Not Subd Geog) Claustrophobia (May Subd Geog) UF Enclosed places, Fear of Fear of ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, 2009
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Transnationalism
Margarita is expelled for openly disobeying the prohibition of stepping outside the house's double claustrophilia (subjective and social): her mistake is reading everything backwards, that is, reading the house as a claustrophobic and confining ...
Raymond Rocco
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A Handbook of Middle English Studies
Pile, Steve. The Body and the City: Psy— choanalysis, Space, and Subjectivity. London: Routledge, 1996. Rigg, A. G. “Stores of the Cities.” Anglia 85 (1967): 127 -137. Steel, Karl. “Will Wonders Never Cease: St. Erkenwald with Claustrophilia.
Marion Turner, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLAUSTROPHILIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term claustrophilia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Know it all
Claustrophobia is a fear of enclosed places; pretty common. Not so common is claustrophilia, an abnormal desire to be confined in an enclosed ... «San Mateo Daily Journal, Jun 15»
2
A Nuclear Deal on the Eve of Passover
... called “claustrophilia”—a commitment to self-segregating ancestral commandments and barely repressed rabbinic defensiveness and rage. «The New Yorker, Apr 15»
3
Locked up in Budapest for fun
On TripAdvisor, two other escape room games, TRAP and Claustrophilia, now rank as the second and third most popular attractions among ... «The Star Online, Jan 15»
4
Tourists in Budapest pay to be locked up in cellars
On TripAdvisor, two other escape room games, TRAP and Claustrophilia, now rank as the second and third most popular attractions among ... «Times of India, Aug 14»
5
Claustrophilia: Where visitors to Budapest pay to be locked in a room
This summer in Budapest, visitors to one of the city's most successful Escape Rooms, Claustrophilia, are adamant it's excitement. «TNT Magazine, Jul 14»
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Escaping, Literally, in Budapest and Beyond
Games at his company, Claustrophilia, are fully booked, and he was recently in New York to meet with potential investors about opening a ... «New York Times, Jul 14»
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In his first film since The Dreamers, Bertolucci revisits familiar themes
His claustrophilia is an expression of introverted, independent-minded teen angst—the craving for a small personal world, where the only ... «A.V. Club, Jul 14»
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Bernardo Bertolucci Directs 'Me and You.'
... staircase that recalls a central motif of Mr. Bertolucci's “Besieged” (1998), another film that demonstrates what he calls his claustrophilia. «New York Times, Jun 14»
9
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Could Reunite in 'Border Guards'
Due to a combination of severe claustrophilia (a love of enclosed spaces) and a rare skin disease that causes my body nba_g_kisscam_576 ... «TechnologyTell, Apr 14»
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The Journalist and the Public Editor: On Joe McGinniss 'in the Mix'
Forget Mr. Williams and whether he suffered from undiagnosed claustrophilia, and whether this was just another auto-asphyxiation experiment ... «New York Times, Mar 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Claustrophilia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/claustrophilia>. Apr 2024 ».
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