claustrophilia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The love of, or arousal from, enclosed, tight places.

Word forms

claustrophilia

Etymology

Based on the Latin claustrum (“a shut in place”), from claudere (“to close”) + -philia ("love").

Derived words

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