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claustrophobia

[klaw-struh-foh-bee-uh] / ˌklɔ strəˈfoʊ bi ə /


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Each show deals with claustrophobia in some way, either of a space, or of a mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The rating given for misinformation ranged from 0% for videos about anxiety and depression from YouTube Kids, to 56.9% for claustrophobia videos on YouTube, the authors wrote in The Journal of Social Media Research.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Chiu suffered permanent damage to his hearing and struggled with claustrophobia for years, while Tsui said the ordeal robbed him of his adventurous personality and made him "a different person".

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Fumio Hayasaka’s music, with its overt hints of Ravel’s “Bolero,” adds a sense of claustrophobia to the imagery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

At the London Eye he’d said he’d decided against the ride because he was frightened of closed-in spaces: claustrophobia.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd




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