acrophilia


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acrophilia

a love of high mountains and of heights. — acrophile, n.
See also: Mountains
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"Flanerie and Acrophilia in the Post-metropolis: Rooftops in Hong Kong Cinema." JCC 7.2 (2013): 139-55.
Once again the infected ants, driven by the new-found energy of sudden acrophilia, leave the relative safety of the earth, climb atop the grass, clamp their mandibles onto the tips of the green shoots, and hang there.