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agoraphobia

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/ˌæɡ.ə.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/(UK)
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/ˌæɡ.ə.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/(UK) · /əˌɡɔː.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/(UK) · /ˌæɡ.ɚ.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/(US) · /əˌɡɔɹ.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/(US) · /əˌɡoː.ɹəˈfəʉ.biː.ə/

Definition of agoraphobia

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
    “Now, you know that the classical analytical explanation of agoraphobia of the early 1900s was that it represented a street phobia because the patient equated streetwalking with prostitutional activity[…]”
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noun

  1. The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
    “Now, you know that the classical analytical explanation of agoraphobia of the early 1900s was that it represented a street phobia because the patient equated streetwalking with prostitutional activity[…]”
  2. (rare)An aversion to markets.
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:agoraphobia.”

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Etymology

From Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly”) + φοβία (phobía, “fear”). By surface analysis, agora + -phobia. Coined by Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal in 1871.

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