agoraphobia
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agoraphobia
- /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/ General Australian
Rhymes with -əʊbiə
Where it comes from
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.
noun agoraphobias
- 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[…]
- An aversion to markets. For quotations using this term, see Citations:agoraphobia.
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noun fear of open spaces
| Español | agorafobia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 광장공포증 gwangjanggongpojeung |
| 日本語 | 広場恐怖症 hiroba kyōfushō |
| 中文 | 廣場恐懼症 /广场恐惧症 guǎngchǎng kǒngjùzhèng |
| Português | agorafobia |
| Français | agoraphobie |
| Deutsch | Agoraphobie, Platzangst |
| Italiano | agorafobia |
| Ελληνικά | αγοραφοβία agorafovía |
| Русский | агорафо́бия agorafóbija, боя́знь простра́нства bojáznʹ prostránstva |
| العربية | رَهَاب الخَلَاء rahāb al-ḵalāʔ |
| עברית | אגורפוביה agorofovia |
Talk about this word "agoraphobia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/agoraphobia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. agoraphobia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/agoraphobia "agoraphobia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/agoraphobia.Cite this
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title = {agoraphobia},
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