agoraphobia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- ə-goɹ'ə-fōʹbē-ə (US)
- /əˌɡɔː.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ (UK)
- /ˌæɡ.ə.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ (UK)
- /ˌæɡ.ɚ.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ (US)
- /əˌɡɔɹ.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ (US)
- /əˌɡoː.ɹəˈfəʉ.biː.ə/ (General-Australian)
- ăg'ər-ə-fōʹbē-ə (US)
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.
Meanings
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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[…]
1981, Donald F. Klein, Judith G. Rabkin, Anxiety: new research and changing concepts:
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(rare) An aversion to markets.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:agoraphobia.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| agoraphobias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (49)
el αγοραφοβία (fear of open spaces) · hu agorafóbia (fear of open spaces) · gsw agoraphobie (fear of open spaces) · cs agorafobie (fear of open spaces) · nn agorafobi (fear of open spaces) · ru агорафо́бия (fear of open spaces) · ru боя́знь простра́нства (fear of open spaces) · la agoraphobia (fear of open spaces) · is torgageigur (fear of open spaces) · mi mate mae ahoaho (fear of open spaces) · sl agorafobíja (fear of open spaces) · mi mae ahoaho (fear of open spaces) · fi torikammo (fear of open spaces) · ka აგორაფობია (fear of open spaces) · is víðáttufælni (fear of open spaces) · pt agorafobia (fear of open spaces) · ia agorafobia (fear of open spaces) · de Platzangst (fear of open spaces) · bg агорафо́бия (fear of open spaces) · ja 広場恐怖症 (fear of open spaces) · nb agorafobi (fear of open spaces) · th โรคกลัวที่ชุมชน (fear of open spaces) · nl agorafobie (fear of open spaces) · sv agorafobi (fear of open spaces) · ga agrafóibe (fear of open spaces) · ko 광장공포증 (fear of open spaces) · fi torikauhu (fear of open spaces) · fr agoraphobie (fear of open spaces) · lt agorafobija (fear of open spaces) · da agorafobi (fear of open spaces) · de Agoraphobie (fear of open spaces) · th อาการกลัวที่โล่ง (fear of open spaces) · it agorafobia (fear of open spaces) · pl agorafobia (fear of open spaces) · es agorafobia (fear of open spaces) · ar رَهَاب الخَلَاء (fear of open spaces) · be бо́язь прасто́ры (fear of open spaces) · ga uamhan sráide (fear of open spaces) · fi agorafobia (fear of open spaces) · sv torgskräck (fear of open spaces) · sk agorafóbia (fear of open spaces) · fi aukiokammo (fear of open spaces) · ca agorafòbia (fear of open spaces) · et agorafoobia (fear of open spaces) · he אגורפוביה (fear of open spaces) · cmn 廣場恐懼症 /广场恐惧症 (fear of open spaces) · tr agorafobi (fear of open spaces) · id agorafobia (fear of open spaces) · fi aukean paikan kammo (fear of open spaces)