AGORAPHOBIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("agoraphobia" is a kind of...):

phobia; phobic disorder; phobic neurosis (an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations)

Derivation:

agoraphobic (suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places)

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