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agoraphobia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun agoraphobia has 1 sense
- agoraphobia(n = noun.state) - a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place); is a kind of phobia, phobic disorder, phobic neurosis
Derived form adjective agoraphobic1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
agoraphobia, n. Psychol. an abnormal fear of open spaces or public places.
Derivative
agoraphobic adj. & n.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk agora place of assembly, market-place + -PHOBIA
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