agoraphobia

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Western psychologists compared hikikomori with social anxiety and agoraphobia, a fear of open places.

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  1. noun An abnormal fear of open or public places.

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  • Resisting an unease that I later identified as agoraphobia, I sat up. —  Dozois, Gardner ; Strahan, Jonathan - SSC - The New Space Opera (v1.0)
  • And when did you finally start medicating him for the agoraphobia? —  Michaels, Kasey - Too Good To Be True.html
  • We'll talk about the vitamin shots he's been giving you—and been taking himself— and the fact that he withheld treatment for your agoraphobia for years until some other time. —  Michaels, Kasey - Too Good To Be True.html
  • Asimov had agoraphobia, a fear primarily of heights, and a dislike of open spaces. —  F ;SF - vol 098 issue 04 - April 2000
  • I'd heard stories that since his return from World War II duty, Horace had developed agoraphobia, and rarely left his home-office. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 05 - May 2000
 

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  1. Greek agorā, marketplace; see ger- in Indo-European roots + -phobia.

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  1. from Greek ἀγορά, market-place (see agora), + -φοβία, fear: see -phobia.
 

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/ægərəˈfoʊbiə/
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