Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An abnormal fear of open or public places.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In pathology, a dread of crossing open spaces, such as open squares, city parks, etc.: a feature of some cases of neurasthenia.
Wiktionary
- n. The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
Etymologies
- Greek agorā, marketplace; see ger- in Indo-European roots + -phobia.
Examples
“But I begin to think the agoraphobia is becoming something to be reckoned with, especially when you toss in the unpredictability of the seizures.”
“Fighting my agoraphobia is one of my missions this year.”
“Actually, it's a misconception, agoraphobia is more a fear of being somewhere outside a person's control and then having a panic attack but even so I think the Canadian Wilderness would still seem to fit the bill.”
“If agoraphobia is indeed the problem we are led to believe it is for Stef Penney, then in this book you have the literary equivalent of the anorexic cooking up a dinner party for twenty.”
“She seems to think I have issues with going out in public and as I've said on here before, the word agoraphobia has come up a time or two.”
“But in Kevin 'case, for example, he was convinced that his grandmother suffered from what's known as agoraphobia, where she would not go outside.”
“* Fear of Leaving your House/Certain Rooms; This is obviously the main symptom, if you don't have this then your problem isn't agoraphobia, that is not to say there is nothing wrong with you, it's just not agoraphobia.”
“Approximately 1/3 of all individuals with Panic Disorder develop agoraphobia, which is anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing or in which help may not be available in the event of having a panic attack or panic-like symptoms.”
“COHEN: I think it's called - I don't know - I think it's called agoraphobia, or "crazy," I'm not sure which.”
“Jade, who I would discover liked to diagnose everyone but herself, decided Emma suffered from something called agoraphobia because she was afraid of being in public places.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘agoraphobia’.
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G[r]eek
A collection of words found in English that are either purely Greek or have Greek etymology.
Please add with caution and certainty. Will be regularly updated by me.etymology, philosophy, laconic, disharmony, patriarchic, archaic, phlogiston, aether, aeon, angel, arachnid, rhythm and 322 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 1051 more...
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Psychology
stockholm syndrome, stereotype, ergonomics, human-computer in..., prejudice, neo-luddism, stress, trauma, psychopathology, psychotic, neurosis, depression and 180 more...
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phobias
acrophobia, aerophobia, agoraphobia, astrophobia, androphobia, claustrophobia, aquaphobia, genophobia, homophobia, haemophobia, monophobia, pyrophobia and 20 more...
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Higgledy-Piggledy
Useful double dactyls
antediluvian, post-penitentiary, anthropomorphic, non-complimentary, polyprogenitor, metapoetical, non-tautological, not unintelligent, donor-dysfunctional, eeksily-peeksily, phantasmagorical, plenipotentiary and 82 more...
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-phobia
extreme or irrational fear or dislike
arachnophobia, photophobia, claustrophobia, phobophobia, ailurophobia, agrophobia, acrophobia, agoraphobia, anthropophobia, aerophobia, acarophobia, anthrophobia and 26 more...

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