Meaning

2 senses
  1. The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.

    Agoraphobie, Platzangst

    агорафо́бияagorafóbija, боя́знь простра́нстваbojáznʹ prostránstva

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

  2. (rare)An aversion to markets.

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Examples

5 sentences
  1. Mary and Tom suffer from agoraphobia.

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  2. Tom's agoraphobia often seems like an insuperable challenge.

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  3. He suffers from agoraphobia.

    ruОн страдает агорафобией.

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  4. Tom suffers from agoraphobia.

    ruТом страдает агорафобией.

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  5. Yanni has agoraphobia.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
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fear of open spaces:
Deutsch
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Origin

From Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly”) + φοβία (phobía, “fea

From Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly”) + φοβία (phobía, “fear”). By surface analysis, agora + -phobia.

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Forms

plural: agoraphobias
Singularagoraphobia
Pluralagoraphobias

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
agoraphobia — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto