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agoraphobia

ago·rap·ho·bia

UK/ˌæɡ.ə.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ US/əˌɡɔː.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ uncommon rare

noun

1.

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

Origin

From Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly”) + φοβία (phobía, “fear”). By surface analysis, agora + -phobia. Coined by Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal in 1871.

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