agoraphobia

English

Etymology

From Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “agora (gathering of people or place of gathering)”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Analyzable as agora +‎ -phobia

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌæɡəɹəˈfoʊbi.ə/, /əˈɡɔːɹəˌfoʊ̯bi.ə/
AHD: /ăgōrōphōbēä/
Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

agoraphobia (plural agoraphobias)

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

Translations

fear of open spaces

Alemannic German: agoraphobie
Bulgarian: агорафобия (bg) (agorafobija)
Catalan: agorafòbia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 廣場恐懼症 (zh), 广场恐惧症 (zh) (guǎngchǎng kǒngjùzhèng)
Czech: agorafobie f
Danish: agorafobi (da) c
Dutch: agorafobie (nl)
Estonian: agorafoobia (et)
Finnish: agorafobia (fi), torikammo (fi), aukean paikan kammo, torikauhu, aukiokammo
French: agoraphobie (fr) f
Georgian: აგორაფობია (agorapobia)
German: Agoraphobie (de)
Greek: αγοραφοβία (el) f (agorafovía)
Hebrew: אגורפוביה‎ (he) (agorofovia)
Hungarian: agorafóbia (hu)

Icelandic: víðáttufælni f, torgageigur m (rare)
Indonesian: agorafobia (id)
Interlingua: agorafobia
Irish: agrafóibe f, uamhan sráide m
Italian: agorafobia (it) f
Japanese: 広場恐怖症 (ひろばきょうふしょう, hiroba-kyōfushō)
Korean: 광장공포증 (ko) (gwangjang gongpojeung) (廣場恐怖症)
Latin: agoraphobia
Lithuanian: agorafobija
Norwegian: agorafobi (no) m
Polish: agorafobia (pl) f
Portuguese: agorafobia (pt) f
Russian: агорафо́бия (ru) f (agorafóbija)
Slovene: agorafobíja f
Spanish: agorafobia (es) f
Swedish: agorafobi (sv) c, torgskräck (sv) c