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AGORAPHOBIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("agoraphobia" is a kind of...):
phobia; phobic disorder; phobic neurosis (an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations)
Derivation:
agoraphobic (suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places)