Etymology

ochlophobist

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Today it means: A person with a phobia, or fear, of mob-like crowds, as opposed to simply open spaces like agoraphobia or large crowds as with enochlophobia. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὄχλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὄχλος“crowd”
  2. English todayochlophobist

From Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos, “crowd”) + -phobist.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὄχλος all →

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