Meanings
plural agoraphobias
- The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
Now, you know that the classical analytical explanation of agoraphobia of the early 1900s was that it represented a street phobia because the patient equated streetwalking with prostitutional activity[…]
1981, Donald F. Klein, Judith G. Rabkin, Anxiety: new research and changing concepts
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀγορά“assembly”
- Latinagoraphobia
- Englishagoraphobia
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.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رَهَاب الخَلَاء
- رَهَاب الخَلَاء (rahāb al-ḵalāʔ)fear of open spaces
Bulgarian агорафо́бия
- агорафо́бия (agorafóbija)fear of open spaces
Catalan agorafòbia
- agorafòbiafear of open spaces
Chinese Mandarin 廣場恐懼症 /广场恐惧症
- 廣場恐懼症 /广场恐惧症 (guǎngchǎng kǒngjùzhèng)fear of open spaces
Czech agorafobie
- agorafobiefear of open spaces
Danish agorafobi
- agorafobifear of open spaces
Dutch agorafobie
- agorafobiefear of open spaces
Estonian agorafoobia
- agorafoobiafear of open spaces
Finnish agorafobia, torikammo
- agorafobiafear of open spaces
- torikammofear of open spaces
- aukean paikan kammofear of open spaces
- torikauhufear of open spaces
- aukiokammofear of open spaces
French agoraphobie
- agoraphobiefear of open spaces
German Agoraphobie, Platzangst
- Agoraphobiefear of open spaces
- Platzangstfear of open spaces
Greek αγοραφοβία
- αγοραφοβία (agorafovía)fear of open spaces
Hebrew אגורפוביה
- אגורפוביה (agorofovia)fear of open spaces
Hungarian agorafóbia
- agorafóbiafear of open spaces
Icelandic víðáttufælni, torgageigur
- víðáttufælnifear of open spaces
- torgageigurfear of open spaces
Indonesian agorafobia
- agorafobiafear of open spaces
Irish agrafóibe, uamhan sráide
- agrafóibefear of open spaces
- uamhan sráidefear of open spaces
Italian agorafobia
- agorafobiafear of open spaces
Japanese 広場恐怖症
- 広場恐怖症 (hiroba kyōfushō)fear of open spaces
Korean 광장공포증
- 광장공포증 (gwangjanggongpojeung)fear of open spaces
Latin agoraphobia
- agoraphobiafear of open spaces
Lithuanian agorafobija
- agorafobijafear of open spaces
Māori mate mae ahoaho, mae ahoaho
- mate mae ahoahofear of open spaces
- mae ahoahofear of open spaces
Norwegian Bokmål agorafobi
- agorafobifear of open spaces
Polish agorafobia
- agorafobiafear of open spaces
Portuguese agorafobia
- agorafobiafear of open spaces
Russian агорафо́бия, боя́знь простра́нства
- агорафо́бия (agorafóbija)fear of open spaces
- боя́знь простра́нства (bojáznʹ prostránstva)fear of open spaces
Slovak agorafóbia
- agorafóbiafear of open spaces
Spanish agorafobia
- agorafobiafear of open spaces
Swedish agorafobi, torgskräck
- agorafobifear of open spaces
- torgskräckfear of open spaces
Thai โรคกลัวที่ชุมชน, อาการกลัวที่โล่ง
- โรคกลัวที่ชุมชน (rôok-gluua-tîi-chum-chon)fear of open spaces
- อาการกลัวที่โล่ง (aa-gaan-gluua-tîi-lôong)fear of open spaces
Turkish agorafobi
- agorafobifear of open spaces
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with agoraphobia
Cite this entry
agoraphobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agoraphobia
“agoraphobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agoraphobia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agoraphobia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agoraphobia.
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