social anxiety disorder

noun

An anxiety disorder, characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.

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social anxietysocial phobia
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Meanings

nounsocial anxiety disorder (usually uncountable, plural social anxiety disorders)

plural social anxiety disorders · alternative social-anxiety disorder

  1. uncountableusuallyclinical psychologyAn anxiety disorder, characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.

    Synonyms: social anxiety, social phobia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn anxiety disorder, characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.

Similar
social anxietysocial phobia
Also see
social anxietysocial phobia

Translations

Arabic اِضْطِرَاب الْقَلَقِ الاِجْتِمَاعِي
  • اِضْطِرَاب الْقَلَقِ الاِجْتِمَاعِي (iḍṭirāb al-qalaqi l-ijtimāʕī)an anxiety disorder
Chinese Mandarin 社交恐懼症 /社交恐惧症, 社恐
  • 社交恐懼症 /社交恐惧症 (shèjiāo kǒngjùzhèng)an anxiety disorder
  • 社恐 (shèkǒng)an anxiety disorder
Danish socialfobi, socialangst
  • socialfobian anxiety disorder
  • socialangstan anxiety disorder
Finnish sosiaalisten tilanteiden pelko
  • sosiaalisten tilanteiden pelkoan anxiety disorder
French anxiété sociale, phobie sociale
  • anxiété socialean anxiety disorder
  • phobie socialean anxiety disorder
German soziale Angststörung
  • soziale Angststörungan anxiety disorder
Italian fobia sociale, sociofobia
  • fobia socialean anxiety disorder
  • sociofobiaan anxiety disorder
Korean 사회공포증
  • 사회공포증 (sahoegongpojeung)an anxiety disorder
Norwegian Bokmål sosial angstlidelse, sosial fobi
  • sosial angstlidelsean anxiety disorder
  • sosial fobian anxiety disorder
Polish fobia społeczna
  • fobia społecznaan anxiety disorder
Portuguese fobia social, sociofobia
  • fobia socialan anxiety disorder
  • sociofobiaan anxiety disorder
Russian социофо́бия
  • социофо́бия (sociofóbija)an anxiety disorder
Spanish trastorno de ansiedad social, ansiedad social
  • trastorno de ansiedad socialan anxiety disorder
  • ansiedad socialan anxiety disorder
  • fobia socialan anxiety disorder
Swedish social fobi
  • social fobian anxiety disorder

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

social anxiety disorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20anxiety%20disorder

MLA

“social anxiety disorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20anxiety%20disorder. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “social anxiety disorder,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20anxiety%20disorder.

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