AGORAPHOBIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does agoraphobia mean? 

• AGORAPHOBIA (noun)
  The noun AGORAPHOBIA has 1 sense:

1. a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)

  Familiarity information: AGORAPHOBIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGORAPHOBIA (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)

 Context examples 

Agoraphobia is a component of this disorder.

(Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, NCI Thesaurus)

Agoraphobia is not a component of this disorder.

(Panic Disorder without Agoraphobia, NCI Thesaurus)

Agoraphobia is a fear of public places, and claustrophobia is a fear of closed-in places.

(Phobias, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

People with agoraphobia are usually very anxious about having a panic attack in a public place.

(Agoraphobia, NCI Dictionary)

Panic disorder may or may not be accompanied by agoraphobia.

(Panic Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used in major depression, dysthymia, bipolar depression, attention-deficit disorders, agoraphobia, and panic disorders.

(Imipramine, NCI Thesaurus)

Agoraphobia may also develop.

(Panic Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An anxiety disorder characterized by agoraphobia in the absence of a history of panic attacks; the individual fears incapacitation or humiliation in open, public places or situations due to panic-like symptoms rather than a full-blown panic attack.

(Agoraphobia without a History of Panic Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Agoraphobia is a type of phobia and a type of anxiety disorder.

(Agoraphobia, NCI Dictionary)