Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

agoraphobia

/ˌæɡ.ɚ.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: ago-ra-pho-bia
IPA: /ˌæɡ.ɚ.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.

noun

An aversion to markets.

Example Sentences

"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[…]"
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:agoraphobia."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₂ger-, ἀγορά

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌæɡ.ɚ.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
British English: /ˌæɡ.ə.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/

Inflected Forms

agoraphobias (plural)

Derived Forms

agoraphobiac

Rhymes With

homophobia phobia xenophobia claustrophobia zenobia cobia cancerphobia arachnophobia photophobia trypophobia hydrophobia acrophobia

Questions

How do you pronounce agoraphobia?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌæɡ.ɚ.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/.
What does agoraphobia mean?: The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
Where does agoraphobia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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