agoraphobian.
/ˌaɡ(ə)rəˈfəʊbɪə/, U.S. /ˌæɡ(ə)rəˈfoʊbiə/ Medicine.
Fear of entering open or crowded places, of leaving one's own home, or of being in places from which escape is difficult; an anxiety disorder characterized by this, often accompanied by the occurrence of panic attacks.
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pneumatophobia1678
hydrophobia1760
aerophobia1771
panophobia1784
phobia1786
pantophobia1807
necrophobia1833
phoby1834
syphilomania1838
hippophobia1840
phonophobia1841
syphilophobia1842
scotophobia1844
astrophobia1855
sitomania1859
sitophobia1859
thanatophobia1860
Satanophobia1861
batrachophobia1863
panphobia1870
agoraphobia1871
bogyphobia1872
pathophobia1873
aquaphobia1875
toxiphobia1876
claustrophobia1879
cynophobia1879
mysophobia1879
siderodromophobia1879
phthisiophobia1883
sitiophobia1884
ochlophobia1885
sitiomania1887
acrophobia1888
zoophobia1888
leprophobia1889
nosophobia1889
pamphobia1890
bacteriophobia1894
tuberculophobia1894
taeniiphobia1897
thalassophobia1897
topophobia1899
dysmorphophobia1900
akathisia1903
cremnophobia1903
musicophobia1903
ailurophobia1905
brontophobia1905
phobism1914
arachnophobia1925
school phobia1930
coprophobia1934
mycophobia1957
arachniphobia1966
computer phobia1972
coulrophobia1997
1871 Clinic 14 Oct. 116/2 Agorophobia.—With this name Westphal denotes a neuropathetic affection which he has recently occasionally encountered. Its most essential symptom, is a most acute anxiety or fear, experienced in open places, long passages, theatres, concert saloons, etc., with no other cerebral disturbance.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 886 Both agoraphobia and acrophobia are common forms of imperative ideas.
1938 D. C. Peattie Prairie Grove i. 5 For such, mountains are excessive, and plains give them agoraphobia.
1974 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Oct. 177/2 To many people the idea of agoraphobia is as difficult to grasp as colour vision to the blind.
2011 Independent 24 Feb. 15/1 I had always ambled through life, never suffering from agoraphobia, panic attacks or any of the ills the urban mind is prey to.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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