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agoraphobia Definitions

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek agora + New Latin -phobia Date: 1873 abnormal fear of being helpless in an embarrassing or unescapable situation that is characterized especially by the avoidance of open or public places • agoraphobe nounagoraphobic adjective or noun

English Explanatory Dictionary

n. (also aguti) (pl. agoutis) any burrowing rodent of the genus Dasyproctaor Myoprocta of Central and S. America, related to the guinea-pig. [F agoutior Sp. aguti f. Tupi aguti]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Psychol. an abnormal fear of open spaces or public places. Derivatives: agoraphobic adj. & n. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk agora place of assembly, market-place + -PHOBIA

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Agoraphobia is the fear of open or public places.
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