Agoraphobia

Definitions

1. The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
2. An aversion to markets.
   rare

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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