agoraphobic
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- adjective
- /ˌæɡərəˈfoʊbɪk/
- Specialized
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agorafóbico
- She finds it difficult to visit crowded places because she is agoraphobic.
And so when these type of things happen, then I think maybe I need to go full blown agoraphobic and just not leave the house.
- And so when these type of things happen, then I think maybe I need to go full blown agoraphobic and just not leave the house.
- And I was, I was so suicidal and and agoraphobic, so just trapped most of the time in my bedroom.
- It's about a woman who is agoraphobic, and so all she does all day is look out her window and kind of watch her.
- But my auntie Eva was schizophrenic, agoraphobic, paranoid.
Examples
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But my auntie Eva was schizophrenic, agoraphobic, paranoid.
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Perhaps you're agoraphobic, and can't step outside for more than a few seconds without being overwhelmed by panic.
Blog text (22) -
But many people can be agoraphobic and still go out.
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It's about a woman who is agoraphobic, and so all she does all day is look out her window and kind of watch her.
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And so when these type of things happen, then I think maybe I need to go full blown agoraphobic and just not leave the house.
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Someone who never sat in line, who never waited with others outside my office, was an agoraphobic woman.
Fiction book (1999) -
I wish I could come, but I'm borderline agoraphobic.
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She's extremely agoraphobic.
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He found people who were agoraphobic and never went outdoors, and he taught them to jog, bike, and skateboard indoors and, gradually, outside.
Fiction book (1997) -
This cannot be an easy thing for anyone to do, especially for a man who, for a period of years, had been severely agoraphobic, "tormented by a fear of people and open spaces," as William Grimes wrote in Hayden's New York Times obituary: unable even to leave his own house, much less interact with strangers.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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Being very afraid of something without a good reason, for example the dark or flying
Antonyms
How Fearful
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
agoraphobic = agoraphobia (semi-transparent) = agora + phobia + ic
Formation of the adjective from the noun 'agoraphobia' with the productive suffix '-ic' is regular and straightforward.
Etymology
Agoraphobic comes from the Greek word agora, meaning 'open public place' or 'market', and the part phobic, from 'phobia' meaning 'fear'. So an agoraphobic person has a strong fear of open or public places.