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A Word

  • 21-05-2006 09:03PM
    #1
    senordingdong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey all...what's the name of the disorder in which people are afraid if the outdoors and large spaced and all?
    The opposite of claustrophobic.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,735 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    http://phobialist.com/
    Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.

    [edit]

    Hrm, I thought it was spelt 'agrophobia'.


  • #3
    senordingdong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    Any idea on the pronounciation?

    I thought I had been pronouncing it correctly all the time but a friend called me on it.


  • #4
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,724 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    A-gore-a-phobia.

    Though I'm pretty sure it's been refined in recent years to encompass a wider range of symptoms.


  • #5
    senordingdong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    Ok, thanks.


  • #6
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Earthhorse wrote:
    A-gore-a-phobia.

    Though I'm pretty sure it's been refined in recent years to encompass a wider range of symptoms.
    /edit - after reading more cafefully, I realise my error...


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