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Ochlophobia Ok Luh Foh Bee Uh Noun Psychiatry Abnormal Fear Crowds Entered

Ochlophobia is a psychiatric term describing an abnormal fear of crowds or large groups of people, derived from Greek roots meaning "mob" and "fear."

O 클로포비아(Ochlophobia)는 군중이나 많은 사람들에 대한 비정상적인 두려움을 의미하는 정신의학 용어입니다. 이 단어는 그리스어 뿌리에서 유래했습니다.

Back ochlophobia \ok-luh-FOH-bee-uh\
Front
noun
Psychiatry. An abnormal fear of crowds.

[Ochlophobia entered English in the late 1800s from the Greek roots meaning "mob" and "fear."]

"The man's got pedophobia, homichlophobia, dromophobia, xenophobia, ochlophobia, haphephobia, planomania, kleptophobia, thanatophobia, he's an onychophagist, he's got gerontophobia, but notice he has no dysphagia…" - George Friel, Mr. Alfred, M.A., 1972

As the plane leveled her discomfort ebbed. Agoraphobia. Demophobia. Enochlophobia. Ochlophobia. She knew the terms but refused to label her condition a phobia. - Rick Mofina, The Panic Zone, 2010

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