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\ |
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| Front | noun Psychiatry. An abnormal fear of crowds. "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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