| 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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