Ochlophobia

Ochlophobia and demophobia are terms for types of social phobia or social anxiety disorder whose sufferers have a fear of crowds. Sufferers may offer various rationalizations of the phobia, such as the fear being trampled in a crowd, getting a deadly disease from people within the crowd, getting lost in the crowd, or feeling insignificant when surrounded by a crowd.

People who are shy and introverted are most likely to experience ochlophobia. But not all introverted people have anxiety problems. Ochlophobic people are often unable to handle situations involving parties, going to theaters, going to movie theaters, going to sports games, or going to the mall.

See also

• Agoraphobia

References

This abnormal psychology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Phobias Abnormal psychology stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную? Demophilus of Thespiae Demophon of Athens Look at other dictionaries: ochlophobia — ochlophobist, n. /ok leuh foh bee euh/, n. Psychiatry. an abnormal fear of crowds. [1890 95; < Gk óchl(os) mob + o O + PHOBIA] * * * …   Universalium ochlophobia — noun A phobia, or fear, of mob like crowds, as opposed to simply open spaces like agoraphobia or large crowds as with enochlophobia …   Wiktionary ochlophobia — Morbid fear of crowds. [G. ochlos, a crowd, + phobos, fear] * * * och·lo·pho·bia .äk lə fō bē ə n morbid fear of crowds …   Medical dictionary ochlophobia — fear of crowds Phobias …   Phrontistery dictionary ochlophobia — n. fear of groups, fear of crowds …   English contemporary dictionary ochlophobia — och·lo·pho·bia …   English syllables ochlophobia — A fear of crowds …   Grandiloquent dictionary ochlophobia — /ɒkləˈfoʊbiə/ (say okluh fohbeeuh) noun fear of crowds. {Greek ochlos crowd, mob + phobia} –ochlophobic, adjective, noun …   ochlophobia — ˌäkləˈfōbēə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ochlos crowd + New Latin phobia : morbid fear of crowds …   Useful english dictionary охлофобия — (ochlophobia; греч. ochlos толпа + фобия) см. Демофобия …   Большой медицинский словарь 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”