social phobia

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social phobia

(Psychology) Psychol a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations

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social phobia - any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc)

phobia, phobic disorder, phobic neurosis - an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"

androphobia - a morbid fear of men

gynophobia - a morbid fear of women

satanophobia - an abnormal fear of Satan

school phobia - a child's sudden fear of attending school

traumatophobia - a morbid fear of battle or physical injury

xenophobia - a fear of foreigners or strangers

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