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Agoraphobia Pronunciation
Agoraphobia is pronounced uh-gaw-ruh-FOH-bee-uh, IPA /əˌgɔrəˈfoʊbiə/.
uh-gaw-ruh-FOH-bee-uh
US /əˌgɔrəˈfoʊbiə/ · UK /ˌægɔːrəˈfəʊbiə/
Syllables: uh · gaw · ruh · FOH · bee · uh (6 syllables, stress on syllable 4)
noun: A fear of open or public places that makes leaving home difficult.
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Agoraphobia in a Sentence
- Agoraphobia kept her indoors for most of a year.
- He was treated for agoraphobia after the accident.
- Agoraphobia is often misunderstood as simple shyness.
Common Mispronunciations of Agoraphobia
Not uh-GAW-ruh-foh-bee-uh
Land hard on FOH, the fourth of six syllables. Every -phobia word puts the weight there.
Not a-goh-ruh-FOH-bee-uh
The g stays hard before the o, and the vowel after it is the aw of law.
Tip: The first part is the Greek agora, a marketplace, so the word literally means fear of the market square.
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