definitions

social phobia

noun

psychol a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations

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Nearby words

social network, social networking, social networking site, social organization, social pathology, social phobia, social process, social psychiatry, social psychology, social realism, social register
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