sociofobia

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

French socio-obor.

Portuguese socio-

Portuguese -fobia

Portuguese sociofobia

From socio- + -fobia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsɔ.siw.foˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌsɔ.siʊ̯.foˈbi.ɐ], /ˌsɔ.si.o.foˈbi.ɐ/, (faster) /ˌsɔ.sjo.foˈbi.ɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsɔ.sjɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌsɔ.sjɔ.fuˈβi.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsɔ.sjɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌsɔ.sjɔ.fuˈβi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsɔ.sjɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: so‧ci‧o‧fo‧bi‧a

Noun

sociofobia f (plural sociofobias)

1. social anxiety disorder (intense fear in social situations)

   Synonym: fobia social

Further reading

• “sociofobia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sociofobia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026