demophobia

noun

1. A phobia, or fear, of crowds, masses, or people.

   rare, uncountable

   Those who suffer enochlophobia, demophobia or ochlophobia–the fear of crowds–are not being entirely irrational.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “common people”) + -phobia, equivalent to demo- + -phobia.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry demophobia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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