Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun social_phobia

1 sense of social phobia

Sense 1
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")