Anthropophobia
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| Specialty | Psychiatry  |
Anthropophobia or Anthrophobia[1] (literally "fear of people", from the Greek: ἄνθρωπος, ánthropos, "man" and φόβος, phóbos, "fear"), also called interpersonal relation phobia[1] or Social Phobia, it is pathological fear of people or human company.
Anthropophobia is an extreme, pathological form of shyness and timidness. Being a form of Social Phobia, it may be manifested in fears of blushing, meeting the gaze of the others, awkwardness and uneasiness when appearing in society, etc.[2] A specific Japanese cultural form has been known as taijin kyofusho.[3]
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