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social anxiety

social anxiety noun: a feeling of discomfort or fear in a social situation where one may be judged or evaluated by others.

Noun

social anxiety (countable and uncountable, plural social anxieties)

  1. A feeling of discomfort or fear in a social situation where one may be judged or evaluated by others.
  2. Social anxiety disorder.

social anxiety meaning in Arabic

social anxiety in Arabic

discomfort or fear in social situation
رُهَاب اِجْتِمَاعِيّ ruhāb ijtimāʕiyy

Synonyms of social anxiety

Forms of social anxiety

pluralsocial anxieties

Questions about social anxiety

What does social anxiety mean?
Social anxiety means a feeling of discomfort or fear in a social situation where one may be judged or evaluated by others.
What is social anxiety in Arabic?
Social anxiety in Arabic is رُهَاب اِجْتِمَاعِيّ (ruhāb ijtimāʕiyy). See Social anxiety meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is social anxiety?
Social anxiety is a noun.
What is the plural of social anxiety?
The plural of social anxiety is social anxieties.

Words near social anxiety in the dictionary

  1. social alienations
  2. social anthropologist
  3. social anthropologists
  4. social anthropology
  5. social anxieties
  6. social anxiety
  7. social anxiety disorder
  8. social anxiety disordered
  9. social anxiety disorders
  10. social atom
  11. social atoms

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