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social anxiety disorder

social anxiety disorder noun: an anxiety disorder, characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.

Noun

social anxiety disorder (usually uncountable, plural social anxiety disorders)

  1. (usually) An anxiety disorder, characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.

social anxiety disorder meaning in Arabic

social anxiety disorder in Arabic

an anxiety disorder
اِضْطِرَاب الْقَلَقِ الاِجْتِمَاعِي iḍṭirāb al-qalaqi l-ijtimāʕī

Synonyms of social anxiety disorder

Forms of social anxiety disorder

pluralsocial anxiety disorders
alternative formsocial-anxiety disorder

Words that rhyme with social anxiety disorder

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Questions about social anxiety disorder

What does social anxiety disorder mean?
Social anxiety disorder means an anxiety disorder, characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.
What is social anxiety disorder in Arabic?
Social anxiety disorder in Arabic is اِضْطِرَاب الْقَلَقِ الاِجْتِمَاعِي (iḍṭirāb al-qalaqi l-ijtimāʕī). See Social anxiety disorder meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is social anxiety disorder?
Social anxiety disorder is a noun.
What is the plural of social anxiety disorder?
The plural of social anxiety disorder is social anxiety disorders.

Words near social anxiety disorder in the dictionary

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

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