"social anxiety disorder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: social anxiety disorders [plural], social-anxiety disorder [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+|head=social anxiety disorder}} social anxiety disorder (usually uncountable, plural social anxiety disorders)
  1. (clinical psychology, psychiatry) 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: social anxiety, social phobia Related terms: selective mutism Translations (an anxiety disorder): اِضْطِرَاب الْقَلَقِ الاِجْتِمَاعِي (iḍṭirāb al-qalaqi l-ijtimāʕī) (Arabic), sosiofobiya (Azerbaijani), 社交恐懼症 /社交恐惧症 (shèjiāo kǒngjùzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 社恐 (shèkǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), socialfobi [common-gender] (Danish), socialangst [common-gender] (Danish), sosiaalisten tilanteiden pelko (Finnish), anxiété sociale [feminine] (French), phobie sociale [feminine] (French), fobia social [feminine] (Galician), ansiedade social (Galician), სოციალური შფოთვითი აშლილობა (socialuri špotviti ašliloba) (Georgian), soziale Angststörung [feminine] (German), fobia sociale [feminine] (Italian), sociofobia (Italian), 사회공포증 (sahoegongpojeung) (alt: 社會恐怖症) (Korean), sosial angstlidelse (Norwegian Bokmål), sosial fobi (Norwegian Bokmål), fobia społeczna [feminine] (Polish), fobia social [feminine] (Portuguese), sociofobia (Portuguese), социофо́бия (sociofóbija) (Russian), trastorno de ansiedad social [masculine] (Spanish), ansiedad social [feminine] (Spanish), fobia social [feminine] (Spanish), social fobi (Swedish)

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