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Fear of Crossing Streets

Clinical and Motivational Phenomena

The fear of crossing streets, also called dromophobia or agyrophobia, is a specific phobia that affects a person's ability to cross a street or roadway where cars or vehicles may be present. The term dromophobia comes from the Greek dromos, meaning racetrack.

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Type of Phenomenon
Emotional Phenomenon 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Fear of crossing streets
en.wikipedia.org: Fear of crossing streets
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