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Kind of, though agoraphobia usually implies more fear of crowds or social spaces
While the literal meaning of agoraphobia is "fear of public spaces" (with reference to the Ancient Greek 'agora'), that's a misunderstanding of its actual nature. NephewAlphaBravo is correct that agoraphobia is related to a fear of things that you associate with panic/anxiety attacks. At its worst, it can become a crippling fear of leaving safe spaces, resulting in the refusal to 'go outdoors' - insofar as there is an implicit relationship with going outdoors and experiencing panic. Most people with agoraphobia are not total shut-ins (or at least we weren't until reality started enabling our worst tendencies in 2020), but they will tend to avoid specific potential scenarios they associate with panic.
When I was initially diagnosed, I had no problem walking to and from work (with big-ol fuck off headphones on so that no one could interact with me), going to public places with a friend I could depend on to serve as a screen between me and the world, or performing on stage. I just had a crippling fear of being trapped alone in a crowd or being stuck on an airplane or being forced to interact with someone I found scary (generally for bad reasons) in a situation where it would be rude to not interact. Eventually, the workplace itself became a challenge for me because I came to associate it with social anxiety and mistreatment, but that came far after I'd already been diagnosed as fairly severely agoraphobic.
While the literal meaning of agoraphobia is "fear of public spaces" (with reference to the Ancient Greek 'agora'), that's a misunderstanding of its actual nature. NephewAlphaBravo is correct that agoraphobia is related to a fear of things that you associate with panic/anxiety attacks. At its worst, it can become a crippling fear of leaving safe spaces, resulting in the refusal to 'go outdoors' - insofar as there is an implicit relationship with going outdoors and experiencing panic. Most people with agoraphobia are not total shut-ins (or at least we weren't until reality started enabling our worst tendencies in 2020), but they will tend to avoid specific potential scenarios they associate with panic.
When I was initially diagnosed, I had no problem walking to and from work (with big-ol fuck off headphones on so that no one could interact with me), going to public places with a friend I could depend on to serve as a screen between me and the world, or performing on stage. I just had a crippling fear of being trapped alone in a crowd or being stuck on an airplane or being forced to interact with someone I found scary (generally for bad reasons) in a situation where it would be rude to not interact. Eventually, the workplace itself became a challenge for me because I came to associate it with social anxiety and mistreatment, but that came far after I'd already been diagnosed as fairly severely agoraphobic.