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agoraphobe en · NOUN

Etymology

From agora- + -phobe, see agoraphobia.

Meanings

1. Someone who suffers from agoraphobia.
   • She has never considered herself either a claustrophobe or an agoraphobe but, well, this was different. This was both fears together – the fear of wide-open spaces jammed shoulder to shoulder with angry people. 1998, Jim Mortimore, chapter 3, in Beltempest, page 73:
   • Through such substances the agoraphobes could come to like open spaces, and the 'scotophobes' enjoy the dark. 1974, Erwin Lausch, Manipulation; dangers and benefits of brain research:
   • The following season Mr. Murphy composed an original Broadway-style number for a scene in which Brian the dog attempts to persuade an elderly agoraphobe to leave her home. 2007 November 4, Dave Itzkoff, “A Satirical Sit-Coms Memorable Music”, in New York Times:

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Translations (5)

pt agoráfobo (someone who suffers from agoraphobia) · pl osoba z agorafobią (someone who suffers from agoraphobia) · el αγοραφοβικός (someone who suffers from agoraphobia) · fr agoraphobe (someone who suffers from agoraphobia) · fi torikauhuinen (someone who suffers from agoraphobia)