agoraphobe
English edit
Noun edit
agoraphobe (plural agoraphobes)
- Someone who suffers from agoraphobia.
- 1998, Jim Mortimore, chapter 3, in Beltempest, page 73:
- 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.
- 2007 November 4, Dave Itzkoff, “A Satirical Sit-Coms Memorable Music”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.
Translations edit
someone who suffers from agoraphobia
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French edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá) + -phobe.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
agoraphobe (plural agoraphobes)
Noun edit
agoraphobe m or f by sense (plural agoraphobes)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “agoraphobe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.