claustrophile

English

Noun

claustrophile (plural claustrophiles)

1. A person who has the condition of claustrophilia, a love of closed-in spaces.
   • 2000, Nicola Cuti, Spin a Web of Death‎^[1]:

     Since I am a claustrophile, I actually feel more secure in small cluttered spaces, I preferred to guide both ships from the Windsinger.

   • 2002, Xiaobin Yang, The Chinese Postmodern‎^[2]:

     The question is disputable to what extent Xu Ruhua, the claustrophile who finally confines herself in a cagelike room, can be identified with Can Xue the author.

   • 2003, James Zug, Squash‎^[3]:

     Many of the racquetball courts were new—because the game was new—and had attractive glass back walls in the middle of a health club, not dingy courts in the basement of a club that only a claustrophile would enjoy.

Antonyms

• claustrophobe

Derived terms

• claustrophilia