agoraphobe

English

Etymology

From agora +‎ -phobe, see agoraphobia.

Noun

agoraphobe (plural agoraphobes)

1. Someone who suffers from agoraphobia.
   • 1974, Erwin Lausch, Manipulation; dangers and benefits of brain research:

     Through such substances the agoraphobes could come to like open spaces, and the 'scotophobes' enjoy the dark.

   • 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

someone who suffers from agoraphobia

• Finnish: torikauhuinen
• French: agoraphobe (fr)
• Greek: αγοραφοβικός (el) (agorafovikós)
• Polish: osoba z agorafobią f
• Portuguese: agoráfobo (pt) m

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá) + -phobe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡɔ.ʁa.fɔb/

Adjective

agoraphobe (plural agoraphobes)

1. agoraphobic

Noun

agoraphobe m or f by sense (plural agoraphobes)

1. agoraphobe

Related terms

• agoraphobie

Further reading

• “agoraphobe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.