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agoraphobe, n. and a.|ˈægərəfəʊb|
[Back-formation f. agoraphobia.]
A. n. A person who suffers from agoraphobia.
B. adj. Causing or conducive to agoraphobia.
1955New Yorker 13 Aug. 49/1 The inmates include suicidal types, agoraphobes, and plain nervous people. 1958Listener 13 Nov. 776/1 This entirely synthetic agoraphobe arcadia. 1970Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 4 Sept. 12/3 The agoraphobe, for example, is taken on to a large common or moor and simply left there to suffer for several hours at a time until he learns to bear it. 1984Forbes (N.Y.) 18 June 82/2 Schwartz, now 60, is an agoraphobe..who rarely leaves his studio. |