Claustrophobe

//ˈklɔstɹəˌfoʊb// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who suffers from claustrophobia.

    "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."

  2. 2
    a person suffering from claustrophobia wordnet

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from claudō (“I shut, close; I imprison, confine”) + -phobe.

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