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agoraphobic

[ ag-er-uh-foh-bik ]

adjective

  1. having or experiencing agoraphobia:

    My agoraphobic brother had some success managing his symptoms through cognitive behavioral therapy.

  2. relating to or characteristic of agoraphobia:

    She couldn't leave the house for years because of agoraphobic panic.



noun

  1. Also ····· [] a person with agoraphobia.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of agoraphobic1

First recorded in 1880–85; agora 1 + -phobic
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Example Sentences

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City officials found him a shelter bed a few miles away but he is agoraphobic and prefers staying on the sidewalk of the neighbourhood he's lived in for the past two decades.

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And she’s concerned about him and that he’s not living life, and that in many ways, he’s like this agoraphobic person locked away in the ivory tower.

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Danny is agoraphobic, socially anxious, obsessive, something of a hypochondriac and nominally a journalist, that most nominal of television professions.

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Street protests — a time-honored French tradition — are generally not for the agoraphobic, but on Tuesday, the crowds were the biggest on record this century.

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Her refusal to mingle gave rise to rumors that she was agoraphobic.

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