agoraphobic
noun
plural agoraphobics
: a person who has an abnormal fear of open or public spaces : a person affected with agoraphobia : agoraphobe
Experts say agoraphobics usually associate their panic with the place they first experience it …—
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Lena WilliamsBecause of this fear, agoraphobics map out safe zones (their homes, usually) and retreat into private worlds, which can become prisons.—Michael Christie
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My father was a textbook agoraphobic who shut himself off from the world and at the end was leaving his house only once or twice a year.
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“Agoraphobic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agoraphobic. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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agoraphobic
1 of 2 adjective
ag·o·ra·pho·bic
-ˈfō-bik 
: of, relating to, or affected with agoraphobia
agoraphobic attacks
an agoraphobic patient
agoraphobic
2 of 2 noun
variants
or agoraphobe
also agoraphobiac
: a person affected with agoraphobia
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