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Claustrophile - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun claustrophile

is a person who has the condition of claustrophilia, a love of closed-in spaces.

claustrophile

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who has the condition of claustrophilia, a love of closed-in spaces.
  • * 2000:' Since I am a '''claustrophile , I actually feel more secure in small cluttered spaces, I preferred to guide both ships from the Windsinger. —Nicola Cuti, ''Spin a Web of Death [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=yCXUG0-qV7YC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&sig=goYDRBjQdnWFZNTGCYXR8mQpySc]
  • * 2002:' The question is disputable to what extent Xu Ruhua, the '''claustrophile who finally confines herself in a cagelike room, can be identified with Can Xue the author. —Xiaobin Yang, ''The Chinese Postmodern [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=MyeeEmtaRv4C&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&sig=Y_nJxBptsa7vXDD6xH7AqxfLapQ]
  • * 2003:' Many of the racquetball courts were new—because the game was new—and had attractive glass back walls in the middle of a health club, not dingy courts in the basement of a club that only a '''claustrophile would enjoy. —James Zug, ''Squash [http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=MhhGvbWBnxMC&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&sig=yeD5KbJBx3YTpDrOxwV7fwGgcV4]
  • Derived terms

    * claustrophilia

    Antonyms

    * claustrophobe

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.