Definition of Agoraphobic

1. Adjective. Suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places.

Similar to: Afraid
Derivative terms: Agoraphobia

Definition of Agoraphobic

1. Noun. One who suffers from agoraphobia. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to agoraphobia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Agoraphobic

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Agoraphobic

1. Relating to or characteristic of agoraphobia. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agoraphobic

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agony
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agony aunts
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agony column
agony uncle
agony uncles
agood
agora
agorae
agoraphobe
agoraphobes
agoraphobia
agoraphobias
agoraphobic (current term)
agoraphobics
agoras
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agoroth
agostic
agouara
agouaras
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agouties
agoutis
agouty
agpaite

Literary usage of Agoraphobic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Universal Medical Journal (1893)
"It is possible, for instance, in certain hypnotized hysterical subjects, to produce agoraphobic phenomena by means of suggestion, and by the same means to ..."

2. Value of Psychiatric Treatment: Its Efficacy in Severe Mental Disorders edited by Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"1977; Sheehan et al. 1980) was the most definitive trial of the efficacy of a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. agoraphobic patients with panic attacks were ..."

3. The Interpretation of dreams by Sigmund Freud (1913)
"The little one as the genital—to be run over as a symbol of sexual intercourse (another dream of the same agoraphobic patient). " Her mother sends away her ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1892)
"... two a suicidal impulse; or, more correctly speaking, the fear of an impulse. Two had agoraphobic symptoms, and one has since married. ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"An agoraphobic patient is completely incapacitated for any outdoor employment, and in an advanced stage is quite unable to leave his house. ..."

6. The Psychology and Pedagogy of Reading: With a Review of the History of by Edmund Burke Huey (1908)
"... for agoraphobic show discrepancies in word-length and, quite often, in total form. The determining letters, however, are retained, only the indifferent ..."

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