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English
Noun
claustrophile (plural claustrophiles)
- A person who has the condition of claustrophilia, a love of closed-in spaces.
2000, Nicola Cuti, Spin a Web of Death:Since I am a claustrophile, I actually feel more secure in small cluttered spaces, I preferred to guide both ships from the Windsinger.
2002, Xiaobin Yang, The Chinese Postmodern: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.
2003, James Zug, Squash: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.
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