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ochlophobic

ochlophobic adjective: having an aversion to crowds.

Adjective

ochlophobic (comparative more ochlophobic, superlative most ochlophobic)

  1. Having an aversion to crowds.

Noun

ochlophobic (plural ochlophobics)

  1. (rare) Synonym of ochlophobe.
    • Let ochlophobics in their towers stay, Hugging their egos ’gainst the Master Plan. / I shall ne’er boast that I am not as they, / But glad that I’m an advertising man.1948, Henry Obermeyer, quotee, The Advertising Agency, volume 41, New York, N.Y., →OCLC, page 38, column 2
    • If they are in a crowd, ochlophobics may fear that they cannot get out fast enough, or that there is no place that is safe with so many people around.1996, Judy Monroe, “Ochlophobia, demophobia, enochlophobia”, in Phobias: Everything You Wanted to Know, but Were Afraid to Ask (Issues in Focus), Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, →ISBN, chapter...
    Synonyms:
    ochlophobe

Synonyms of ochlophobic

Forms of ochlophobic

Adjective
comparativemore ochlophobic
superlativemost ochlophobic
Noun
pluralochlophobics

Origin of ochlophobic

From ochlo- + -phobic.

Questions about ochlophobic

What does ochlophobic mean?
Ochlophobic means having an aversion to crowds.
What part of speech is ochlophobic?
Ochlophobic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ochlophobic in the dictionary

  1. ochlophobes
  2. ochlophobia
  3. ochlophobiac
  4. ochlophobiacs
  5. ochlophobias
  6. ochlophobic
  7. ochlophobics
  8. ochlophobist
  9. ochlophobists
  10. ochlospecies
  11. ochna

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