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ochlophobist

ochlophobist noun: a person with a phobia, or fear, of mob-like crowds, as opposed to simply open spaces like agoraphobia or large crowds as with enochlophobia.

Noun

ochlophobist (plural ochlophobists)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A person with a phobia, or fear, of mob-like crowds, as opposed to simply open spaces like agoraphobia or large crowds as with enochlophobia.
    • The Easter Trip of Two Ochlophobists.1867 July–December, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 102, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, page 42
    • "The ochlophobist has but a hard time in London just now," remarked the Daily News on December 5, 1882, and we have known subsequent occasions when we would have thanked the Daily News for that word.1882 December 5, The Academy and Literature, quotee, Daily News, London

Forms of ochlophobist

pluralochlophobists

Origin of ochlophobist

From Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos, “crowd”) + -phobist.

Questions about ochlophobist

What does ochlophobist mean?
Ochlophobist means a person with a phobia, or fear, of mob-like crowds, as opposed to simply open spaces like agoraphobia or large crowds as with enochlophobia.
What part of speech is ochlophobist?
Ochlophobist is a noun.
What is the plural of ochlophobist?
The plural of ochlophobist is ochlophobists.

Words near ochlophobist in the dictionary

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

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