Ochlophobic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ochlophobic is an adjective meaning Having an aversion to crowds.
Meaning
Having an aversion to crowds.
More Meanings
- (rare) Synonym of ochlophobe.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
“Hello indeed,” he said, causing Tynee’s ridiculous pretensions to evaporate as fast as the cryogenic helium from the golf cart, and leaving him with an expression more timorous than that of an ochlophobic who suddenly and inexplicably fmds himself naked and on third base at the World Series opener with a hundred thousand drunken sports fans pointing at him and guffawing.
Word Forms
- ochlophobics
Synonyms for ochlophobic
Depending on context, synonyms include ochlophobe.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aquaphobic, phallophobic, asylophobic, claustrophobiac, anticrowd, hoplophobic.
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