neophobe

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Elena is a hypochondriac and an agoraphobe, and Winslet said that, from a political standpoint, her character “absolutely has moments of just making stuff up.”

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2024

Adams plays Anna Fox, a medicated agoraphobe — "I can't go outside" she explains, helpfully — who swears she saw a murder.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2021

She’s aiming for best supporting actress territory playing the titular role in Where’d You Go, Bernadette?, as a misanthropic agoraphobe who goes missing.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2018

The first thing that “Hikikomori and the Rental Sister” must do is come up with an American hermit and agoraphobe with a set of traits that are much more common in Japan.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2013

Luke Lewis, head of Twain's record label and one of Lange's few confidants, says, "I don't think he's an agoraphobe."

From Time Magazine Archive