claustrophile

plural claustrophiles

1. A person who has the condition of claustrophilia, a love of closed-in spaces.

   Since I am a claustrophile, I actually feel more secure in small cluttered spaces, I preferred to guide both ships from the Windsinger.

   2000, Nicola Cuti, Spin a Web of Death

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   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.

   2002, Xiaobin Yang, The Chinese Postmodern

   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.

   2003, James Zug, Squash