Meaning of hodophobe | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone affected by hodophobia; someone having a fear of or aversion to travelling.

Examples

“Carol, 26, another hodophobe, describes how she used to react⟳ to boarding a plane—before she stopped flying altogether (she wouldn't let⟳ us use⟳ her real name⟳ because she's embarrassed about her phobia): "I'd feel⟳ like⟳ I was walking to the electric chair. I'd cry⟳, make⟳ a scene. I've canceled trips because I was so sure the plane was going to crash⟳. I tried getting drunk, taking sedatives. But if you body thinks it's in danger, it's hard to calm down."”

“While my bunkmates jotted cheery letters to their families, I whimpered into my pillow, an incipient hodophobe racked by some impossible mix⟳ of homesickness and wanderlust.”

“Instances of death at sea are far less common than (hodophobes, look⟳ away) road accidents.”

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