phobic
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-phobic
a combining form used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -phobe:, acrophobic; photophobic.
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World English Dictionary
| -phobe | |
| —n combining form | |
| indicating a person or thing that fears or hates: Germanophobe; xenophobe | |
| [from Greek -phobos fearing] | |
| -phobic | |
| —adj combining form | |
| -phobia | |
| —n combining form | |
| indicating an extreme abnormal fear of or aversion to: acrophobia; claustrophobia | |
| [via Latin from Greek, from phobos fear] | |
| -phobic | |
| —adj combining form | |
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of, relating to, or arising from a phobia |
| —n | |
| 2. | a person suffering from a phobia |
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phobic pho·bic (fō'bĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, arising from, or having a phobia. n.
One who has a phobia.
-phobic or -phobous
suff.
Having a fear of or an aversion for: photophobic.
Lacking an affinity for: lyophobic.
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Example sentences
Now he's germ phobic and afraid of heights--and milk.
Now researchers have found that further raising levels of the stress hormones in the body can actually reduce a phobic's anxiety.
They tend to be phobic about doing new things, and instead perseverate on old behaviors and tastes.
These are all fair points and, on balance, the central bankers' concern about inflation seems prudent more than phobic.
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