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-phobic
2a combining form used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -phobe:
acrophobic; photophobic.
phobic
/ ˈəʊɪ /
adjective
of, relating to, or arising from a phobia
noun
a person suffering from a phobia
Other Word Forms
- nonphobic adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of phobic1
Example Sentences
With hundreds of years of baseless myth to supply us, it’s no wonder as many as six percent of people are phobic of arachnids.
As for not noticing someone’s phobic tendencies, remember: Having to get along to get by is a powerful incentive to keep our hostilities, our “stuff,” tucked away.
Croft: There’s still some resistance from editors of a certain generation — to translation itself, to properly crediting and remunerating the translator — but I think people are less phobic than they once might have been.
“They are now marketing Botox to people in their 20s, and if you get people to be phobic about aging when they’re young, you have an ever-replenishing market for your products.”
In this early project, Goodman described himself as commitment phobic while Walsh purported to fall in love perhaps too easily.
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When To Use
The combining form -phobic is used like a suffix to create the adjective form of words ending in -phobe, a form that roughly means “someone with a fear.” In other words, -phobic means "of, relating to, or characteristic of something with a fear." It is often used in scientific terms, especially in psychology and biology.The form -phobic is made from a combination of two combining forms. The first is -phobe, from Greek óDz, meaning "fear" or "panic." The second form is the suffix -ic. The suffix -ic ultimately comes from Greek -ikos, an ending used to form adjectives. are variants of -phobic?While -phobic doesn’t have any variants, it is related to two other combining forms: -phobia and -phobe. Want to know more? Check out our Words that Use articles for each form.
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