-phobe

1. a combining form used to form personal nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -phobia:

   Anglophobe.

-phobe

combining form

1. indicating a person or thing that fears or hates

   xenophobe

   Germanophobe

Derived Forms

• -phobic, combining_form:in_adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of -phobe¹

From Greek -phobos, adjectival derivative of phóbos “panic fear”

Word History and Origins

Origin of -phobe¹

from Greek -phobos fearing

Example Sentences

The Italian people is not, and can not be at this moment, either phil or phobe regarding any other people.

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