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phobic

[foh-bik]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to a phobia or phobias.
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noun
  1. a person suffering from a phobia.
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Origin of phobic

1895–1900; phob(ia) + -ic, or by abstraction from adjectives ending in -phobic
Related formsnon·pho·bic, adjective

-phobic

  1. a combining form used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -phobe: acrophobic; photophobic.
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Origin of -phobic

-phobe + -ic
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  • Are you depressed (see 5, Table 1) or phobic (see 4.2, Table 1)?

  • These are people too hesitant, or phobic to commit themselves to the assumption of any kind of risk.

    After the Rain

    Sam Vaknin

British Dictionary definitions for phobic

phobic

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or arising from a phobia
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noun
  1. a person suffering from a phobia
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Word Origin and History for phobic

adj.

1888, from phobia + -ic. As a noun from 1968. The Greek adjective was phobetikos "liable to fear."

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phobic in Medicine

phobic

(fō′bĭk)
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, arising from, or having a phobia.
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n.
  1. One who has a phobia.
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-phobic

suff.
  1. Having a fear of or aversion for:photophobic.
  2. Lacking an affinity for:lyophobic.
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