transcription, транскрипция: [ foʊbɪk ]
( phobics)
1.
A phobic feeling or reaction results from or is related to a strong, irrational fear or hatred of something.
Many children acquire a phobic horror of dogs.
ADJ
2.
Someone who is phobic has a strong, irrational fear or hatred of something.
In Victorian times people were phobic about getting on trains. They weren’t used to it.
ADJ
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Phobic is also a noun.
Social phobics quake at the thought of meeting strangers.
N-COUNT