PHOBIC


Meaning of PHOBIC in English

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

Phobic is also a noun.

Social phobics quake at the thought of meeting strangers.

N-COUNT

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