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antiphobic

antiphobic adjective: counteracting a phobia.

Adjective

antiphobic (not comparable)

  1. Counteracting a phobia.
    • It has been suggested that antidepressants are effective as antipanic and antiphobic agents only in depressed patients[…]2006, Paul J. Perry, Psychotropic drug handbook, page 314

Origin of antiphobic

From anti- + phobic.

Questions about antiphobic

What does antiphobic mean?
Antiphobic means counteracting a phobia.
What part of speech is antiphobic?
Antiphobic is an adjective.

Words near antiphobic in the dictionary

  1. antiphlogistians
  2. antiphlogistic
  3. antiphlogistics
  4. antiphlogistine
  5. antiphlogiston
  6. antiphobic
  7. antiphon
  8. antiphonal
  9. antiphonally
  10. antiphonals
  11. antiphonar

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