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counterphobic

counterphobic adjective: tending to respond to fear or anxiety by actively seeking it out instead of fleeing.

Adjective

counterphobic (comparative more counterphobic, superlative most counterphobic)

  1. Tending to respond to fear or anxiety by actively seeking it out instead of fleeing.

Forms of counterphobic

comparativemore counterphobic
superlativemost counterphobic

Origin of counterphobic

From counter- + phobic.

Questions about counterphobic

What does counterphobic mean?
Counterphobic means tending to respond to fear or anxiety by actively seeking it out instead of fleeing.
What part of speech is counterphobic?
Counterphobic is an adjective.

Words near counterphobic in the dictionary

  1. counterphilosophy
  2. counterphobe
  3. counterphobes
  4. counterphobia
  5. counterphobias
  6. counterphobic
  7. counterphrase
  8. counterphrases
  9. counterpicket
  10. counterpicketed
  11. counterpicketer

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