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ocnophilic

ocnophilic adjective: relating to, or characteristic of an ocnophil (someone who tends to avoid dangerous or unfamiliar situations).

Adjective

ocnophilic (comparative more ocnophilic, superlative most ocnophilic)

  1. Relating to, or characteristic of an ocnophil (someone who tends to avoid dangerous or unfamiliar situations).
    • Coordinate term: philobatic
    • The philobatic environment consists of friendly spaces littered with unpredictable objects; the ocnophilic world consists of objects 'separated by horrid empty spaces'.2017, Lynda Nead, The Tiger in the Smoke: Art and Culture in Post-War Britain, New Haven, C.T.; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 92

Forms of ocnophilic

comparativemore ocnophilic
superlativemost ocnophilic

Origin of ocnophilic

From ocnophil + -ic. Coined by Hungarian psychoanalyst Michael Balint in 1955.

Questions about ocnophilic

What does ocnophilic mean?
Ocnophilic means relating to, or characteristic of an ocnophil (someone who tends to avoid dangerous or unfamiliar situations).
What part of speech is ocnophilic?
Ocnophilic is an adjective.

Words near ocnophilic in the dictionary

  1. Ocna Mureș
  2. Ocna Șugatag
  3. Ocnele Mari
  4. Ocnița
  5. ocnophil
  6. ocnophilic
  7. ocnophils
  8. OCNs
  9. OCO
  10. Ocoee
  11. ocoid

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