philobat
philobat noun: someone who enjoys handling challenging and dangerous situations on their own.
Noun
philobat (plural philobats)
- Someone who enjoys handling challenging and dangerous situations on their own.
- Coordinate term: ocnophil
- Or maybe this was her true personality coming through, the way alcoholism showed in some people around thirty-five. Jean the philobat, on the pattern of acrobat, the type that prefers to cope alone with difficult, uncertain situations. Though of course she hadn't been alone.2008, Isabel Fonseca, Attachment, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, pages 182–183
Forms of philobat
| plural | philobats |
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Origin of philobat
Blend of philo- + acrobat. Coined by Hungarian psychoanalyst Michael Balint in 1955.
Words formed from philobat
Questions about philobat
- What does philobat mean?
- Philobat means someone who enjoys handling challenging and dangerous situations on their own.
- What part of speech is philobat?
- Philobat is a noun.
- What is the plural of philobat?
- The plural of philobat is philobats.
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