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philobatic

philobatic adjective: relating to or characteristic of a philobat (someone who enjoys handling challenging and dangerous situations on their own).

Adjective

philobatic (comparative more philobatic, superlative most philobatic)

  1. Relating to or characteristic of a philobat (someone who enjoys handling challenging and dangerous situations on their own).
    • Coordinate term: ocnophilic
    • 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 philobatic

comparativemore philobatic
superlativemost philobatic

Origin of philobatic

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

Questions about philobatic

What does philobatic mean?
Philobatic means relating to or characteristic of a philobat (someone who enjoys handling challenging and dangerous situations on their own).
What part of speech is philobatic?
Philobatic is an adjective.

Words near philobatic in the dictionary

  1. philo-Semite
  2. philo-Semites
  3. philo-Semitic
  4. philo-Semitism
  5. philobat
  6. philobatic
  7. philobats
  8. philobiblian
  9. philobiblians
  10. philobiblic
  11. philobiblical

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