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phobiac

phobiac adjective: relating to a phobia; phobic.

Adjective

phobiac (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a phobia; phobic.
    • With phobiac writer's cramp, they will re-educate to write with blackboard exercises[.]1926, Studies in Psychology and Psychiatry from the Catholic University of America, volume 1 & 2, page 146
    • These fears are replaced to the phobiac object.1949, Edward Glover, Psycho-analysis: A Handbook for Medical Practitioners and Students of Comparative Psychology, page 291

Noun

phobiac (plural phobiacs)

  1. A person with a phobia.
    • Defective types of psychoses are the most interesting kinds, like the maniacs, the melancholiacs, the phobiacs, the paranoiacs, the neurasthenics, the hysterical, etc.1913, Charles Ellewyn George, The Lawyer & Banker and Bench & Bar Review, volume 6, page 161
    Synonyms:
    phobic

Synonyms of phobiac

Forms of phobiac

pluralphobiacs

Origin of phobiac

From phobia + -ic. Modelled on maniac.

Questions about phobiac

What does phobiac mean?
Phobiac means relating to a phobia; phobic.
What part of speech is phobiac?
Phobiac can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near phobiac in the dictionary

  1. phobanthropy
  2. phobe
  3. phobes
  4. Phobetor
  5. phobia
  6. phobiac
  7. phobiacs
  8. phobiae
  9. phobian
  10. phobians
  11. phobiaphobia

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