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How to use phobic in a sentence

14 example sentences · adjective, noun

Phobic means relating to a phobia. Example: “Anything can become a phobic stimulus.”

Examples of phobic by meaning

adjectiveRelating to a phobia.

  • Anything can become a phobic stimulus.

adjectiveExperiencing or expressing phobia (strong fear and/or dislike).

  • The mail carrier was phobic of dogs.
  • Yes, our society is backwards, full of violent phobic unexamined idiot fear people constantly throw at innocent others.2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 40

More sentences with phobic

  • Many people are data phobic and unwilling to engage with data to make decisions.2014, Zach Gemignani, Chris Gemignani, Richard Galentino, Data Fluency, →ISBN. From the entry data phobic
  • Phobics can choose to cope, even in bizarre ways, with their problem.2011, Terry Prone, The Fear Factor, Dublin: Londubh, page 22. From the entry ovophobia
  • The disclosure of tolerance's hidden phobic lining fits in well with queer theory's embrace of the abject.2009, W. C. Harris, Queer Externalities: Hazardous Encounters in American Culture, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry abject
  • I think people in our field are a bit data phobic.2008, Bonita Stanton, Jennifer Galbraith, Linda Kaljee, The Uncharted Path from Clinic-based to Community-based Research. From the entry data phobic
  • Howard Hughes was one of the most well known phobics of all time.2008, Karla Clark, Annie's Heaven, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 67. From the entry panphobic
  • Traditionally, a traumatic experience or some kind of negative experience with the phobic object is what triggers specific phobias like pediophobia.2024 January 8, Michelle C. Brooten-Brooks, “What Is Fear of Dolls (Pediophobia)?”, in Verywell Mind, archived from the original on 19 Sep…. From the entry pediophobia
  • Some sufferers of hematophobia experience a typical phobic reaction characterized by an increase in blood pressure and heart rate.2021 March 6, Jay W. Marks, MD, “Definition of Hematophobia”, in RxList. From the entry hematophobia
  • Further studies might pursue specifically settlerist forms of phobic construction within settler societies like Canada and the United States.2016, Hisham Ramadan, Jeff Shantz, Manufacturing Phobias, →ISBN. From the entry settlerist
  • Instead, pigeons are most often cited as triggering phobic reactions.1992, Don Nardo, Anxiety and Phobias, page 56. From the entry ornithophobe
  • Every time they try to remember when it was they first became phobic, they become even more phobic!1985, John Ficarra, The Mad Book of Fears and Phobias, New York, NY: Warner Books, →ISBN, unnumbered page. From the entry mnemophobia
  • The disclosure of tolerance's hidden phobic lining fits in well with queer theory's embrace of the abject as exhorted by Michael Warner, David Halperin, and Lee Edelman.2009 September 10, W. C. Harris, Queer Externalities: Hazardous Encounters in American Culture, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry abjection

Meaning of phobic

  1. adjective Relating to a phobia.
  2. adjective Experiencing or expressing phobia (strong fear and/or dislike).
  3. noun A person who has a phobia.

Full definition of phobic

Questions about phobic in a sentence

How do you use phobic in a sentence?
Phobic is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Anything can become a phobic stimulus.”
What is a short sentence with phobic?
“Anything can become a phobic stimulus.”
What does phobic mean?
Phobic means relating to a phobia.

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