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panphobic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpænfoʊbɪk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From pan + -phobic.

Meanings

1. Relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting panphobia.
   • Howard Hughes was one of the most well known phobics of all time. He was microphobic (afraid of germs), agoraphobic (afraid of open spaces and unfamiliar places), and eventually he became panphobic (afraid of everything and everyone). 2008, Karla Clark, Annie's Heaven, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 67:
   • In part, this is because of the suspicious and panphobic defenses these veterans utilize, defenses that make it almost impossible for them to attain self-cohesion through merger. 2013, John P. Wilson, Zev Harel, Boaz Kahana, Human Adaptation to Extreme Stress: From the Holocaust to Vietnam, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 254:
   • […] and there is phenomenal interest in rendering surfaces omniphobic or panphobic, as materials with such surfaces offer many exciting applications, ranging from mundane to highly sophisticated. 2018, K. L. Mittal, Advances in Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, John Wiley & Sons
   • [She] developed, soon after the menopause, melancholic symptoms, with crises of panphobic terror. 1906, The Journal of Mental Science, page 794:
   • To dispel bi/pansexuality myths, and help combat confusion and bi/panphobic prejudice, this section explores […] 2020, Corey E. Flanders, Under the Bisexual Umbrella: Diversity of Identity and Experience, Routledge
   • In addition to frequent panic attacks and her panphobic states, which had rendered her completely indigent vocationally and socially for many years, there were periods associated with marked anxiety […] 1970, Stanley Lesse, Anxiety: Its Components, Development, and Treatment, Grune & Stratton, Incorporated:

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