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phobe en · NOUN

Etymology

From -phobe.

Meanings

1. A person who experiences a phobia (“fear or dislike”).
   • What would she have felt about such philes of themselves and phobes of the rest, all those lovers of Jesus and haters of the Jews? 1995, John B. Sanford, A Book of American Women, page 140:
   • If you are not a phobe, it is almost impossible not to stroke a cat that comes within range. 1972, Paul Gallico, Honorable Cat, page 10:
   • "You're telling me you're gay?" I put my hand on his leg. When he glances at it, I jerk it away. "Oh. Sorry," I blurt out. "That was totally innocent. I'm not, you know, like that." Kollin rolls his eyes. "Don't be such a phobe, Michaels." 2015, Lynn Lindquist, Secret of the Sevens, →ISBN:

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