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phobiac en · ADJ

Etymology

From phobia + -ic. Modelled on maniac.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) 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:

phobiac en · NOUN

Etymology

From phobia + -ic. Modelled on maniac.

Meanings

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:

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phobic