ocnophilic

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adjective

Relating to, or characteristic of an ocnophil (someone who tends to avoid dangerous or unfamiliar situations).

“Coordinate term: philobatic”

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Meanings

adjectiveocnophilic (comparative more ocnophilic, superlative most ocnophilic)

comparative more ocnophilic · superlative most ocnophilic

  1. human sciencesRelating to, or characteristic of an ocnophil (someone who tends to avoid dangerous or unfamiliar situations).

    Coordinate term: philobatic

    1 more example

    The philobatic environment consists of friendly spaces littered with unpredictable objects; the ocnophilic world consists of objects 'separated by horrid empty spaces'.

    2017, Lynda Nead, The Tiger in the Smoke: Art and Culture in Post-War Britain, New Haven, C.T.; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 92

Origin

From ocnophil + -ic. Coined by Hungarian psychoanalyst Michael Balint in 1955.

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Translations

German oknophil
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APA

ocnophilic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocnophilic

MLA

“ocnophilic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocnophilic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ocnophilic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocnophilic.

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