philobat

plural philobats

1. human sciencesSomeone who enjoys handling challenging and dangerous situations on their own.

   Coordinate term: ocnophil

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   Or maybe this was her true personality coming through, the way alcoholism showed in some people around thirty-five. Jean the philobat, on the pattern of acrobat, the type that prefers to cope alone with difficult, uncertain situations. Though of course she hadn't been alone.

   2008, Isabel Fonseca, Attachment, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, pages 182–183