phobe

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noun

A person who experiences a phobia (“fear or dislike”).

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Meanings

nounphobe (plural phobes)

plural phobes

  1. A person who experiences a phobia (“fear or dislike”).

    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
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    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

    "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

Origin

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