Meanings
- not comparableRelating to a phobia; phobic.
These fears are replaced to the phobiac object.
1949, Edward Glover, Psycho-analysis: A Handbook for Medical Practitioners and Students of Comparative Psychology, page 2911 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person with a phobia.
Origin
From phobia + -ic. Modelled on maniac.
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