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People are so phobic and crazed about this word 'commitment.' It's weird. Everyone has taken this word to a new height of morality.
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Meaning of "phobic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHOBIC

phobic  [ˈfəʊbɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHOBIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phobic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PHOBIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phobia

A phobia is, when used in the context of clinical psychology, a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational. In the event the phobia cannot be avoided entirely, the sufferer will endure the situation or object with marked distress and significant interference in social or occupational activities. The terms distress and impairment as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition should also take into account the context of the sufferer's environment if attempting a diagnosis. The DSM-IV-TR states that if a phobic stimulus, whether it be an object or a social situation, is absent entirely in an environment — a diagnosis cannot be made. An example of this situation would be an individual who has a fear of mice but lives in an area devoid of mice.

Definition of phobic in the English dictionary

The definition of phobic in the dictionary is of, relating to, or arising from a phobia. Other definition of phobic is a person suffering from a phobia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHOBIC


acrophobic
ˌækrəˈfəʊbɪk
aerophobic
ˌɛərəˈfəʊbɪk
agoraphobic
ˌæɡərəˈfəʊbɪk
anthropophobic
ˌænθrəpəˈfəʊbɪk
aquaphobic
ˌækwəˈfəʊbɪk
astraphobic
ˌæstrəˈfəʊbɪk
astrophobic
ˌæstrəˈfəʊbɪk
claustrophobic
ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbɪk
computerphobic
kəmˈpjuːtərˌfəʊbɪk
homophobic
ˌhɒməˈfəʊbɪk
hydrophobic
ˌhaɪdrəˈfəʊbɪk
Islamophobic
ˌɪzlɑːməˈfəʊbɪk
lyophobic
ˌlaɪəʊˈfəʊbɪk
monophobic
ˌmɒnəʊˈfəʊbɪk
necrophobic
ˌnɛkrəʊˈfəʊbɪk
nyctophobic
ˌnɪktəˈfəʊbɪk
ochlophobic
ˌɒkləˈfəʊbɪk
photophobic
ˌfəʊtəʊˈfəʊbɪk
technophobic
ˌteknəʊˈfəʊbɪk
xenophobic
ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHOBIC

pho
phobia
phobism
phobist
Phobos
Phocaea
phocine
Phocis
phocomelia
phocomelic
phocomely
phoebe
Phoebus
Phoebus Apollo
Phoenices
Phoenicia
Phoenician
Phoenician juniper
phoenix

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHOBIC

aerobic
ailourophobic
ailurophobic
anaerobic
anglophobic
batrachophobic
cyberphobic
dysmorphophobic
eleutherophobic
Europhobic
gynophobic
heliophobic
hierophobic
Negrophobic
neophobic
pyrophobic
saprobic
taphephobic
triskaidekaphobic
zelophobic

Synonyms and antonyms of phobic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phobic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHOBIC

Find out the translation of phobic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phobic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phobic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

恐惧症
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fóbica
570 millions of speakers

English

phobic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phobic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رهابي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фобии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fóbica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phobic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phobique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fobik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phobische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

恐怖症の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공포증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phobic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phobic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phobic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेबिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fobik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fobico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fobii
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фобії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fobica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φοβική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fobiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fobiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fobisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phobic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOBIC»

The term «phobic» is regularly used and occupies the 73.702 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOBIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phobic

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6 QUOTES WITH «PHOBIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word phobic.
1
Dane Cook
My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I was born into phobia, basically.
2
Spalding Gray
I'm basically a fearful person. I'm a phobic person.
3
Anthony Horowitz
I fear dying in the middle of a book. It would be so annoying to write 80,000 words and not get to the end. I'm phobic about it. So when I'm writing a book I leave messages all over the house for people to know how the story ends, and then someone can finish it for me.
4
Debra Messing
I'm a little commitment phobic, in that I've always been someone who likes to take things one year at a time because as we all know, a year can change everything in your life.
5
Chris Noth
People are so phobic and crazed about this word 'commitment.' It's weird. Everyone has taken this word to a new height of morality.
6
Andy Partridge
Anyway, I collapsed in France in the middle of a tour. I hadn't been eating properly, I was getting very phobic about audiences, and I collapsed in pure fright.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHOBIC»

Discover the use of phobic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phobic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Phobic: Modern Horror Stories
Britain’s leading contemporary authors experiment with the horror genre in this anthology of chilling short stories.
Andy Murray, 2007
2
Shy Children, Phobic Adults: Nature And Treatment of Social ...
"Since publication of the first edition in 1998, knowledge about social anxiety disorder has advanced on several fronts.
Deborah C. Beidel, Samuel M. Turner, 2007
3
Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents : A ...
All in all, this guide will help address the wide chasm between clinical research and clinical practice, uniting the forces intrinsic to child psychiatry and clinical child psychology.
Child Study Center Virginia Polytechnic Institute Thomas H. Ollendick University Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director, Program in Child and Adolescent Anxiety Duke University Medical Center John S. March Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director, 2003
4
Phobic Geographies: The Phenomenology and Spatiality of Identity
By drawing attention to some of the more unusual ways that people relate to each other, and to their environments, we can illuminate some ordinarily taken for granted aspects of personal geographies."--BOOK JACKET.
Joyce Davidson, 2003
5
The phobic and the erotic: the politics of sexualities in ...
The first comprehensive assessment of the diverse sexual practices of India: transsexual, homosexual and heterosexual.
Brinda Bose, Subhabrata Bhattacharyya, 2008
6
International Handbook of Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in ...
With its case studies, this volume makes a practical reference for clinicians, researchers, and students.
Thomas H. Ollendick, Neville J. King, William Yule, 1994
7
The Art of Overeating: A Bellyful of Laughs about Our ...
Offers a humorous look at American eating habits and culture.
Leslie Landis, 2009
8
Phobic: Modern Horror Stories
From ancient curses kept alive in internet chat-rooms to malevolent children's TV characters acquiring lives of their own, Phobic shines a torch into the unlit areas of the modern subconscious and suggests the more we know, the more we ...
Ramsey Campbell, Hanif Kureishi, Jeremy Dyson, 2013
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Anxiety and Phobic Disorders: A Pragmatic Approach
Anxiety and Phobic Disorders is an indispensable source of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, and gives insights into a broad range of clinical issues affecting children and their families.
Wendy K. Silverman, Wiliam M. Kurtines, 1996
10
Narrative Delivery of Psychoeducation: Decreasing Phobic ...
This dissertation research compared the efficacy of two delivery methods of psychoeducation for spider phobia.
Adrian S. Janit, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHOBIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phobic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Being female is a wound that never heals: How Ani Bezzerides …
Ani is as damaged and emotionally incompetent and incoherently moralistic and commitment-phobic as her male counterpart, Ray (Colin ... «Salon, Jul 15»
2
Ant Man dodges Amy Schumer's Trainwreck for second week in top …
... two weeks, while Trainwreck, which follows a commitment-phobic career woman as she starts a relationship, got $1.373m on 236 screens. «MuMbrella, Jul 15»
3
Restless Reader
Germ-phobic people slather themselves with antibacterial soaps and potions. Such antibiotics kill some microbes but not all. Surviving strains ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
4
One Woman's Fight for Healthy Youth and Healthy Relationships
I call them theo-phobic. In my book Unprotected, a chapter addresses this dilemma. I call it 'Memo to the APA (American Psychological Association): Believing in ... «Chabad.org, Jul 15»
5
Movies: New and Noteworthy
Trainwreck Amy Schumer stars in (and wrote) this deft Judd Apatow-directed comedy, about a commitment-phobic New York magazine writer ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
6
Glittering blend of ancient and modern
I enjoy a science museum crammed with hands-on exhibits that charm even the most science-phobic of children (and adults) before perusing ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
7
Amy Schumer and Bill Hader appear in skit for Australian comedy …
The movie sees Amy play a commitment-phobic career woman who faces her fear when she meets a doctor, played by Bill, who has no defects ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
8
Dealing with spiders and other phobias
I'm sympathetic to these fears, as irrational as they seem, since I have one myself. So, what is it that makes people phobic of a particular animal ... «Zanesville Times Recorder, Jul 15»
9
More Than Half of All Americans Could Be Set Up for Financial …
This takes all of the scary math out of the equation for you math-phobic people. Once you've plotted out your expenses and income for a month, ... «Fox Business, Jul 15»
10
NFL Weekend: NFL Goes Dark On Seau Family...
But the NFL is image-phobic to an absurd degree. They have it in their mind's the Seau family will go off on some damaging rant about head ... «Turf Show Times, Jul 15»

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