- -phobe
- comb. form forming nouns and adjectives denoting fear or dislike of what is specified (xenophobe).
Etymology: F f. L -phobus f. Gk -phobos f. phobos fear
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noun combining form (-s): one having a (specified) phobiaAnglophobe
chromophobe
heliophobe
photophobe
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a combining form used to form personal nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -phobia: Anglophobe.Also, -phobiac.[ < Gk -phobos, adj. deriv. of phóbos fear, panic]* * *
-phobe combining formDenoting someone who has a (specified) phobia• • •Main Entry: ↑phobia* * *
used for making nouns meaning someone who dislikes or who is afraid of someone or somethingEurophobe
(=someone who dislikes European countries or does not want close political links with them)an arachnophobe
(=someone with a strong fear of spiders)Thesaurus: suffixeshyponym* * *
-phobe,combining form. a person who has fear, aversion, or hatred toward _____: »Anglophobe = a person who fears or hates England or the English.
╂[< French -phobe, learned borrowing from Latin -phobus < Greek -phóbos fearing < phóbos panic, fear]* * *
comb. form denoting a person having a fear or dislike of what is specifiedhomophobe | xenophobe
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/ˌfoʊb/ noun combining form: a person who dislikes or is afraid of something or someonetechnophobe [=a person who is afraid of technology]
arachnophobe [=a person who is afraid of spiders]
— compare ↑-phile* * *
(in nouns) a person who dislikes a particular thing or particular people•
Anglophobe
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xenophobe
compare ↑-phileWord Origin:* * *
-phobea. Fr. -phobe, ad. L. -phob-us, a. Gr. -ϕόβος -fearing, -dreading, adj. ending, f. ϕόβος fear; as in ὑδροϕόβ-ος, hȳdrophob-us, hydrophobe, lit. ‘one who has a horror of water’. Also in modern words formed in Fr. or Eng. by analogy, as Anglophobe, Russophobe.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.