phobe

phobe

English

Etymology

From -phobe.

Noun

phobe (plural phobes)

1. A person who experiences a phobia (“fear or dislike”).
   • 1972, Paul Gallico, Honorable Cat, page 10:

     If you are not a phobe, it is almost impossible not to stroke a cat that comes within range.

   • 1995, John B. Sanford, A Book of American Women, page 140:

     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?

   • 2015, Lynn Lindquist, Secret of the Sevens →ISBN:

     "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."

See also

• 'phobe