phobiac

phobiac

English

Noun

phobiac (plural phobiacs)

1. A person who has been diagnosed with a psychiatric or anxiety disorder.
   • 1913, Charles Ellewyn George, The Lawyer & Banker and Bench & Bar Review (volume 6, page 161)

     Defective types of psychoses are the most interesting kinds, like the maniacs, the melancholiacs, the phobiacs, the paranoiacs, the neurasthenics, the hysterical, etc.

Synonyms

• phobic