What does phobic mean?

Definitions for phobic
ˈfoʊ bɪkpho·bic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. phobicadjective

    suffering from irrational fears

GCIDE

  1. phobicnoun

    A person suffering from a phobia.

Wiktionary

  1. phobicnoun

    A phobic person.

  2. phobicadjective

    Relating to a phobia.

  3. phobicadjective

    Used to describe a political or cultural view opposed to the norm..... as defined by the observer.

Wikipedia

  1. phobic

    A phobia is an anxiety disorder defined by a persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation. Phobias typically result in a rapid onset of fear and are usually present for more than six months. Those affected go to great lengths to avoid the situation or object, to a degree greater than the actual danger posed. If the object or situation cannot be avoided, they experience significant distress. Other symptoms can include fainting, which may occur in blood or injury phobia, and panic attacks, often found in agoraphobia and emetophobia. Around 75% of those with phobias have multiple phobias.Phobias can be divided into specific phobias, social anxiety disorder, and agoraphobia. Specific phobias are further divided to include certain animals, natural environment, blood or injury, and particular situations. The most common are fear of spiders, fear of snakes, and fear of heights. Specific phobias may be caused by a negative experience with the object or situation in early childhood. Social phobia is when a person fears a situation due to worries about others judging them. Agoraphobia is a fear of a situation due to perceived difficulty or inability to escape.It is recommended that specific phobias be treated with exposure therapy, in which the person is introduced to the situation or object in question until the fear resolves. Medications are not helpful for specific phobias. Social phobia and agoraphobia may be treated with counseling, medications, or a combination of both. Medications used include antidepressants, benzodiazepines, or beta-blockers.Specific phobias affect about 6–8% of people in the Western world and 2–4% in Asia, Africa, and Latin America in a given year. Social phobia affects about 7% of people in the United States and 0.5–2.5% of people in the rest of the world. Agoraphobia affects about 1.7% of people. Women are affected by phobias about twice as often as men. The typical onset of a phobia is around 10–17, and rates are lower with increasing age. Those with phobias are more likely to attempt suicide.

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  1. phobic

    Phobic refers to having an extreme or irrational fear or aversion towards something specific such as situations, objects, animals, or activities. It is usually associated with psychological disorders known as phobias. Phobic individuals exhibit symptoms like intense anxiety or panic when exposed to the source of their fear.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of phobic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of phobic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of phobic in a Sentence

  1. Aleksander Klaskovskii:

    The Belarusian authorities are not so primitive. They are not Internet-phobic. Lukashenko is a rational person, revolutions do not occur due to the fact that someone writes something on the Internet.

  2. Bill Maher:

    When I hear ‘ transphobic, ’ ‘ phobic ’ has a meaning. Fear. I'm not transphobic if I merely disagree with you. It's not hate, one of the reactions from someone who worked at Netflix said, ‘ This is not an argument with two sides. ’ Well, right away you lost me. ' It is an argument with trans people who want to be alive and people who don't want us to be.' Well, that's just ridiculous. Dave Chappelle does not want you to not be alive.

  3. Mike Huckabee:

    Let’s hope the Trump administration is not faith-a-phobic and will restore simple religious liberty back to the United States and its military.

  4. Rebekkah Brunson:

    What is happening now is not new. Racism and unjust phobic fear of Black males and disregard of Black females is very real. When we look at the facts, it's hard to deny there's a real problem in our society, if we take this time to see that this is a human issue, and speak out together, we can greatly decrease fear and create change.

  5. Micah Grzywnowicz:

    For years, we have said that marriage equality was an important signifier of equality, but not the be-all and end-all for LGBTI people, what is also crucial for our communities are effective laws to recognize rights of trans people to self-determination, robust protection against LGBTI-phobic violence and speech, equal access to reproductive rights, and prohibiting medical intervention on intersex children.

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