-phobe
a combining form used to form personal nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -phobia: Anglophobe.
Origin of -phobe
1From Greek -phobos, adjectival derivative of phóbos “panic fear”
- Also -phobiac.
Words Nearby -phobe
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How to use -phobe in a sentence
The Italian people is not, and can not be at this moment, either phil or phobe regarding any other people.
British Dictionary definitions for -phobe
-phobe
n combining form
indicating a person or thing that fears or hates: Germanophobe; xenophobe
Origin of -phobe
1from Greek -phobos fearing
Derived forms of -phobe
- -phobic, adj combining form
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