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Definition of phobic noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

phobic

noun

/ˈfəʊbɪk/

/ˈfəʊbɪk/

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a person who has a strong unreasonable fear of or feeling of hate for something
- cat phobics
Many people dislike this use and prefer to say that somebody has a phobia rather than refer to them as ‘a phobic’.

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