phobic
Example Sentences
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"Hopefully overcoming that phobic response will allow somebody to feel much more empowered when they walk into a medical situation," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
With hundreds of years of baseless myth to supply us, it’s no wonder as many as six percent of people are phobic of arachnids.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 12, 2024
As for not noticing someone’s phobic tendencies, remember: Having to get along to get by is a powerful incentive to keep our hostilities, our “stuff,” tucked away.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023
This is an easy thing to overlook but I think it’s important: Many Americans have a truly phobic relationship to the kind of fear that cannot be dealt with through combat.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2022
The word phobic has its place when properly used, but lately it's been declawed by the pompous insistence that most animosity is based upon fear rather than loathing.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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