-phobe

//-foʊb// suffix

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Definitions

Suffix
  1. 1
    Used to form nouns denoting a person having a fear of a specific thing. morpheme

    "claustrophobe"

  2. 2
    Used to form nouns denoting a person who hates or dislikes a type of person, thing, etc. morpheme

    "homophobe"

Synonyms

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phobiacphobic

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"Risk is everywhere.[…]For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”[…]aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks."

Etymology

From French -phobe, from Latin -phobus, from Attic Greek -φόβος (-phóbos), combining form of φόβος (phóbos), ablaut variant of φέβεσθαι (phébesthai), middle infinitive of φέβομαι (phébomai), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ. Cognates include Russian бегать (begatʹ, “run, flee”), Slovak bežať (“run”), Polish biec (“run”), Lithuanian bėgti (“run”), Albanian dëboj (“throw out, drive away, expel, banish”). Compare German -phob.

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