Phobic

//ˈfoʊbɪk//

"Phobic" in a Sentence (7 examples)

"Dennis, some people are phobic about Kanji." "Why, do you think, Marko?" "They think Kanji looks all mathematical. It intimidates them."

Many Western women, I observe, are really phobic about science and technology. My Japanese teacher knew everything about her camera, how to use all the options.

"I'm not transphobic; I'm not afraid of trans people." "I'd say you are. You're afraid of us raping women in bathrooms, dominating women's sports, and brainwashing your children. And every single one of these fears is irrational, so the suffix -phobic couldn't possibly fit more."

Anything can become a phobic stimulus.

The mail carrier was phobic of dogs.

Even so, in many cases the homophobe truly is phobic of gays and lesbians, […]

Yes, our society is backwards, full of violent phobic unexamined idiot fear people constantly throw at innocent others.

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