Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ocnophilic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oc-nophilic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, or characteristic of an ocnophil (someone who tends to avoid dangerous or unfamiliar situations).

Example Sentences

"Coordinate term: philobatic"
"The philobatic environment consists of friendly spaces littered with unpredictable objects; the ocnophilic world consists of objects 'separated by horrid empty spaces'."

Etymology

From ocnophil + -ic. Coined by Hungarian psychoanalyst Michael Balint in 1955.

Inflected Forms

more ocnophilic (comparative) most ocnophilic (superlative)

Questions

What does ocnophilic mean?: Relating to, or characteristic of an ocnophil (someone who tends to avoid dangerous or unfamiliar situations).
Where does ocnophilic come from?: From ocnophil + -ic. Coined by Hungarian psychoanalyst Michael Balint in 1955.

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