Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scopophobic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scopopho-bic
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to scopophobia.

Example Sentences

"Preoccupation with the shameful change in her body is emphasized in the numerous scopophilic and scopophobic references in these pictures."
"Scopophilic–exhibitionistic distortions, scopophobic elements, and inhibitions in the countertransference can impair the analyst’s skill and contribute to those interminable analyses that “move” without movement."
"The complicated scopophilic-scopophobic dialectic of exhibitionism and paranoia that is evident in such figures as Rousseau shows the intimate linkages between vision and psychological phenomena."
"Why have scopophobic and gaze theories been so popular and totalizing in critical theory?"
"[…] a Wednesday night on which the alight cat ran (as alight cats will, like hell) but ran after Lenz, seemingly, leaping the same fences Lenz hurdled and staying on his tail and not only making an unacceptable attention-calling racket but also illuminating Lenz to the scopophobic view of passing homes until it finally decided to drop to the ground […]"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”) + -phobic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: phobic

Questions

What does scopophobic mean?: Of or relating to scopophobia.
Where does scopophobic come from?: From Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”) + -phobic.

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