Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counterphobic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
coun-ter-pho-bic
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to respond to fear or anxiety by actively seeking it out instead of fleeing.

Etymology

From counter- + phobic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more counterphobic (comparative) most counterphobic (superlative)

Questions

What does counterphobic mean?
Tending to respond to fear or anxiety by actively seeking it out instead of fleeing.
Where does counterphobic come from?
From counter- + phobic.

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