ocnophilic

English

Etymology

    From ocnophil +‎ -ic.[1] Coined by Hungarian psychoanalyst Michael Balint in 1955.

    Adjective

    ocnophilic (comparative more ocnophilic, superlative most ocnophilic)

    1. (psychoanalysis) Relating to, or characteristic of an ocnophil (someone who tends to avoid dangerous or unfamiliar situations).
      Coordinate term: philobatic
      • 2017, Lynda Nead, The Tiger in the Smoke: Art and Culture in Post-War Britain, New Haven, C.T.; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 92:
        The philobatic environment consists of friendly spaces littered with unpredictable objects; the ocnophilic world consists of objects 'separated by horrid empty spaces'.

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    References

    1. ^ “ocnophilic, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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