TV-phobic

TV-phobic
Having a dislike of television.

It helped that there were plenty of celebrities — from Billy Graham to Tiny Tim to Johnny Carson to Leonard Nimoy to TV-phobic John Wayne...


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  • phobic neurosis — phobic disorder; see phobia …   Medical dictionary

  • phobic — [ foubık ] suffix used for making adjectives meaning disliking or afraid of someone or something very much: homophobic (=afraid of or disliking homosexuality) …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • phobic — 1897, from PHOBIA (Cf. phobia) + IC (Cf. ic) …   Etymology dictionary

  • phobic — [adj] fearful afraid, anxious, apprehensive, discomposed, disquieted, disturbed, frightened, have cold feet*, irrational, jittery, jumpy, nervous, neurotic, panicky, scared, shy, skittish, tense, worried; concept 401 …   New thesaurus

  • phobic — [fō′bik] adj. 1. of or relating to a phobia 2. having a phobia or phobias n. a person who has a phobia …   English World dictionary

  • phobic — Pertaining to or characterized by phobia. * * * pho·bic fō bik adj of, relating to, affected with, marked by, involving, or constituting a phobia <phobic disorders> <a phobic person> <phobic anxiety> <phobic situations>… …   Medical dictionary

  • phobic — [[t]fo͟ʊbɪk[/t]] phobics 1) ADJ A phobic feeling or reaction results from or is related to a strong, irrational fear or hatred of something. Many children acquire a phobic horror of dogs. 2) ADJ GRADED Someone who is phobic has a strong,… …   English dictionary

  • phobic disorder — noun an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias • Syn: ↑phobia, ↑phobic neurosis • Derivationally related forms: ↑phobic (for: ↑phobia) …   Useful english dictionary

  • phobic neurosis — noun an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias • Syn: ↑phobia, ↑phobic disorder • Derivationally related forms: ↑phobic (for: ↑phobia) …   Useful english dictionary

  • -phobic — [[t] fo͟ʊbɪk[/t]] SUFFIX phobic occurs in words which describe something relating to a strong, irrational fear or hatred of people or things of a particular kind. I m statistic phobic, and hopelessly ignorant of medicine …   English dictionary

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