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Meaning of hydrophobias | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“The Christian philosophy […] cannot understand […] how there are cancers and plagues and hydrophobias of the soul, the secret causes of those horrible diseases in the body.”

“Certain of these “hydrophobias” are marked by a fear of flowing surfaces because of photophobia.”

“We are anesthetized against most terrors of land. […] HydroPhobias begin on land long before casting off. But once at sea, fear quickly is lost.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Hydrophobic hydrophobicity hydrophobics hydrophobin hydrophobist hydrophobization