Meaning of Phobian | Babel Free
/ˈfoʊbiən/Definitions
- An inhabitant of Phobos.
- A member of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C., Ghana's premier football club.
- One who is phobic or antagonistic towards something.
Examples
“In walking he would raise the toes of his feet above the heads of the Phobians to a height of five hundred feet.”
“You know the answer already as to why the Phobians acquired the plague.”
“After conferring amongst themselves, the majority of the representative suspected that the Phobians were about to announce plans for another annexation of some economically troubled world.”
“To mark the end of Relations Week a fun run over 8 km was held at the Phobians Athletics Club.”
“The determination of the Porcupine Warriors to make amends is not far-fetched as they matched the Phobians squarely in two off-season matches.”
“The club's supporters (estimated to be in excess of 2 million) painted the whole of Ghana amber that night, their elation especially informed by the fact that apart from winning the first Champions League of the Millennium, the Phobians now stay firmly on the rail of bitter rivals Kotoko, who won the old-format Champions Cup twice and were losing finalists on five other occasions.”
“Some years ago when I concocted the word futurism (it was a Spring night in Paris), I should have balanced it with pasteurism, which process I now suggest as a sociological relief from mountebanks, utilitarians, egotistical snobs of progress, press phobians, news delirians and loquacious neurasthenics suffering from various forms of auto suggestion.”
“The time has now come to sever this connection between Western mediaeval phobians and Islam completely.”
“I am anguished to see the author, a votary of Hindutva restraining himself, advising Hindutva phobians to shed off their protest.”
“The cynics and phobians are “a diverse collection of anti-federalist politicians and observers who believe that the 'Europe' project cannot help but be an anti-national, anti-democratic, conspiracy-without-a-centre of bureaucratic social democrats, whose goal, perhaps unwitting, is to turn Europe into a superstate controlled by a technocratic managerial elite."”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.