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-phobic or -phobous

suff.

1. Having a fear of or aversion for: photophobic.

2. Lacking an affinity for: lyophobic.

-phobic, -phobous,

1 suffix meaning "exhibiting or possessing an aversion to or fear of (something)": Anglophobic, necrophobic, zoophobic.

2 suffix meaning the "absence of a strong affinity": chromophobic, gentianophobic, osmiophobic.

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