ocnophil

noun

1. A personality type characterised by avoidance of dangerous of unfamiliar situations, and the reliance on other people for security.

   Coordinate term: philobat

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek ὀκνέω (oknéō, “to shrink from, fear, hesitate”) + -o- + -phile with the final "e" dropped. Coined by Hungarian psychoanalyst Michael Balint in 1955.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ocnophil (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← ochlophobistoctarine →

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