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Language: Greek
Origin: -phobos 'fearing'

-phobe

 suffix
     
-phobe [in nouns]
someone who dislikes or hates something:
a xenophobe (=someone who hates foreigners)
a technophobe (=someone who dislikes and fears modern technology such as computers)
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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