| 单词 | ocnophilic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasocnoˈphilic ocnoˈphilic adj. rare relating to, designating, or characteristic of an ocnophil. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > want of confidence > [adjective] insecure1935 ocnophilic1955 1955 M. Balint in Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 36 227/2 We need another term to describe the apparent opposite of a philobat, one who cannot stand swings and switchbacks, who prefers to clutch at something firm when his security is in any way endangered. For this I propose ‘ocnophil’, derived from the Greek word ὀκνέω, meaning ‘to shrink, to hesitate, to hang back’. Hence we get the adjective ‘ocnophilic’ and the abstract noun ‘ocnophilia’. 1986 N. Symington Analytic Experience xxviii. 306 A patient who had a terror of water: in that she shrank away from it and clung to the shore, this was an ocnophilic defence. < as lemmas |
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