philobatic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From philobat + -ic.[1] Coined by Hungarian psychoanalyst Michael Balint in 1955.
Adjective
[edit]philobatic (comparative more philobatic, superlative most philobatic)
- (psychoanalysis) Relating to or characteristic of a philobat (someone who enjoys handling challenging and dangerous situations on their own).
- Coordinate term: ocnophilic
- 2017, Lynda Nead, The Tiger in the Smoke: Art and Culture in Post-War Britain, New Haven, C.T., London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 92:
- The philobatic environment consists of friendly spaces littered with unpredictable objects; the ocnophilic world consists of objects 'separated by horrid empty spaces'.
References
[edit]- ^ “philobatic, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
