English Explanatory Dictionary

ocnophil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

ocnophil ocnophils

Etymology

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.

Derived words

ocnophilic
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