philobatic
adjEtymology From philobat + -ic. Coined by Hungarian psychoanalyst Michael Balint in 1955.
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Human sciences, Medicine, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Sciences Relating to or characteristic of a philobat (someone who enjoys handling challenging and dangerous situations on their own).
- Coordinate term: ocnophilic
- The philobatic environment consists of friendly spaces littered with unpredictable objects; the ocnophilic world consists of objects 'separated by horrid empty spaces'.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: