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pho·bi·a

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–noun

a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.

[Origin: 1780–90; extracted from nouns ending in -phobia

]

—Synonyms aversion, hatred.

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pho·bi·a Audio Help (fō'bē-ə) Pronunciation Key
n.

A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.
A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.

[From -phobia.]

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phobia

1786, "fear, horror, aversion," Mod.L., abstracted from compounds in -phobia, from Gk. -phobia, from phobos "fear," originally "flight" (still the only sense in Homer), but it became the common word for "fear" via the notion of "panic, fright" (cf. phobein "put to flight, frighten"), from PIE base *bhegw- "to run" (cf. Lith. begu "to flee," O.C.S. begu "flight," bezati "to flee, run," O.N. bekkr "a stream"). Psychological sense attested by 1895; phobic (adj.) is from 1897.

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phobia
noun
an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"

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phobia [ˈfəubiə] noun

an intense fear or hatred of something
Example: She has a phobia about birds.

Arabic:	رُهاب، خَوْف
Chinese (Simplified):	恐惧，憎恶，恐怖症
Chinese (Traditional):	恐懼，憎惡，恐怖症
Czech:	fóbie
Danish:	fobi; sygelig angst
Dutch:	fobie
Estonian:	foobia
Finnish:	kammo
French:	phobie
German:	die Phobie
Greek:	φοβία
Hungarian:	fóbia
Icelandic:	sjúklegur ótti, fælni
Indonesian:	takut
Italian:	fobia

Japanese:	恐怖症
Korean:	공포증
Latvian:	fobija, baiļu slimība
Lithuanian:	fobija
Norwegian:	angst for, fobi
Polish:	fobia
Portuguese (Brazil):	fobia
Portuguese (Portugal):	fobia
Romanian:	fobie
Russian:	фобия
Slovak:	fóbia
Slovenian:	strah pred čim
Spanish:	fobia
Swedish:	fobi
Turkish:	korku, fobi

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
phobia [(foh-bee-uh)]

An extreme and often unreasonable fear of some object, concept, situation, or person.

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-phobia
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An intense, abnormal, or illogical fear of a specified thing: claustrophobia.

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pho·bi·a (fb-)
n.

A persistent, abnormal, or irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid the feared stimulus.
A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.

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Main Entry: pho·bia
Pronunciation: 'fO-bE-&
Function: noun
: an exaggerated and often disabling fear usually inexplicable to the subject and having sometimes a logical but usually an illogical or symbolic object, class of objects, or situation —compare COMPULSION, OBSESSION

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