phobia
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- noun
- /ˈfoʊbiə/
- Specialized
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fobia
- Her fear of public speaking developed into a serious phobia that she struggled to overcome.
- social phobia
- school phobia
- anxiety and phobias
There are also phobias, phobias of objects or situations.
- There are also phobias, phobias of objects or situations.
- It's very useful for dealing with phobias like airplane phobias, claustrophobia.
- You can't wipe out a phobia in an hour and it can take years.
- No, this does not trigger me with my phobia of small holes.
- You have a phobia of stigmas.
- I've got this fear of confrontation, this like overwhelming fear and phobia of being put on the spot.
- I just wanted to get your advice on kind of a weird fear or phobia that I have of homeless people.
- Like not being ready is like one of my like fundamental phobias.
- But I'm deeply suspicious about our phobia about smoking.
- But yes, I believe it's triggering a phobia political.
- Or you can get rid of a phobia through VR or burns.
- Well, the Greeks had a phobia about that too.
- I mean, like, you think like a phobia of mud, but wait, wait.
Examples
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People with a phobia of spiders often feel panicked when they see one.
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And the thing with the drinking, I have like a very big phobia of being sick.
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You have a phobia of it or something?
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I have a plane phobia, okay?
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When we have a phobia or fear something, sometimes the best thing to do is to face it.
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Now, The thing is, my actual general phobia or fear is of heights.
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We all have our phobias.
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Unfortunately, the client had developed a severe phobia of flying, resulting in debilitating anxiety attacks.
Academic text (2012) -
Many people, it seems, have social phobias that make them dread running into people at the grocery store.
Fiction book (1993) -
Many children experience a phobia of the dark, fearing what they cannot see.
Synonyms
An extreme, unreasonable fear of a specific thing or situation that affects daily life
A strong, unreasonable fear of a specific thing or situation that causes great worry
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A strong, lasting fear of meeting or talking with people because you worry about being judged
- Specialized
A strong, lasting fear of going to school that makes a child refuse to attend
- Specialized
A strong, unreasonable fear of a specific thing or situation, like spiders and heights
How Fearful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Phobia comes from the Greek word phobos, which means 'fear'. You can see the same root in words like claustrophobia and arachnophobia, so a phobia is an extreme or unreasonable fear of a specific thing.