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Phobia

//ˈfəʊ.bi.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

    "I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders."

  2. 2
    an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations wordnet
  3. 3
    An aversion or dislike (of something).

    "Some patients have the phobia of light, and others have the phobia of darkness. Another common aversion is that of high places. The phobiac of this type can not sit in the gallery […]"

Etymology

First attested in c. 1790, from words ending in -phobia, ultimately from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Compare ism, from -ism, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana.

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