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phobia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun phobia has 1 sense
- phobia(n = noun.state) phobic disorder, phobic neurosis - an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias" is a kind of anxiety disorder
has particulars: agoraphobia, simple phobia, social phobia
Derived form adjective phobic1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
phobia, n. an abnormal or morbid fear or aversion.
Derivative
phobic adj. & n.
Etymology
-PHOBIA used as a separate word
THESAURUS
phobia
abhorrence, abject fear, abomination, accident neurosis, affright, alarm, anathema, antipathy, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, apprehension, association neurosis, aversion, awe, battle fatigue, blast neurosis, blue funk, combat fatigue, compensation neurosis, compulsion neurosis, consternation, conversion hysteria, conversion neurosis, cowardice, detestation, dislike, dismay, disquiet, distaste, distrust, dread, execration, expectation neurosis, fear, fixation neurosis, fright, fright neurosis, funk, hate, hatred, homosexual neurosis, horrification, horror, hypochondria, hypochondriasis, hysteria, loathing, nervousness, neurosis, neuroticism, obsessional neurosis, occupational neurosis, panic, panic fear, pathoneurosis, peeve, pet peeve, psychasthenia, psychoneurosis, psychoneurotic disorder, psychopathia martialis, qualm, regression neurosis, repugnance, revulsion, scare, shell shock, situational neurosis, stampede, suspicion, terror, unholy dread, war neurosis, worry
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