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pho·bi·a

(fō′bē-ə)

1. 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.

2. A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.

[From -phobia.]

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phobia

(ˈfəʊbɪə)

(Psychiatry) psychiatry an abnormal intense and irrational fear of a given situation, organism, or object. Also called: phobism

[C19: from Greek phobos fear]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

pho•bi•a

(ˈfoʊ bi ə)

n., pl. -bi•as.

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

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

-phobia

a combining form meaning “dread of,” “phobic aversion toward,” “unreasonable antipathy toward” a given object: agoraphobia; xenophobia.

[< Latin < Greek, =-phob(os) -phobe + -ia -ia]

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Noun

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

phobic disorder, phobic neurosis

anxiety disorder - a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom

agoraphobia - a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)

simple phobia - any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli

social phobia - any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc)

phobia

noun fear, horror, terror, thing about (informal), obsession, dislike, dread, hatred, loathing, distaste, revulsion, aversion to, repulsion, irrational fear, detestation, overwhelming anxiety about She has a phobia of spiders.
liking, love, passion, fancy, bent, inclination, penchant, fondness, soft spot, partiality

Phobias

Phobia	Meaning
acerophobia	sourness
achluophobia	darkness
acrophobia	heights
aerophobia	air
agoraphobia	open spaces
aichurophobia	points
ailurophobia	cats
akousticophobia	sound
algophobia	pain
amakaphobia	carriages
amathophobia	dust
androphobia	men
anemophobia	wind
anginophobia	narrowness
antlophobia	flood
anthropophobia	man
apeirophobia	infinity
aquaphobia	water
arachnophobia	spiders
asthenophobia	weakness
astraphobia	lightning
atephobia	ruin
aulophobia	flute
bacilliphobia	microbes
barophobia	gravity
basophobia	walking
batrachophobia	reptiles
belonephobia	needles
bibliophobia	books
brontophobia	thunder
cancerophobia	cancer
cheimaphobia	cold
chionophobia	snow
chrematophobia	money
chronophobia	duration
chrystallophobia	crystals
claustrophobia	closed spaces
cnidophobia	stings
cometophobia	comets
cromophobia	colour
cyberphobia	computers
cynophobia	dogs
demophobia	crowds
demonophobia	demons
dermatophobia	skin
dikephobia	justice
doraphobia	fur
eisoptrophobia	mirrors
electrophobia	electricity
entomophobia	insects
eosophobia	dawn
eremophobia	solitude
enetephobia	pins
ereuthophobia	blushing
ergasiophobia	work
genophobia	sex
geumaphobia	taste
graphophobia	writing
gymnophobia	nudity
gynophobia	women
hadephobia	hell
haematophobia	blood
hamartiophobia	sin
haptophobia	touch
harpaxophobia	robbers
hedonophobia	pleasure
helminthophobia	worms
hodophobia	travel
homichlophobia	fog
homophobia	homosexuals
hormephobia	shock
hydrophobia	water
hypegiaphobia	responsibility
hypnophobia	sleep
ideophobia	ideas
kakorraphiaphobia	failure
katagelophobia	ridicule
kenophobia	void
kinesophobia	motion
kleptophobia	stealing
kopophobia	fatigue
kristallophobia	ice
laliophobia	stuttering
linonophobia	string
logophobia	words
lyssophobia	insanity
maniaphobia	insanity
mastigophobia	flogging
mechanophobia	machinery
metallophobia	metals
meteorophobia	meteors
misophobia	contamination
monophobia	one thing
musicophobia	music
musophobia	mice
necrophobia	corpses
nelophobia	glass
neophobia	newness
nephophobia	clouds
nosophobia	disease
nyctophobia	night
ochlophobia	crowds
ochophobia	vehicles
odontophobia	teeth
oikophobia	home
olfactophobia	smell
ommatophobia	eyes
oneirophobia	dreams
ophidiophobia	snakes
ornithophobia	birds
ouranophobia	heaven
panphobia	everything
pantophobia	everything
parthenophobia	girls
pathophobia	disease
peniaphobia	poverty
phasmophobia	ghosts
phobophobia	fears
photophobia	light
pnigerophobia	smothering
poinephobia	punishment
polyphobia	many things
potophobia	drink
pteronophobia	feathers
pyrophobia	fire
Russophobia	Russia
rypophobia	soiling
Satanophobia	Satan
selaphobia	flesh
siderophobia	stars
sitophobia	food
spermaphobia	germs
spermatophobia	germs
stasiphobia	standing
stygiophobia	hell
taphephobia	being buried alive
technophobia	technology
teratophobia	giving birth to a monster
thaasophobia	sitting
thalassophobia	sea
thanatophobia	death
theophobia	God
thermophobia	heat
tonitrophobia	thunder
toxiphobia	poison
tremophobia	trembling
triskaidekaphobia	thirteen
xenophobia	strangers or foreigners
zelophobia	jealousy
zoophobia	animals

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Translations

خَوْفٌ مَرَضِيّرُهاب، خَوْف

fóbie

fobisygelig angst

fobia

fobija

fóbia

sjúklegur ótti, fælni

fobia

恐怖症

공포증

fobija

fobija, baiļu slimība

fóbia

fobija

fobiskräck

ความหวาดกลัว

fobi korku

nối sợ hãi

恐怖症恐惧恐惧症憎恶

phobia

[ˈfəʊbɪə] N → fobia f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

phobia

[ˈfəʊbiə] n → phobie f
a phobia about sth → une phobie de qch
a phobia about snakes → une phobie des serpents
to have a phobia about sth → avoir une phobie de qch
He had a phobia about flying → Il avait une phobie de l'avion.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

phobia

n → Phobie f; she has a phobia about it → sie hat krankhafte Angst davor

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

phobia

[ˈfəʊbɪə] n → fobia
to have a phobia about sth → avere la fobia di qc

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

phobia

(ˈfəubiə) noun

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

phobia

→ خَوْفٌ مَرَضِيّ fóbie fobi Phobie φοβία fobia fobia phobie fobija fobia 恐怖症 공포증 fobie fobi fobia fobia фобия fobi ความหวาดกลัว fobi nối sợ hãi 恐惧症

pho·bi·a

n. fobia, temor exagerado e irracional.

phobia

n fobia, temor morboso y obsesivo; — of the dark, — of dogs, etc. fobia a la oscuridad, fobia a los perros, etc.; social — fobia social

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