pho·bi·a
(fō′bē-ə)n.
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)n
(Psychiatry) psychiatry an abnormal intense and irrational fear of a given situation, organism, or object. Also called: phobism
[C19: from Greek phobos fear]
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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.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  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"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) |
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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
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
恐怖症
공포증
fobija
fobija, baiļu slimība
fóbia
fobija
fobiskräck
ความหวาดกลัว
nối sợ hãi
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 fa 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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
phobia
(ˈfəubiə) noun an intense fear or hatred of something. She has a phobia about birds.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
pho·bi·a
n. fobia, temor exagerado e irracional.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
phobia
n fobia, temor morboso y obsesivo; — of the dark, — of dogs, etc. fobia a la oscuridad, fobia a los perros, etc.; social — fobia socialEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.