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simple phobia
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | simple phobia - any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuliphobia, 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"acrophobia - a morbid fear of great heightsalgophobia - a morbid fear of painaquaphobia - a morbid fear of drowningastraphobia - a morbid fear of thunder and lightningautomysophobia - a morbid fear of being dirtyclaustrophobia - a morbid fear of being closed in a confined spacecryophobia - a morbid fear of freezingcyberphobia - irrational fear of computers or technologyhydrophobia - a morbid fear of waterhypnophobia - a morbid fear of falling asleepmysophobia - a morbid fear of dirt or contaminationneophobia - a morbid fear of noveltynyctophobia - a morbid fear of night or darknessphobophobia - a morbid fear of developing a phobiaacousticophobia, phonophobia - a morbid fear of sounds including your own voicephotophobia - a morbid fear of lightpyrophobia - a morbid fear of firetaphephobia - a morbid fear of being buried alivethanatophobia - a morbid fear of deathtriskaidekaphobia - a morbid fear of the number 13zoophobia - a morbid fear of animals |
EncyclopediaSeephobiasimple phobia
phobia [fo´be-ah] a persistent, irrational, intense fear of a specific object, activity, or situation (the phobic stimulus), fear that is recognized as being excessive or unreasonable by the individual himself. When a phobia is a significant source of distress or interferes with social functioning, it is considered a mental disorder (sometimes called a phobic disorder). Some typical phobias are: acrophobia (fear of heights), astraphobia (fear of lightning), cenotophobia (fear of new things or new ideas), claustrophobia (fear of closed places), hemophobia (fear of blood), and xenophobia (dread of strangers). Phobias are subclassified as agoraphobia" >agoraphobia, phobias" >social phobias, and phobias" >specific phobias. See also anxiety disorders. adj., adj pho´bic.simple phobia specific phobia.social phobia an anxiety disorder characterized by fear and avoidance of social or performance situations in which the individual fears possible embarrassment and humiliation, for example, fear of speaking, performing, or eating in public.specific phobia an anxiety disorder characterized by persistent and excessive or unreasonable fear of a circumscribed, well-defined object or situation, in contrast to fear of being alone or of public places (agoraphobia) or fear of embarrassment in social situations (social phobia). Common specific phobias involve fear of animals, particularly dogs, snakes, insects, and mice; fear of closed spaces (claustrophobia); and fear of heights (acrophobia).specific phobia1. a persistent pattern of significant fear of specific objects or situations, manifesting in anxiety or panic on exposure to the object or situation or in anticipation of them, which the person realizes is unreasonable or excessive and which interferes significantly with the person's functioning; 2. a DSM diagnosis that is established when the specified criteria are met. Synonym(s): simple phobiasimple phobia Specific phobia Psychiatry A phobia characterized by persistent irrational fears of a specific object, activity, or situation Examples Acrophobia, arachnophobia, agoraphobia, brontophobia, claustrophobia, emetophobia. See Phobia. spe·cif·ic pho·bi·a (spĕ-sif'ik fō'bē-ă) A persistent pattern of significant fear of specific objects or situations, manifesting in anxiety or panic on exposure to the object or situation or in anticipation of them, which the person realizes is unreasonable or excessive and which interferes significantly with the person's functioning.
Synonym(s): simple phobia. simple phobia
Related to simple phobia: social phobia, generalized anxiety disorderWords related to simple phobianoun any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuliRelated Words- phobia
- phobic disorder
- phobic neurosis
- acrophobia
- algophobia
- aquaphobia
- astraphobia
- automysophobia
- claustrophobia
- cryophobia
- cyberphobia
- hydrophobia
- hypnophobia
- mysophobia
- neophobia
- nyctophobia
- phobophobia
- acousticophobia
- phonophobia
- photophobia
- pyrophobia
- taphephobia
- thanatophobia
- triskaidekaphobia
- zoophobia
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