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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pho•bi•a /ˈfoʊbiə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -bi•as. - Psychiatrya continuous, irrational fear of something that leads to an overwhelming desire to avoid it:had a deep phobia about flying.
-phobia, suffix. - -phobia is attached to roots and sometimes words to form nouns with the meaning "dread of, unreasonable hatred toward (a given object)'':agora- (= open space) + phobia → agoraphobia (= fear of open spaces);xeno- (= foreign) + -phobia → xenophobia (= hatred toward foreigners).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pho•bi•a (fō′bē ə),USA pronunciation n. - Psychiatrya persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.
- extracted from nouns ending in -phobia 1780–90
- a combining form meaning "fear,'' occurring in loanwords from Greek (hydrophobia);
on this model, used in the names of mental disorders that have the general sense "dread of, aversion toward'' that specified by the initial element:agoraphobia.
- Greek, equivalent. to -phob(os) -phobe + -ia -ia
- Latin
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: phobia /ˈfəʊbɪə/ n - an abnormal intense and irrational fear of a given situation, organism, or object
Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek phobos fear Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -phobia n combining form - indicating an extreme abnormal fear of or aversion to: acrophobia, claustrophobia
Etymology: via Latin from Greek, from phobos fear-phobic adj combining form |