Definition of phobia in English:

phobia

noun ˈfəʊbɪəˈfoʊbiə

An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
she suffered from a phobia about birds
Example sentencesExamples
- Sharron developed several phobias including claustrophobia and a feeling of uncleanliness no matter how often she washed.
- As I grew up and began to delve into myself a little more, I learnt the truth behind fears - from phobias to totally rational terrors.
- And because those thoughts are at the forefront of our minds, we forget to act on the other fears and phobias that need release.
- I am more stressed, more depressed and still suffer from various fears and phobias.
- Certainly, an excessive capacity for fear leads to all sorts of problems that many people would dearly love to be free of, such as phobias and panic attacks.
- A phobia is an irrational, uncontrollable fear of a specific object or situation.
- Apart from health problems, it makes children superstitious and exposes them to morbid fears and phobias.
- No matter how big or brave some of us appear to be, we all have our secret fears; phobias which reduce us to babbling physical wrecks.
- Benumbed fear often turns into panic, phobias, irrational prejudice, and violence.
- Irrational fears and phobias, for example, are essentially habits of mind that we acquire, not feelings we were born with.
- If the object of the fear is easy to avoid, people with phobias may not feel the need to seek treatment.
- Do you treat social phobias the same way you treat the other phobias, like a fear of heights, for example?
- As for society, it needs to confront its petty phobias, paranoid fears and recognize the self in the other.
- At this time, the patient is open to suggestion, and can be desensitised towards fears, phobias, pain and personal issues.
- Fears and phobias and creative blocks spring to my mind.
- The child may develop school phobias, compulsive eating or psychosomatic illnesses.
- It accounts for most of our fears, even our likes and dislikes, and phobias.
- Jane is one of thousands in this country who suffer from a phobia or obsessive compulsive disorder.
- It is certainly possible to argue that neurotic symptoms, like phobias or obsessions, are strictly determined.
- She and I share a lot of the same fears and phobias.
Synonyms
abnormal fear, irrational fear, obsessive fear, fear, dread, horror, terror, dislike, hatred, loathing, detestation, distaste, aversion, antipathy, revulsion, repulsion
spectre, bugbear, bogey, nightmare, bête noire
complex, fixation, preoccupation, idée fixe, mania, neurosis, anxiety, obsession
informal thing, hang-up

Origin

Late 18th century: independent usage of -phobia.

This is an independent usage of the suffix -phobia (via Latin from Greek) meaning ‘fear’. In modern times psychologists have ransacked the Greek and Latin languages to find ever more words to combine with phobia as new fears have been uncovered. These include brontophobia (early 20th century),‘fear of thunder’ formed from Greek bronte ‘thunder’ also found in brontosaurus (late 19th century) literally ‘thunder lizard’; heliophobia (late 19th century) formed from helios Greek for ‘sun’, also found in heliotrope (Old English) for a plant that turns its flowers to follow the sun; and among the most recent nomophobia, a joking coinage of 2008 for those who feel anxious if they have no mobile phone.

Rhymes

agoraphobia, claustrophobia, homophobia, hydrophobia, technophobia, xenophobia, Zenobia

Definition of phobia in US English:

phobia

nounˈfōbēəˈfoʊbiə

An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
he had a phobia about being under water
a phobia of germs
a snake phobia
Example sentencesExamples
- As I grew up and began to delve into myself a little more, I learnt the truth behind fears - from phobias to totally rational terrors.
- No matter how big or brave some of us appear to be, we all have our secret fears; phobias which reduce us to babbling physical wrecks.
- A phobia is an irrational, uncontrollable fear of a specific object or situation.
- I am more stressed, more depressed and still suffer from various fears and phobias.
- Sharron developed several phobias including claustrophobia and a feeling of uncleanliness no matter how often she washed.
- Benumbed fear often turns into panic, phobias, irrational prejudice, and violence.
- Do you treat social phobias the same way you treat the other phobias, like a fear of heights, for example?
- And because those thoughts are at the forefront of our minds, we forget to act on the other fears and phobias that need release.
- Irrational fears and phobias, for example, are essentially habits of mind that we acquire, not feelings we were born with.
- Apart from health problems, it makes children superstitious and exposes them to morbid fears and phobias.
- It is certainly possible to argue that neurotic symptoms, like phobias or obsessions, are strictly determined.
- She and I share a lot of the same fears and phobias.
- As for society, it needs to confront its petty phobias, paranoid fears and recognize the self in the other.
- Certainly, an excessive capacity for fear leads to all sorts of problems that many people would dearly love to be free of, such as phobias and panic attacks.
- At this time, the patient is open to suggestion, and can be desensitised towards fears, phobias, pain and personal issues.
- If the object of the fear is easy to avoid, people with phobias may not feel the need to seek treatment.
- Fears and phobias and creative blocks spring to my mind.
- It accounts for most of our fears, even our likes and dislikes, and phobias.
- Jane is one of thousands in this country who suffer from a phobia or obsessive compulsive disorder.
- The child may develop school phobias, compulsive eating or psychosomatic illnesses.
Synonyms
abnormal fear, irrational fear, obsessive fear, fear, dread, horror, terror, dislike, hatred, loathing, detestation, distaste, aversion, antipathy, revulsion, repulsion

Origin

Late 18th century: independent usage of -phobia.

单词	phobia
释义	Definition of phobia in English: phobia noun ˈfəʊbɪəˈfoʊbiə An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. she suffered from a phobia about birds Example sentencesExamples Sharron developed several phobias including claustrophobia and a feeling of uncleanliness no matter how often she washed. As I grew up and began to delve into myself a little more, I learnt the truth behind fears - from phobias to totally rational terrors. And because those thoughts are at the forefront of our minds, we forget to act on the other fears and phobias that need release. I am more stressed, more depressed and still suffer from various fears and phobias. Certainly, an excessive capacity for fear leads to all sorts of problems that many people would dearly love to be free of, such as phobias and panic attacks. A phobia is an irrational, uncontrollable fear of a specific object or situation. Apart from health problems, it makes children superstitious and exposes them to morbid fears and phobias. No matter how big or brave some of us appear to be, we all have our secret fears; phobias which reduce us to babbling physical wrecks. Benumbed fear often turns into panic, phobias, irrational prejudice, and violence. Irrational fears and phobias, for example, are essentially habits of mind that we acquire, not feelings we were born with. If the object of the fear is easy to avoid, people with phobias may not feel the need to seek treatment. Do you treat social phobias the same way you treat the other phobias, like a fear of heights, for example? As for society, it needs to confront its petty phobias, paranoid fears and recognize the self in the other. At this time, the patient is open to suggestion, and can be desensitised towards fears, phobias, pain and personal issues. Fears and phobias and creative blocks spring to my mind. The child may develop school phobias, compulsive eating or psychosomatic illnesses. It accounts for most of our fears, even our likes and dislikes, and phobias. Jane is one of thousands in this country who suffer from a phobia or obsessive compulsive disorder. It is certainly possible to argue that neurotic symptoms, like phobias or obsessions, are strictly determined. She and I share a lot of the same fears and phobias. Synonyms abnormal fear, irrational fear, obsessive fear, fear, dread, horror, terror, dislike, hatred, loathing, detestation, distaste, aversion, antipathy, revulsion, repulsion spectre, bugbear, bogey, nightmare, bête noire complex, fixation, preoccupation, idée fixe, mania, neurosis, anxiety, obsession informal thing, hang-up Origin Late 18th century: independent usage of -phobia. This is an independent usage of the suffix -phobia (via Latin from Greek) meaning ‘fear’. In modern times psychologists have ransacked the Greek and Latin languages to find ever more words to combine with phobia as new fears have been uncovered. These include brontophobia (early 20th century),‘fear of thunder’ formed from Greek bronte ‘thunder’ also found in brontosaurus (late 19th century) literally ‘thunder lizard’; heliophobia (late 19th century) formed from helios Greek for ‘sun’, also found in heliotrope (Old English) for a plant that turns its flowers to follow the sun; and among the most recent nomophobia, a joking coinage of 2008 for those who feel anxious if they have no mobile phone. Rhymes agoraphobia, claustrophobia, homophobia, hydrophobia, technophobia, xenophobia, Zenobia Definition of phobia in US English: phobia nounˈfōbēəˈfoʊbiə An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. he had a phobia about being under water a phobia of germs a snake phobia Example sentencesExamples As I grew up and began to delve into myself a little more, I learnt the truth behind fears - from phobias to totally rational terrors. No matter how big or brave some of us appear to be, we all have our secret fears; phobias which reduce us to babbling physical wrecks. A phobia is an irrational, uncontrollable fear of a specific object or situation. I am more stressed, more depressed and still suffer from various fears and phobias. Sharron developed several phobias including claustrophobia and a feeling of uncleanliness no matter how often she washed. Benumbed fear often turns into panic, phobias, irrational prejudice, and violence. Do you treat social phobias the same way you treat the other phobias, like a fear of heights, for example? And because those thoughts are at the forefront of our minds, we forget to act on the other fears and phobias that need release. Irrational fears and phobias, for example, are essentially habits of mind that we acquire, not feelings we were born with. Apart from health problems, it makes children superstitious and exposes them to morbid fears and phobias. It is certainly possible to argue that neurotic symptoms, like phobias or obsessions, are strictly determined. She and I share a lot of the same fears and phobias. As for society, it needs to confront its petty phobias, paranoid fears and recognize the self in the other. Certainly, an excessive capacity for fear leads to all sorts of problems that many people would dearly love to be free of, such as phobias and panic attacks. At this time, the patient is open to suggestion, and can be desensitised towards fears, phobias, pain and personal issues. If the object of the fear is easy to avoid, people with phobias may not feel the need to seek treatment. Fears and phobias and creative blocks spring to my mind. It accounts for most of our fears, even our likes and dislikes, and phobias. Jane is one of thousands in this country who suffer from a phobia or obsessive compulsive disorder. The child may develop school phobias, compulsive eating or psychosomatic illnesses. Synonyms abnormal fear, irrational fear, obsessive fear, fear, dread, horror, terror, dislike, hatred, loathing, detestation, distaste, aversion, antipathy, revulsion, repulsion Origin Late 18th century: independent usage of -phobia.
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