Definitions
Extreme or irrational fear of a thing or situation.
Word origin
First attested in c. 1790, from words ending in -phobia, ultimately from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Compare ism, from -ism, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana.
Used in a sentence
“I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.”
“It was when anthropophobia set in, when he was made uneasy by people who walked too close to him, that, sagely viewing his list and seeing how many phobias were now checked, he permitted himself to rest.”
“Some patients have the phobia of light, and others have the phobia of darkness. Another common aversion is that of high places. The phobiac of this type can not sit in the gallery […]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Irrational fear”6 letters
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