Definition of Phobia by Merriam- Webster. New Latin, from Late Latin, from Greek, from - phobos fearing, from phobos fear, flight, from phebesthai to flee; akin to Lithuanian b.
Phobia Definition
A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder, defined by a persistent fear of an object or situation. The phobia typically results in a rapid onset of fear and is present. This website is dedicated to fears and phobias. It contains a large list of phobias and teaches how to cope with and ultimately cure your fear.
- Define phobia: an extremely strong dislike or fear of someone or something — phobia in a sentence.
- A phobia is a strong, persistent fear of situations, objects, activities, or persons. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive, unreasonable desire to avoid.
- A phobia is an overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or animal. Phobias are more pronounced than fears.
- Specific phobias are an overwhelming and unreasonable fear of objects or situations that pose little real danger but provoke anxiety and avoidance.
- Phobias and Irrational Fears Symptoms, Treatment, and Self-Help for Overcoming Your Anxiety and Fear. Almost everyone has an irrational fear or two—of mice, for.
- A phobia is an irrational fear, an anxiety disorder in which the individual has a persistent dread of a situation, creature, thing, or place.
- For a list of words relating to various phobias not found in wikipedia, see the English words suffixed with -phobia category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Phobias List
This is an indexed listing of The Phobia List. Many thanks to Robert Haining for his work in compiling the list in this order. Please don't ask me about curing.