phobia
An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fearAn irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).
» I have social phobia.
Я страдаю социофобией.
У меня социофобия.
У мене соціофобія.
Meaning
2 sensesAn irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).
I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.
Phobie
фо́бияfóbija, боя́зньbojáznʹ
фо́біяfóbija
an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations
An aversion or dislike (of something).
Examples
39 sentencesI have social phobia.
У мене соціофобія.
ruЯ страдаю социофобией.
I have a phobia for that.
Do you have deep sea phobia?
She has a phobia of dogs.
Ziri wants to overcome his phobias.
Translations
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Origin
First attested in c. 1790, from words ending in -phobia, ultimately from Ancient Greek φόβFirst 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.
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Forms
plural: phobias / phobiaeSynonyms
2 synonyms- an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations:phobic disorderphobic neurosis
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular