noun · rare

phobia

pho·bia

phobia · phobias · phobiae

фобія

боязнь, фобия

Phobie

An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fearAn irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

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UK/ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/US/ˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

» I have social phobia.

Я страдаю социофобией.

У меня социофобия.

У мене соціофобія.

Meaning

2 senses

An 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

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I have social phobia.
У мене соціофобія.
ruЯ страдаю социофобией.
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I have a phobia for that.
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Do you have deep sea phobia?
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She has a phobia of dogs.
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Ziri wants to overcome his phobias.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety:

Русский

By meaning 1

irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety:

Origin

First attested in c. 1790, from words ending in -phobia, ultimately from Ancient Greek φόβ

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.

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