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Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: phobia

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phobia
Oct 31st 2013, 01:40, by 98.198.64.246

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# An [[irrational]] or [[obsessive]] [[fear]] or [[anxiety]], usually of or about something [[particular]].

 

# An [[irrational]] or [[obsessive]] [[fear]] or [[anxiety]], usually of or about something [[particular]].

#: ''I know someone with a strange '''phobia''' of ladders.''

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#: ''I know someone with a strange '''phobia''' of ladders.'' that has to do with pie.

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Latest revision as of 01:40, 31 October 2013

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

c 1790, from words ending in -phobia, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phobos, "fear"). Compare ism, from -ism, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

phobia (plural phobias or phobiæ)

  1. An irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular.
    I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders. that has to do with pie.

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Hyponyms[edit]

Translations[edit]

irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety

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