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an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"
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The English suffix -phobia is technically used to describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder, and commonly misused to describe hatred of a particular thing or subject. Everyday language has misused the use of this suffix as a mild or irrational fear with no serious substance; however, its origin is from areas of psychiatry which study serious phobias which disable a person's life. ...
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| phobia |
An abnormal fear of an object, experience, or place.
Ãâó: www.ehealthmd.com/library/stress/STR_glossary.html
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| phobia |
persistent irrational fear of an activity or object. This leads to avoidance. The fear is out of proportion of the reality of the threat
Ãâó: www.indianpsychiatry.com/Glossary.htm
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| phobia |
An obsessive, persistent, unrealistic fear of an external object or situation.
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