"phobia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfoʊbi.ə/, /ˈfəʊbɪə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phobia.wav [Southern-England] Forms: phobias [plural], phobiae [plural], phobiæ [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊbiə Etymology: c 1790, from words ending in -phobia, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Compare ism, from -ism, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰegʷ-}}, {{m|en|-phobia}} -phobia, {{uder|en|grc|φόβος||fear}} Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”), {{m|en|ism}} ism, {{m|en|-ism}} -ism, {{m|en|itis}} itis, {{m|en|-itis}} -itis, {{m|en|ana}} ana, {{m|en|-ana}} -ana Head templates: {{en-noun|s|phobiae|phobiæ}} phobia (plural phobias or phobiae or phobiæ)
  1. An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something). Categories (topical): Phobias Translations (irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety): fobie (Afrikaans), fobi (Albanian), رُهَاب (ruhāb) [masculine] (Arabic), فوبيا (fūbiyā) [feminine] (Arabic), فوبيا (fōbya) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), رهاب (ruhāb) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ֆոբիա (fobia) (Armenian), fobiya (Azerbaijani), фо́бія (fóbija) [feminine] (Belarusian), фо́бия (fóbija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fòbia [feminine] (Catalan), 恐懼症 (Chinese Mandarin), 恐惧症 (kǒngjùzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), fubia [feminine] (Corsican), fubìa [feminine] (Corsican), fobie [feminine] (Czech), fobi [common-gender] (Danish), fobie [feminine] (Dutch), fobio (Esperanto), foobia (Estonian), fobia (Finnish), määräkohteinen pelko (Finnish), phobie [feminine] (French), შიში (šiši) (Georgian), ფობია (pobia) (Georgian), Phobie [feminine] (German), φοβία (fovía) [feminine] (Greek), פוביה (fóbya) [feminine] (Hebrew), भीति (bhīti) [feminine] (Hindi), fóbia (Hungarian), fóibe [feminine] (Irish), fobia [feminine] (Italian), paura [feminine] (Italian), timore [masculine] (Italian), 恐怖症 (kyōfushō) (alt: きょうふしょう) (Japanese), фобия (fobiä) (Kazakh), қорқу (qorqu) (Kazakh), 공포증 (gongpojeung) (Korean), phobia [feminine] (Latin), fobija [feminine] (Latvian), fobija [feminine] (Lithuanian), фо́бија (fóbija) [feminine] (Macedonian), mae (Maori), mate mae (Maori), भीति (bhīti) [feminine] (Marathi), fobi [masculine] (Norwegian), ترس (tars) (Persian), هراس (harâs) (Persian), fobia [feminine] (Polish), fobia [feminine] (Portuguese), fobie [feminine] (Romanian), фо́бия (fóbija) [feminine] (Russian), боя́знь (bojáznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), fobìa [feminine] (Sardinian), фо̀бија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fòbija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fóbia [feminine] (Slovak), fobija [feminine] (Slovene), fobia [feminine] (Spanish), fobi [common-gender] (Swedish), skräck [common-gender] (Swedish), takot (Tagalog), భయము (bhayamu) (Telugu), fobi (Turkish), фо́бія (fóbija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ffobia [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-phobia-en-noun-x~epTpxy Disambiguation of Phobias: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety': 93 7
  2. An aversion or dislike (of something). Categories (topical): Phobias
    Sense id: en-phobia-en-noun-qvHfFZg3 Disambiguation of Phobias: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: social phobia, specific phobia Related terms: -phobe, -phobia, -phobiac, -phobic

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      "word": "ֆոբիա"
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      "word": "恐懼症"
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      "word": "ფობია"
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      "sense": "irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety",
      "word": "공포증"
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      "word": "ترس"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "fobie"
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    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety",
      "word": "fobi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fóbija",
      "sense": "irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фо́бія"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ffobia"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Phobia (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "phobia"
}

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