Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - phobia
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Phobia
phobia
~ suffix (in nouns) 1 a dislike or hatred of something (Anglophobia (=dislike of England or Britain)) 2 technical a strong dislike or fear of something, that is unusual and may be part of a mental illness; a phobia (claustrophobia (=fear of being in a small enclosed space) | aquaphobia (=fear of water))
phobia ~ n a strong unreasonable fear of something + abou (Owen has a phobia about heights.) - phobic adj
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1.
(phobias) A phobia is a very strong irrational fear or hatred of something. The man had a phobia about flying. N-COUNT: oft N about/of n/-ing ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: -~ Date: 1786 an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation PHOBIA noun combining form Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, from Greek, from -phobos fearing, from phobos fear, flight, from phebesthai to flee; akin to Lithuanian begti to flee, Old Church Slavic bezati 1. exaggerated fear of acrophobia 2. intolerance or aversion for photophobia ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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comb. form forming abstract nouns denoting fear or aversion of what is specified (agoraphobia; xenophobia). Derivatives -phobic comb. form forming adjectives. Etymology: L f. Gk PHOBIA n. an abnormal or morbid fear or aversion. Derivatives phobic adj. & n. Etymology: -PHOBIA used as a separate word ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1786, Mod.L., abstracted from compounds in -phobia, from Gk. -phobia, from phobos "fear," originally "flight" (still the only sense in Homer), but it became the common word for "fear" via the notion of "panic, fright" (cf. phobein "put to flight, frighten"). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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