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(fō′bē·ə) noun
1. A morbid, compulsive, and persistent fear of any specified type of object, stimulus, or situation.
2. Any strong aversion or dislike. [<L <Gk. <phobos fear]
—pho′bic (-bik) adjective
Psychiatry
Aversion to; morbid fear or dislike of. [<Gk. phobos fear]
In the following list each entry denotes a morbid fear or dislike of the thing or situation indicated by the translation of the first part of the word:
| acrophobia | heights |
| agoraphobia | open spaces |
| ailurophobia | cats |
| algophobia | pain |
| androphobia | men |
| astraphobia | thunder and lightning |
| autophobia | being alone; self |
| bathophobia | depth |
| claustrophobia | closed space |
| cynophobia | dogs (rabies) |
| demophobia | crowds |
| dromophobia | crossing streets |
| genophobia | sex |
| gynophobia | women |
| haptephobia | being touched |
| hemophobia | blood |
| hydrophobia | water |
| hypnophobia | falling asleep |
| musophobia | mice |
| mysophobia | contamination |
| neophobia | the new |
| nyctophobia | night, darkness |
| ophidiophobia | snakes |
| photophobia | light |
| sitophobia | eating; food |
| taphephobia | being buried alive |
| thanatophobia | death |
| toxicophobia | poison |
| xenophobia | strangers, foreigners |
| zoophobia | animals |
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