Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An abnormal fear of spiders.
Wiktionary
- n. An abnormal or irrational fear of spiders.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a morbid fear of spiders
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arachnē, "spider") + -phobia. (Wiktionary)
- arachn(id) + -phobia. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Phobias fall under the category of anxiety disorders and describe pathological fears; while many know the term from the infamous expression "arachnophobia" pathological fear of spiders, many different types of phobias have been observed in patients.”
The Huffington Post: Jalees Rehman, M.D.: 'Islamophobia' Is Not A Phobia
“Also in fear, hate and love, which may have pathological expressions such as arachnophobia (Diski's is cured by London Zoo), animal hoarding, or the internet fad for "lolcats": cat photos whose ungrammatical text (we get Genesis chapter one in "lolcat") resembles the dog-speak that Kipling nauseatingly sustains throughout "Thy Servant a Dog".”
The Guardian: What I Don't Know About Animals by Jenny Diski – review
“For adults: 1. Animal phobias, such as arachnophobia (of spiders), ophidiophobia (of snakes) and cynophobia (of dogs)”
“Not a comforting thought if you suffer from arachnophobia, a fear of spiders.”
“This is a bad thing if you happen to suffer from arachnophobia or choroptophobia -- fear of spiders and bats respectively.”
The Huffington Post: Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Boooooooo! What Tricks, Treats Terrify You?
“Exposure to animated spiders in a videogame environment was just as effective in curing people of arachnophobia as the traditional therapy of handling real spiders, according to a study in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.”
“This study compared the effectiveness of VR therapy and traditional therapy on 32 Canadians with arachnophobia.”
“The result is a case of arachnophobia for producers all over Broadway.”
The Wall Street Journal: 'Spidey' Spotlight Casts Big Shadow
“Previous studies have linked the sgACC with the emotions accompanying "negative autobiographical memories," arachnophobia and other fearful responses.”
“Negative feelings about U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, particularly those based on racism or unfounded rumors. [cf. arachnophobia.]”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘arachnophobia’.
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A-R-A Words
It's an odd-looking pattern in English. Please add words if it makes you happy. :) K-POW! Wow @gulyasrobi!
scarab, Arawak, Sahara, Arab, pharaoh, caravan, carat, parachute, arachnid, Saran Wrap, Sarah, tarantella and 492 more...
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
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Rare Words - A
Not just rare words, but thousands of RARE WORDS WITH DEFINITIONS.
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9-16 letter words without E
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-phobia
extreme or irrational fear or dislike
arachnophobia, photophobia, claustrophobia, phobophobia, ailurophobia, agrophobia, acrophobia, agoraphobia, anthropophobia, aerophobia, acarophobia, anthrophobia and 26 more...
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Movies I've Seen
There's a jar I've been adding movie ticket stubs to since about age twelve. I am pleased to have a more accessible way of keeping track of the movies I've seen. Even if some are pretty embarrassin...
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Nick Yeow’s Words
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
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Amusing words
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coccyx, procrastination, bollocks, mufti, meme, paraphernalia, endomorph, millpond, cheesecake, pterodactyl, cheesecloth, ethnographic and 34 more...
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Words =P
peril, incredulous, superfluous, inadequacy, perfection, fantasy, daydream, wrath, literature, blood, love, amour and 23 more...
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Autobiography
Words that describe or relate in some way to me
anosmia, Asperger's Syndrome, daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, shy, bibliophile, imagination, library, librarian, writer and 17 more...
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phobias i have
im scared of a lot
Tweets
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