phobia

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"The main characteristic of a phobia is an avoidance that impairs people to do their jobs or build relationships," said Les Morey, a psychology professor and department head.

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  1. noun A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.
  2. noun A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.

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  • State-phobia is a sign or symptom of the crises of governmentality that seem inextricable from liberalism, whether the liberalism emerging in the middle of the 18th century or the liberalism of 1979. —  I cite
  • "The main characteristic of a phobia is an avoidance that impairs people to do their jobs or build relationships," said Les Morey, a psychology professor and department head. —  The Battalion
  • Eliminating the feelings related to their phobia is a great way to deal with the dread and this can be accomplished through desensitization or exposure therapy. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • At the same time they often show behavior, such as a phobia, that is unusual in their family and / or not explained by any current life events but that seems concordant with the child's statements about a previous life. —  GetReligion
  • The idea is that a Jew should fight Islamo-phobia, and Muslims should fight anti-Semitism. —  Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine
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Words tagged phobia

school phobia · cremnophobia · anatidaephobia · gelotophobia · eisotrophobia · methyphobia · nosemaphobia · hippopotamonstrosequipedalophobia · telephonophobia · luposlipaphobia · pistandrophobia

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From -phobia.

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  1. New Latin, detached from hydrophobia and other words containing -phobia, from Greek -φοβια, from φοβεῑν, fear.
 

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