| NOUN | state | phobia, phobic disorder, phobic neurosis | an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme / extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations |
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| Sounds | fow'biyah | |
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| Rhymes | Abyssinia ... zinnia: 217 rhymes with iyah... | |
| Meaning | An anxiety disorder characterized by extreme / extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations. | |
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| Example | "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias" | |
| Synonyms | phobic disorder, phobic neurosis | |
| Narrower | agoraphobia | A morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place) |
| simple phobia | Any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli | |
| social phobia | Any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc) | |
| Broader | anxiety disorder | A cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom |
| Spanish | fobia | |
| Catalan | fòbia | |
| Adjectives | phobic | suffering from irrational fears |
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