NOUN | state | phobic neurosis, phobia, phobic disorder | an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme / extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations |
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Meaning | An anxiety disorder characterized by extreme / extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations. | |
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Synonyms | phobia, phobic disorder | |
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 |
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