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Meanings of phobia in English
An anxiety disorder defined by a persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation.
Usage of phobia in English
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Children and adolescents with social phobia have not lost touch with reality.
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Background: Social phobia is a chronic disorder that results in substantial impairment.
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She knew the terms but refused to label her condition a phobia.
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The incident triggered intense depression, social phobia and panic disorder, Kwon said.
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As a comment on male commitment phobia, Gone Fishing is pretty acute.
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Perhaps there was a way to fit Amy's phobia into his seminar.
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Nothing inspires phone-phobia like having to deal with Clearing on results day.
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With my oil-phobia officially cured, I can't rave about this product enough.
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The possessed would learn to live with their phobia of open skies.
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A phobia of stairs is referred to as either climacophobia or bathmophobia.
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Nervous breakdowns are increasing as a result of the American worry phobia.
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When social phobia is treated promptly and aggressively, the prognosis is excellent.
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This phase of his attitude toward life almost amounts to a phobia.
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Your phobia must be nearly as bad as mine to the ocean.
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Change is often feared, in fact it even has a phobia - metathesiophobia.
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Conclusions: CBT is the psychological intervention of choice for social phobia.
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Translations for phobia
Portuguese
Phobia through the time
Phobia across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common