Какво означава phobia на английски?

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phobia Значение & определение

0 a type of anxiety disorder (= a mental illness that makes someone very worried and affects their life) that involves an extreme fear of something:
- She refused the injection because she had a phobia about needles.
- He has no real desire to travel and suffers from a phobia of flying.
- For someone with social phobia, a conversation with a neighbour can cause a paralyzing sense of dread.
- Why is there this phobia about women doing so-called men's jobs?
1 used to form words for types of anxiety disorder (= a mental illness that makes someone very worried and affects their life) that involve an extreme fear of something:
- People who suffer from agoraphobia may panic when they're in public places.
- Podophobia is a fear of feet.
- They were accused of transphobia (hatred of transgender people).
- He seemed to be suffering from a case of commitment-phobia.
2 an extreme fear of a particular thing or situation, esp. one that does not have a reasonable explanation:
- a phobia about heights

Phobias can strike anyone, regardless of age or sex.
Her phobias included everything from spiders to heights.
She has advice for helping children with school phobia.
The case reflects a growing phobia in the country over radiation emitted by power pylons and radio transmitters.
These conspiracy theories owe more to phobia than fact.
People with acrophobia (height phobia) can now be treated using virtual reality.
If a spider happens to crawl onto the court while he's playing, his composure may crack, as he suffers from arachnophobia.
Few people, doctors among them, have heard of emetophobia - a fear of vomiting.