phobia
noun
[ ˈfəʊbɪə ]
• an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
• "she suffered from a phobia about birds"
Similar:
abnormal fear,
irrational fear,
obsessive fear,
fear,
dread,
horror,
terror,
dislike,
hatred,
loathing,
detestation,
distaste,
aversion,
antipathy,
revulsion,
repulsion,
spectre,
bugbear,
bogey,
nightmare,
bête noire,
complex,
fixation,
preoccupation,
idée fixe,
mania,
neurosis,
anxiety,
obsession,
thing,
hang-up,
Origin:
late 18th century: independent usage of -phobia.
-phobia
combining form
• extreme or irrational fear or dislike of a specified thing or group.
• "arachnophobia"
Origin:
via Latin from Greek.
