Noun His fear of crowds eventually developed into a phobia.
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Well, reality struck hard, a new phobia - range anxiety - was born, and the industry had to adapt. Jennifer Jacobs Dungs, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 On Tuesday, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 40, shared that Cruz is in exposure therapy to beat his elevator phobia. Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022 An addiction to coffee, a red wine habit, a paralyzing phobia of dentists, and a dash of genetics. Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 23 Aug. 2022 Some fear or phobia or personal terror of my own is seeded through the pages of most of my books — some obviously, some perhaps not so much.New York Times, 24 July 2022 The famed Hollywood costume designer Edith Head suffered from a severe phobia of frogs. Pat Myers, Washington Post, 14 July 2022 For someone who was once afraid of flying, Danny Ramirez sure picks projects that force him to push through his phobia on screen. Brett Williams, Men's Health, 17 May 2022 Since then, her phobia has put her in some mortifying situations.Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022 But the move is causing a mixed reaction among workers: some are happier and more productive with their furry animals by their side, while others are annoyed or have quit their jobs due to allergies or a phobia.Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
-phobia
Noun combining form
New Latin, from Late Latin, from Greek, from -phobos fearing, from phobos fear, flight, from phebesthai to flee; akin to Lithuanian bėgti to flee, Old Church Slavonic běžati
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PHOBIA | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤➤needle, social, water, etc.針頭恐懼症、社交恐懼症、恐水症等◇I have a severe needle phobia.我有嚴重的針頭恐懼症。VERB + PHOBIA➤have, suffer from患有恐懼症➤develop得了恐懼症➤treat治療恐懼症➤overcome克服恐懼症◇Hypnotherapy is often used to overcome phobias.催眠療法經常被用於治療恐懼症。PREPOSITION➤phobia about sth, phobia of sth對⋯的恐懼症◇He has a phobia of snakes.他有恐蛇症。