phobia
Deep-seated aversion
A phobia is an intense, irrational fear of something specific—heights, spiders, enclosed spaces, public speaking.
The fear is disproportionate to actual danger and often recognized as unreasonable by the person experiencing it.
As a suffix, -phobia forms words for particular fears (claustrophobia, arachnophobia) or, more loosely, aversions and prejudices: homophobia, xenophobia.
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- frightSudden intense fear
alarm · trepidation · apprehension · aversion · revulsion · loathing · repulsion · antipathy
Troubled mental state
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- tensionStretched or strained state
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- angstDeep unfocused worry
unease · dread · jitters · restlessness · edginess · trepidation · hypervigilance · disquiet
Flight from captivity
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
withdrawal · distancing · circumvention · reassurance · accommodation · trigger · exposure · desensitization
Prejudice against transgender people
- IslamophobiaPrejudice against Muslims
- biphobiaPrejudice against bisexual people
- fatphobiaBias against larger bodies
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
discrimination · intolerance · bias · stereotyping · stigma · othering · marginalization · hatred
Identification of illness
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- cognitive-behavioralRelating thought to action
- DSMPsychiatric classification manual
psychologist · psychiatry · psychotherapy · anxiolytic · antidepressant · counseling · flooding · EMDR
Aversion to hole clusters
- nyctophobiaMorbid dread of darkness
- aerophobiaIrrational dread of flying
- hemophobiaIrrational dread of blood
- dentophobiaIrrational fear of tooth care
thalassophobia · glossophobia · coulrophobia · aquaphobia · zoophobia
Contrary to valid reasoning
- baselessLacking factual support
- unfoundedWithout factual support
- unreasonableNot guided by reason
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
excessive · uncontrollable · persistent · recognized · insight · overreaction · exaggerated · imagined
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
fright · alarm · trepidation · apprehension · aversion · revulsion · loathing · repulsion · antipathy · disgust
worry
Troubled mental state
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- tensionStretched or strained state
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
angst · unease · dread · jitters · restlessness · edginess · trepidation · hypervigilance · disquiet · apprehension
escape
Flight from captivity
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
sidestepping · withdrawal · distancing · circumvention · reassurance · accommodation · trigger · exposure · desensitization · confrontation
transphobia
Prejudice against transgender people
- IslamophobiaPrejudice against Muslims
- biphobiaPrejudice against bisexual people
- fatphobiaBias against larger bodies
bigotry · discrimination · intolerance · bias · stereotyping · stigma · othering · marginalization · hatred · scapegoating
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- cognitive-behavioralRelating thought to action
DSM · psychologist · psychiatry · psychotherapy · anxiolytic · antidepressant · counseling · flooding · EMDR · intervention
trypophobia
Aversion to hole clusters
- nyctophobiaMorbid dread of darkness
- aerophobiaIrrational dread of flying
- hemophobiaIrrational dread of blood
dentophobia · thalassophobia · glossophobia · coulrophobia · aquaphobia · zoophobia
illogical
Contrary to valid reasoning
- baselessLacking factual support
- unfoundedWithout factual support
- unreasonableNot guided by reason
disproportionate · excessive · uncontrollable · persistent · recognized · insight · overreaction · exaggerated · imagined · perceived
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
- anxietiesworry, angst, nervousness, dread, apprehension
- learned responsesconditioned reflex, classical conditioning, salivation, aversion, avoidance
- Mental Disordersschizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, PTSD
- phobiasbibliophobia, aquaphobia, zoophobia, thanatophobia, coulrophobia
- fearfear, dread, afraid, fright, frightened
phobiaphilia
Suffix for attraction
love · affection · fondness · attraction · passion
phobiacompulsion
Irresistible urge to act
addiction · fixation · obsession · thrill-seeking · attraction
phobiafearlessness
Complete lack of dread
courage · bravery · composure · equanimity · calm
- social phobiaFear of being watched
- animal phobiaFear of creatures
- needle phobiaIrrational syringe terror
- germ phobiaFear of microorganisms
- water phobia
- school phobiaFear of attending classes
xenophobia, phobic, homophobia, xenophobic, phobias, claustrophobic, homophobic, claustrophobia, hydrophobic