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extreme and unreasonable fear of something- One of the most common phobias is agoraphobia—the fear of being in public places.
phobias = extreme and unreasonable fears of things
- We think phobias are caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
- Fear of heights is something most people can relate to, but only 2-5% of people have such an extreme fear that it is considered a phobia—acrophobia.
- Phobic disorders may be the most common for of anxiety.
- No, actually, it's not a phobia. It's an "aversion," which is a word I just learned in Mr. Browne's class.R.J. Palacio -- Wonder
- I stopped letting anyone take pictures of me a while ago. I guess you could call it a phobia.R.J. Palacio -- Wonder
- Salander's greatest fear, which was so huge and so black that it was of phobic proportions, was that people would laugh at her feelings.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- The obsessive: glove-wearing, germ-phobic, bundled year round with scarves, twitching and racked with compulsions.Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
- That trauma had scarred Langdon's psyche, burdening him with an overwhelming phobia of enclosed spaces.Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
- Gran had this theory behind my phobia.Gayle Forman -- Where She Went
- Rex might have sheriff-phobia, but there were worse things than getting busted.Scott Westerfeld -- The Secret Hour
- Come on, surely you've got a phobia or two.Cassandra Clare -- City of Ashes
- "We'll have to work on your bunny phobia later," I said.Rick Riordan -- The Last Olympian
- Maybe she had a phobia concerning open spaces, although the spaces at the college were mainly snug and quaint.Don DeLillo -- White Noise
- I mean, ackero-phobia doesn't have anything to do with being afraid you'll holler out something god-awful in church, does it?Barbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees
- I don't really have any other phobias, but those two are solid—I am the girl who swoons at a paper cut.Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
- The only drawback to the use of cancer cells is the phobia and ignorance that surrounds the word cancer.Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- It's just a stupid phobia, he assured himself.Rick Riordan -- The Mark of Athena
- It was so hospital-like I felt the nervousness that had been simmering in my stomach since we'd left the house-ambulance phobia-begin to build.Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever
- You mean, like a real phobia?Haruki Murakami -- After Dark
phobias = extreme and unreasonable fears of things
phobia = extreme and unreasonable fear of something
phobic = extreme and unreasonable fears of things
phobia = extreme and unreasonable fear of something
phobia = extreme and unreasonable fear of something