Both Uses of
phobia
in
Immortal in Death
- She didn't consider herself phobic, but closed-in spaces made her itchy.†
Chpt 3 *phobic = related to an extreme and unreasonable fear of something
- Interesting, he thought, to discover his stalwart lieutenant had a phobia.†
Chpt 10phobia = extreme and unreasonable fear of something
Definition:
extreme and unreasonable fear of something
Many words end with "phobia" to indicate "fear of" something. It is also common to turn the noun into an adjective with an "ic" suffix; e.g., "phobic" or "xenophobic."