Both Uses
phobia
in
Immortal in Death
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- 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
Definitions:
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(1)
(phobia) extreme and unreasonable fear of somethingMany 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."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)