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phobia
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Marley & Me
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We had hoped the chipper-shredder incident in the garage was an isolated aberration, but it turned out to be just the beginning of what would become a lifelong pattern of phobic, irrational behavior.†
p. 72.3 *

phobic = related to an extreme and unreasonable fear of something
Despite the prescription tranquilizers, which Jenny was feeding him with increasing frequency, more for her sake than for his, Marley's thunder phobia grew more intense and irrational each day.†
p. 137.5

phobia = extreme and unreasonable fear of something
Each morning I opened the newspaper to the classifieds as if I might find some miracle ad: "Seeking wildly energetic, out-of-control Labrador retriever with multiple phobias.†
p. 141.3

phobias = extreme and unreasonable fears of things

Definitions:

(1) (phobia)
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."
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)