Both Uses
phobia
in
Wonder, by R.J. Palacio
(Edited)
- I stopped letting anyone take pictures of me a while ago. I guess you could call it a phobia.
p. 70.3phobia = extreme and unreasonable fear of something
- No, actually, it's not a phobia. It's an "aversion," which is a word I just learned in Mr. Browne's class.
p. 70.3 *
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)