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Definitions of phobia
  1. noun
    an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations
    "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"
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Definition that contains phobia
  • claustrophobic suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places
  • agoraphobic suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places
  • xenophobic suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign
  • systematic desensitisation a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
  • phobophobia a morbid fear of developing a phobia
  • algophobic suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain
  • desensitization technique a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
  • anglophobic characterized by Anglophobia
  • systematic desensitization a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
  • desensitisation procedure a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
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