Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
-phobia: exaggerated fear, sensitivity, aversion Greek φόβος (phóbos), terror, fear, flight, panic arachnophobia: phon-sound Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) phonograph, symphony phos-of or pertaining to light or its chemical properties, now historic and used rarely. See the common root phot-below.
A specific phobia is a marked and persistent fear of an object or situation. Specific phobias may also include fear of losing control, panicking, and fainting from an encounter with the phobia. [1] Specific phobias are defined concerning objects or situations, whereas social phobias emphasize social fear and the evaluations that might accompany ...
The English suffix-mania denotes an obsession with something; a mania.The suffix is used in some medical terms denoting mental disorders.It has also entered standard English and is affixed to many different words to denote enthusiasm or obsession with that subject.
This handsome 18" by 24" glossy is covered with definitions of hundreds of phobias that most of us were unaware of, or unaware such traits are considered phobias, rather than reasonable reactions ...
The term hippophobia is also derived from the Greek word phóbos with the prefix derived from the Greek word for horse, ἵππος (híppos). [1] [2] Sufferers of equinophobia may also fear other hoofed animals such as donkeys and mules. [3] An example of the phobia can be found in Freud's psychoanalytic study of Little Hans.
Bibliophobia: the fear of books [see phobia] Caco Bad: Cacography: poor handwriting [see graph] Centr Center Centerpiece: an ornamental object used in a central position, esp. on the center of a dining-room table Chrom Color: Polychrome: having many colors [see poly] Chron Time: Chronological: being in time order Cycl Circle
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more