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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_phobia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_phobia > Specific phobia is an anxiety disorder, characterized by an extre
by slipframe 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_phobia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_phobia
> Specific phobia is an anxiety disorder, characterized by an extreme, unreasonable, and irrational fear associated with a specific object or situation.[1][2] Specific phobia can lead to avoidance of the object or situation, persistence of the fear, and significant distress or problems functioning associated with the fear. A phobia can be the fear of anything.
Whatever the term originally meant to the greeks, it does seem to be knit with the concept of fear today.
- pseudalopex 5y agoThe suffix has more than 1 meaning.[1] [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phobic https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phobic