1 a strong unreasonable fear or hatred of sth:
He has a phobia about flying. * One of the symptoms of the disease is water phobia.
2 (-phobia) (in nouns) a strong unreasonable fear or hatred of a particular thing:
claustrophobia * xenophobia
compare-PHILIA
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