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Phobia:
Intense and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or activity. Because of this intense and persistent fear, the phobic person often leads a constricted life. The anxiety is typically out of proportion to the real situation, and the victim is fully aware that the fear is irrational.
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phobia
- strong fear or dislike: an irrational or very powerful fear and dislike of something such as spiders or confined spaces
-phobia
- an exaggerated or irrational fear
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