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phobia

[foh-bee-uh] / ˈfoʊ bi ə /


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This can make it difficult for patients with needle phobia or who don’t want to self-inject due to the inconvenience.

From Science Daily • Jul. 8, 2026

Hope Jezzard's phobia of hospitals was so intense that it seemed inconceivable she would ever work in one.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

She was diagnosed with school phobia and ended up being home schooled for a while, and has since found it hard to stay in a job.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

Like addiction or phobia, it narrows lives and corrodes resilience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

With an allergy to abstraction and a phobia of cliche, Wilkerson trains a magnifying glass on the historical blob called “the Great Migration” and reveals the humanity of the people who compose it.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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