phobia

/ˈfoʊbiə/
noun
  1. An extreme or irrational fear of something.
    • Many people with a social phobia feel very anxious in crowded places.
    • His phobia of flying keeps him from traveling to other countries.
    • She has a phobia of spiders and can't even look at pictures of them.
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