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-phobia

See also: phobia

English

Suffix

-phobia

Used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.
e.g. claustrophobia
(analogy) Used to form nouns meaning hate, dislike, contempt, or repression of a specific thing.
e.g. homophobia

Antonyms

-philia

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See Category:en:Phobias.
phobia

Translations

used to form nouns meaning fear

Catalan: -fòbia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: -恐懼症 (zh), -恐惧症 (zh) ‎(-kǒngjùzhèng), 反- (zh) ‎(fǎn-)
Danish: -fobi (da)
Dutch: -fobie (nl), -vrees
Finnish: -fobia
French: -phobie (fr) f
German: -phobie (de) f
Italian: -fobia (it) f

Japanese: -恐怖症 ‎(-きょうふしょう, -kyōfushō), 反- (ja) ‎(はん-, han-)
Malay: -fobia
Persian: هراسی ‎(-harâsi)
Polish: -fobia (pl)
Portuguese: -fobia (pt) f
Russian: -фо́бия f ‎(-fóbija)
Spanish: -fobia (es) f
Swedish: -fobi c
Turkish: -fobi (tr)

used to form nouns meaning hate

Danish: -fobi (da)
Dutch: -fobie (nl), -haat
Finnish: -fobia
Italian: -fobia (it)

Malay: -fobia
Polish: -fobia (pl)
Russian: -фо́бия f ‎(-fóbija)
Swedish: -fobi c

used to form nouns concerned with limiting a specific thing

Finnish: -fobia
Italian: -fobia (it)
Malay: -fobia

Polish: -fobia (pl)
Russian: -фо́бия f ‎(-fóbija)
Swedish: -fobi c

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Definition 2024

-phobia

-phobia

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