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The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
A phobia is an anxiety disorder, defined by an irrational, unrealistic, persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation. [7] [8] [9] [1] Phobias typically result in a rapid onset of fear and are usually present for more than six months. [1]
The very creation of the terms youth, adolescence and teenager have all been attributed to the fear of youth. [25] As the western world became more industrialized, young people were increasingly driven from the workforce , including involuntary and voluntary positions, and into increasingly total institutions where they lost personal autonomy ...
Oikophobia (Greek: oîkos, 'house, household' + phóbos, 'fear'; related to domatophobia and ecophobia [1]) is an aversion to a home environment, or an abnormal fear of one's home [2] and also a tendency to criticize or reject one's own culture and praise other cultures. [3]
Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the fear of public speaking. [1] The word glossophobia derives from the Greek γλῶσσα glossa (tongue) and φόβος phobos (fear or dread.) The causes of glossophobia are uncertain but explanations include communibiology and the illusion of transparency .
“It’s so different than anything I’ve ever done, and I was very afraid of the role,” she said. “I didn’t know if I could pull it off, but that’s what made me want to do it even more.
8. You're getting older. As you age, losing weight becomes harder for several reasons. One is that as you age, you lose lean muscle—about three to eight percent per decade, starting as early as ...
When is USA vs. Finland world juniors hockey game? The United States and Finland will play for gold at 7:30 p.m. ET at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.