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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 ...
9. Agraphobia: fear of sexual abuse 10. Agrizoophobia: fear of wild animals 11. Aichmophobia: fear of sharp or pointed objects 12. Albuminurophobia: fear of kidney disease 13. Alektorophobia: fear ...
Showing fear toward deep bodies of water is in effect justified since in ancient times humans understood that their survival was reliant on remaining in terrestrial land and not aquatic environments. [8] This in return developed into a fundamental fear passing down from generation to generation in order to ensure the survival of human kind. [10]
Through observational learning, humans can learn to fear potentially dangerous objects—a reaction observed in other primates. [21] A study on non-human primates, showed that the primates learned to fear snakes at a fast rate after watching parents' fearful reactions. [21]
There were fears amongst the public that Comet Elenin travelling almost directly between Earth and the Sun would cause disturbances to the Earth's crust, causing massive earthquakes and tidal waves. Others predicted that Elenin would collide with Earth on 16 October. Scientists tried to calm fears by stating that none of these events were possible.
2024 has been a year that has truly shown the power that social media has in catapulting people from all walks of life to stardom and fame, as well as infamy and ridicule. From a 21-year-old ...
However, submechanophobia, by definition, only concerns artificial, human-made creations—not living creatures. A suggested explanation is that the human mind instinctively detects a foreign object in an otherwise natural environment, and this triggers a fight-or-flight response, as humans respond negatively to that which is outside of the norm.
The Transamerica survey that Johnson pointed to found that the second greatest fear among Gen X is the fear that “Social Security will be reduced or cease to exist in the future,” with 49% of ...