Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An abnormal fear of spiders.
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- noun An abnormal or irrational fear of
spiders .
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- noun a morbid fear of spiders
Etymologies
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Examples
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Phobias fall under the category of anxiety disorders and describe pathological fears; while many know the term from the infamous expression "arachnophobia" pathological fear of spiders, many different types of phobias have been observed in patients.
Jalees Rehman, M.D.: 'Islamophobia' Is Not A Phobia M.D. Jalees Rehman 2011
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Phobias fall under the category of anxiety disorders and describe pathological fears; while many know the term from the infamous expression "arachnophobia" pathological fear of spiders, many different types of phobias have been observed in patients.
Jalees Rehman, M.D.: 'Islamophobia' Is Not A Phobia M.D. Jalees Rehman 2011
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Also in fear, hate and love, which may have pathological expressions such as arachnophobia (Diski's is cured by London Zoo), animal hoarding, or the internet fad for "lolcats": cat photos whose ungrammatical text (we get Genesis chapter one in "lolcat") resembles the dog-speak that Kipling nauseatingly sustains throughout "Thy Servant a Dog".
What I Don't Know About Animals by Jenny Diski – review Ruth Padel 2010
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For adults: 1. Animal phobias, such as arachnophobia (of spiders), ophidiophobia (of snakes) and cynophobia (of dogs)
The Seattle Times 2010
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This is a bad thing if you happen to suffer from arachnophobia or choroptophobia -- fear of spiders and bats respectively.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Boooooooo! What Tricks, Treats Terrify You? M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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This is a bad thing if you happen to suffer from arachnophobia or choroptophobia -- fear of spiders and bats respectively.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Boooooooo! What Tricks, Treats Terrify You? M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Not a comforting thought if you suffer from arachnophobia, a fear of spiders.
Spider Bites 2010
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Exposure to animated spiders in a videogame environment was just as effective in curing people of arachnophobia as the traditional therapy of handling real spiders, according to a study in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.
A Videogame for Arachnophobes Ann Lukits 2011
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This is a bad thing if you happen to suffer from arachnophobia or choroptophobia -- fear of spiders and bats respectively.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Boooooooo! What Tricks, Treats Terrify You? M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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This is a bad thing if you happen to suffer from arachnophobia or choroptophobia -- fear of spiders and bats respectively.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Boooooooo! What Tricks, Treats Terrify You? M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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