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counterphobias

counterphobias is the plural of counterphobia.

Meaning of counterphobia

Noun

counterphobia (countable and uncountable, plural counterphobias)

  1. A compulsion to seek out the causes of fear or anxiety instead of avoiding them.
    • Obviously it was related to the entire gestalt of Simon's polyphobia and compensatory counterphobia. The boys used to watch horror movies on late-night television […]2008, Jonathan Nasaw, Fear Itself

Questions about counterphobias

What is counterphobias the plural of?
Counterphobias is the plural of counterphobia.

Words near counterphobias in the dictionary

  1. counterphilosophies
  2. counterphilosophy
  3. counterphobe
  4. counterphobes
  5. counterphobia
  6. counterphobias
  7. counterphobic
  8. counterphrase
  9. counterphrases
  10. counterpicket
  11. counterpicketed

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