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phobism

phobism noun: a phobia.

Noun

phobism (countable and uncountable, plural phobisms)

  1. (dated) A phobia.
    • Those pathological experiences of adults that have been and still are diagnosed as hysteria are, in the child, primarily phobisms.1968, Pathogenesis of mental disease in childhood, page 39
    • When personal stress rises and when these problems attain some significance, every group exhibits some degree of phobism. The level of protection needed for the family, or for the group itself, creates, or recreates, tribalism.1998, MacKay L. Smith, The Jews of Montréal and Their Judaisms: A Voyage of Discovery

Forms of phobism

pluralphobisms

Questions about phobism

What does phobism mean?
Phobism means a phobia.
What part of speech is phobism?
Phobism is a noun.
What is the plural of phobism?
The plural of phobism is phobisms.

Words near phobism in the dictionary

  1. phobic
  2. phobic avoidant
  3. phobically
  4. phobics
  5. phobies
  6. phobism
  7. phobisms
  8. phobist
  9. phobists
  10. phobiæ
  11. Phobji

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