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phobisms

phobisms is the plural of phobism.

Meaning of phobism

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

Questions about phobisms

What is phobisms the plural of?
Phobisms is the plural of phobism.

Words near phobisms in the dictionary

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

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