-PHOBIA


Meaning of -PHOBIA in English

-phobia /fəʊbiə $ foʊ-/ BrE AmE suffix [in nouns]

[ Language: Late Latin ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ phobia ]

1 . technical a strong unreasonable dislike or fear of something, which may be part of a mental illness:

claustrophobia (=fear of being in a small enclosed space)

aquaphobia (=fear of water)

2 . a dislike or hatred of something:

Anglophobia (=a dislike of English or British things)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.