Specific Phobia (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Psychiatry.
  1. an intense, persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, situation, or person that leads to avoidance behavior so pronounced as to disrupt daily life: the term specific phobia, as opposed to the nontechnical word phobia, is the official diagnostic name for this mental disorder.
Specific Phobia (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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