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Who names phobias?

Updated: 9/7/2023
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phobias are named accordingly to an object, place, animal, emotion,etc. causing fear response in an individual; latin words are used before the word phobia labeling each fear appropiately. Phobo, a latin root, means fear. another latin root is added on to make the word complete. for example, arachnophobiameans a fear of Spiders, because arachna means spider, and phobia means fear.

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There are several people who have named phobias. Research on Google or other search engines is best.

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google.com

or phobialist.com

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