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Definition of Phobic disorder
1. Noun. An anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations. "Phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"
Generic synonyms: Anxiety Disorder
Specialized synonyms: Agoraphobia, Simple Phobia, Social Phobia
Derivative terms: Phobic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phobic Disorder
Literary usage of Phobic disorder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Value of Psychiatric Treatment: Its Efficacy in Severe Mental Disorders edited by Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"Treatment Generalized anxiety disorder Panic disorder periods of intense fear
phobic disorder unrealistic fear of an object or situation, ..."
2. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"The commonest disorders were tobacco dependence (66%), alcohol dependence (45.7%),
cannabis dependence (29.4%), phobic disorder (21.8%), and antisocial ..."
3. Disability Evaluation Under Social Security edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... eg, confronting the dreaded object or situation in a phobic disorder, attempting
to go to school in a separation anxiety disorder, resisting the ..."
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