Entomophobia

Entomophobia

Entomophobia (also known as insectophobia) is the abnormal fear of or aversion to insects and similar arthropods, and even other "bugs", such as worms. Commonly, this condition might be referred to as the "fear of insects or bugs". This condition causes a slight to severe emotional reaction, a form of anxiety or a panic attack. It is a particular case of specific phobias, all of which have basically the same causes (differing mostly in the source of phobia) and similar choices of treatments.

Among notable cases are apiphobia (fear of bees) and arachnophobia (fear of spiders).

ee also

*Zoophobia


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Entomophobia — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Entomophobia Clasificación científica …   Wikipedia Español

  • entomophobia — n. [Gr. entomon, insect; phobos, fear] Having an abnormal fear of insects …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • entomophobia — noun Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods …   Wiktionary

  • entomophobia — Morbid fear of insects. [G. entomon, insect, + phobos, fear] * * * en·to·mo·pho·bia .ent ə mō fō bē ə n fear of insects …   Medical dictionary

  • entomophobia — A fear of insects …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • entomophobia — noun a morbid fear of insects • Hypernyms: ↑zoophobia …   Useful english dictionary

  • Liste des genres d'Orchidaceae — Voici la liste complète des genres de la famille des Orchidaceae. Sommaire 1 Selon Kew Garden World Checklist (20 mai 2010)[1] 2 Selon Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (20 mai 2010)[2] 3 Selo …   Wikipédia en Français

  • -phobia — The English suffixes phobia, phobic, phobe ( of Greek origin: φόβος/φοβία ) occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g., agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe… …   Wikipedia

  • List of phobias — This article is about the suffix phobia. For the class of psychological disorders, see Phobia. Contents 1 Psychological conditions 1.1 Animal phobias …   Wikipedia

  • List of psychology topics — This page aims to list all topics related to psychology. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes in the sidebar. It is also to see the gaps in Wikipedia s coverage of the… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”