phobic disorder
noun
Simple meaning
An anxiety disorder having extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
fohbihkdihsawrderSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfoʊbɪkdɪˈsɔɹdɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
An anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: An anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations
Used this way, phobic disorder is a specialist word with a clearly unfavourable pull. It carries more force than its gentler alternatives. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Negative
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Strong
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Serious and weighty
- Usage feel
- Clinical and detached
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
Share your sentence
Use This Word
See how this word sounds in a real sentence.
Ask Vocabaura
Understand the word your way.
What Does It Mean Here?
Words can change meaning depending on context.
Use it yourself
Knowing “phobic disorder” starts when you use it. Pick a next step, all free.
Dictionary data from Wiktionary via the Free Dictionary API. Simple meanings, combinations and word intelligence are built from verified reference data, no AI is used to load this page.