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arachnophobia

/əˌræknəˈfəʊbiə/noun

उच्चारण अरैक्नफ़ोबिअ

मकड़ियों से अत्यधिक डर

Advanced wordPYP · asked 2 times

Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

SSC Selection Post Phase 13 2025SSC Exams before 2018
noun
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    an extreme fear of spiders

    मकड़ियों से अत्यधिक डर

    • Her arachnophobia was so bad that she could not enter the store room.
    • Radhika helped her cousin overcome arachnophobia by teaching him that most spiders are harmless.
    • His arachnophobia made him jump whenever he saw a cobweb.
    + 2 more examples
    • Therapy helped her manage her arachnophobia over the course of six months.
    • People with arachnophobia may avoid sheds, attics and old libraries.
AaSpelling

a·rach·no·pho·bia

With ch pronounced /k/.

ch की ध्वनि /k/।

⌂Word origin and word building

Arachne was a woman in Greek myth turned into a spider.

Arachne यूनानी कथा की एक स्त्री थी जिसे मकड़ी बना दिया गया।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: fear of spiders is arachnophobia; of snakes ophidiophobia; of heights acrophobia; of water hydrophobia; of closed spaces claustrophobia; of crowds or open places agoraphobia; of darkness nyctophobia; of blood haemophobia; of strangers xenophobia.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: मकड़ियों का डर arachnophobia; साँपों का ophidiophobia; ऊँचाई का acrophobia; पानी का hydrophobia; बंद जगह का claustrophobia; भीड़ या खुली जगह का agoraphobia; अँधेरे का nyctophobia; खून का haemophobia; अजनबियों का xenophobia।