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nouncounterphobia (countable and uncountable, plural counterphobias)
plural counterphobias
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesA compulsion to seek out the causes of fear or anxiety instead of avoiding them.
Obviously it was related to the entire gestalt of Simon's polyphobia and compensatory counterphobia. The boys used to watch horror movies on late-night television […]
2008, Jonathan Nasaw, Fear Itself
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counterphobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterphobia
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