unreasoned fear
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phobia — I noun abhorrence, abject fear, alarm, antipathy, anxiety, apprehension, aversion, awe, detestation, dislike, distaste, disturbance, dread, fear, fright, horror, loathing, obsession, panic, repugnance, terror, trepidation, unreasoned alarm,… … Law dictionary
phobia — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fear, dread, aversion, revulsion, repulsion, dislike, antipathy; acrophobia, claustrophobia, etc. See insanity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Neurosis] Syn. fear, dread, unreasoned fear, Angst (German); see… … English dictionary for students
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panic — panic1 [pan′ik] n. [ME panyk < L panicum, kind of millet < panus, ear of millet, a swelling < IE base * pank , to swell > Pol pąk, a bud] any of several grasses (genus Panicum), as millet, used as fodder: also panic grass panic2… … English World dictionary
instinctive — 1 Instinctive, intuitive both mean not involving, based on, or determined by the ordinary processes of reasoning, but as applied to human mentation they are not normally interchangeable because of consistent differences in connotation.… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
predilection — noun Etymology: French prédilection, from Medieval Latin praediligere to love more, prefer, from Latin prae + diligere to love more at diligent Date: 1742 an established preference for something Synonyms: predilection, prepossession, prejudice,… … New Collegiate Dictionary
ABRAHAM — (originally Abram; Heb. אַבְרָהָם, אַבְרָם), first patriarch of the people of Israel. The form Abram occurs in the Bible only in Genesis 11:26–17:5, Nehemiah 9:7, and I Chronicles 1:26. Otherwise, Abraham appears invariably, and the name is borne … Encyclopedia of Judaism
