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| arachnophobia |
an irrational fear of spiders. |
| Dionysian |
(often l.c.) of an irrational, orgiastic, or frenzied nature. (Cf. Apollonian.) [1/2 definitions] |
| disease |
any condition, as of society, that is considered deranged, irrational, or abnormal. [1/2 definitions] |
| fantastic |
irrational or based on imagination. [1/5 definitions] |
| gynephobia |
irrational fear of women. |
| hysteria |
in an individual or group, an uncontrollable outburst of fear or other emotions, producing fits of weeping, laughter, irrational behavior, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| hysteric |
irrational because of uncontrollable fear or other emotion; suffering from hysteria. [1/4 definitions] |
| hysterical |
having or tending to have hysterics; uncontrollably emotional or irrational. [1/3 definitions] |
| incoherent |
unable to reason properly; irrational; rambling. [1/2 definitions] |
| infatuate |
to cause a foolish and irrational passion or attachment in (someone). [1/2 definitions] |
| infatuated |
having a strong and somewhat irrational attraction to or passion for someone or something. |
| mad |
not of sound mind; temporarily deranged; insane, irrational, or maddened. [1/6 definitions] |
| panic |
a sudden, usu. irrational terror that often provokes wild behavior and spreads to many other individuals. [1/6 definitions] |
| phobia |
a strong, persistent, irrational fear of, or aversion to, something. |
| prejudice |
irrational hostility or negativity toward a person or group, esp. on the basis of race, religion, or ethnicity. [1/6 definitions] |
| prejudiced |
bearing irrational hostility or negativity toward a group of people or a member of a group, esp. on the basis of race, religion, or ethnicity. [1/2 definitions] |
| rabies |
an infectious viral disease of mammals usu. transmitted by the bite of an infected animal, causing inflammation of the central nervous system that results in violent and irrational behavior followed by death if not treated. |
| raving |
incoherent, irrational speech; babble. [1/3 definitions] |
| screwball |
(slang) a person considered eccentric or irrational. [2/3 definitions] |
| triskaidekaphobia |
irrational fear of the number thirteen. |
| unreasoning |
not using, produced by, or controlled by reason; irrational. |
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