irrational fear
collocation in Englishmeaningsofirrationalandfear
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irrational
adjective
uk/ɪˈræʃ.ən.əl/us/ɪˈræʃ.ən.əl/
not using reason or ...
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fear
noun[C or U]
uk/fɪər/us/fɪr/
an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening or ...
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(Definition ofirrationalandfearfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We defined anirrationalfearas the presence of such a fear that was judged not to be associated with any objective behavioural impact on the respondent.
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R3.1), indicate that theirs is a somewhatirrationalfearof all processes which seem to entail some semblance of mental processing.
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They also suffer fromirrationalfearand outbreaks of terror about something called the golden scenario.
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It is not an idle orirrationalfear.
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What we have got to cure is the fear, sometimes theirrationalfear, in the minds of men that they are to become unemployed.
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He said that one phobia affecting many people was theirrationalfearof a dog or cat.
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This may be anirrationalfear, but we cannot legislate it out of existence.
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Sometimes it is because of a whollyirrationalfear.
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In my opinion, there are two main pitfalls to be avoided in today's extremely controversial field of nuclear power: blind faith andirrationalfear.
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As regards qualified majority voting, there is something of anirrationalfearin this country.
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We have anirrationalfearthat eating meat might cause such a condition.
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And we need more information, too, on radiation, because that, at the moment, is the ultimate fear of mankind, and quite anirrationalfear.
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Some people have expressed theirrationalfearthat the new clause's amendment to the local government tax regime would set a precedent for other industries seeking to widen the benefit.
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It is particularly important to set out that record, because it reduces the sometimesirrationalfear of crime on the part of people who use the underground system.
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Employers, and indeed the public in general, tend to have anirrationalfearof contracting the disease, even though the circumstances may present no risk at all.
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I think the basic diffculty is that we are dealing with an emotive,irrationalfear, and where emotion is involved reason does not work as a counter-argument.
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But that is anirrationalfear.
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Those who do nt may suffer from what is commonly known as coasterphobia, the extreme,irrationalfearof roller coasters.
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He has anirrationalfearof clowns, but is able to develop a certain degree of tolerance towards them.
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