Talk:Phobia

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re: non clinical / terms for prejudice

Hello, I've removed part of what I believe to be a non-neutral POV sentence in "Terms for prejudice", but I also think the rest of the sentence may need to be reworded, because the grammar is a little bit confusing. I would appreciate other editors' input on this because I'm quite new. Thank you :) Knittea (talk) 09:07, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello - I am also new, but have edited this section to include ", often pejoratively" as the non-clinical use of the suffix -phobic or -phobia is exactly that, in two of the three provided examples. (Edit) I think perhaps the word "usually," or at least the addition of the word "most" (i.e. "most often pejoratively") might have been a better approach. Hikikomoridesuyo (talk) 20:29, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

We already state "prejudice" against the object latter in a the sentences. This is our text. I do not think we need to state it twice.

"A number of terms with the suffix -phobia are used non-clinically. Such terms are primarily understood as negative attitudes towards certain categories of people or other things, used in an analogy with the medical usage of the term. Usually these kinds of "phobias" are described as fear, dislike, disapproval, prejudice, hatred, discrimination, or hostility towards the object of the "phobia"."

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:26, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

That is not correct. "Prejudice" is used to describe the person against whom the pejorative has been used, but not the person using it. When used non-clinically, the suffix "-phobia" is always pejorative. This is not a statement of the same thing twice, as there are two parties involved in communication - the speaker, and the recipient. The accuser, and the accused. The accused is assumed guilty of "prejudice," while the accuser eschews any description. The phrase "as pejoratives" has been added. Hikikomoridesuyo (talk) 02:31, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

"Prejudice" is a noun. "Prejudiced" is the adjective used to describe an action, belief etc which is based on prejudice. ("Prejudice" can also be a verb, as in, "we can't give the jury material that would prejudice them".) I don't think it's necessary to have the phrase "as perjoratives" here, and I think the word "prejudice" is used correctly in the passage Doc James quoted. I think the phrase "as perjoratives" is non-neutral POV and is best removed. If this issue is not resolved through discussion on the Talk page, what do we do? I don't want to start an edit war of just adding and removing the same two words over and over. Knittea (talk) 10:36, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Questions

Types of phobia Maheshbabu07 (talk) 06:14, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

'Modiphobia' Meaning

Modiphobia = Fear of Press Conferences Arunrajahkl (talk) 00:47, 9 November 2020 (UTC)