Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-5896827-20160731081509/@comment-25155763-20160805211844

VidiaPhoenix wrote: Oceanhalo12 wrote: VidiaPhoenix wrote: Acrophobia is the fear of heights. Homophobia is used as a term for fear of homosexuals. But, if we broke down it's roots, "homo" means "same" and "phobia" means "fear". So, it is "Fear of sameness." It actually has nothing to do with fear of homosexuality. This is just how the populace has come to use it. No, if you look up homophobia definition, it is the fear of homosexuals, not all phobia's names are exact. For instance, I always thought hydrophobia was the fear of water (broken down would be -water-dear), but apparently, it's the fear of rabies, but one of rabies alleged symptoms is being scared of water. I'm being technical. It should mean fear of sameness but people have used it so much as fear of homosexuals, it's just how it's developed and is now legally defined as such.

Hydrophobia is not the fear of rabies, it is the fear of water. I've looked it up on multiple sources. The only connection it has to rabies is that it is a side effect.

But, we are getting off topic. Thats what I was saying the same way homophobia should mean fear of sameness, not fear of homosexuals, hydrophobia should mean fear of water, but it is the former name for rabies

"Hydrophobia, the historic name for  rabies, especially a set of symptoms of the later stages of an infection, in which the person has difficulty swallowing, shows panic when presented with liquids to drink, and cannot quench their thirst'