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Due to high electronegativity of $sp ^2$-hybridized carbon, electron density on oxygen in phenol (I) decreases. This increases the polarity of $O - H$ bond and results in more ionization of phenol than that of cyclohexyl alcohol (II). Therefore, phenol is more acidic than cyclohexyl alcohol.
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