Phobias

     
     
Acarophobia — fear of skin infestation by mites or ticks
Achluophobia — fear of darkness or the night
Acousticophobia — fear of noise
Acrophobia — fear of heights
Aelurophobia — fear of cats
Aerophobia — fear of fresh air
Agoraphobia — fear of being in crowded, public places
Agyrophobia — fear of crossing streets
Aichmophobia — fear of pointed objects
Alektrophobia — fear of chickens
Algophobia — fear of pain
Amathophobia — fear of dust
Amaxophobia — fear of being or riding in vehicles
Amychophobia — fear of being scratched
Ancraophobia — fear of wind
Androphobia — fear of men
Anginophobia — fear of quinsy or other forms of sore throat
Anglophobia — fear of England or the English
Ankylophobia — dread of stiff or immobile joints
Anthophobia — fear of flowers
Anthropophobia — fear of people, especially in groups
Antlophobia — fear of floods
Apeirophobia — fear of infinity
Apiophobia — intense fear of bees
Arachibuyrophobia — fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
Arachnophobia — fear of spiders
Asthenophobia — fear of weakness
Astraphobia — fear of lightning
Astrophobia — fear of impending or anticipated occurrences
Ataxiophobia — fear of disorder
Atelophobia — fear of imperfection
Atephobia — fear of ruin
Aulophobia — fear of flutes
Aurophobia — dislike of gold
Auroraphobia — fear of Auroral lights
Automysophobia — fear or dislike of being dirty
Autophobia — fear of being by oneself
Bacillophobia — fear of missiles
Bacteriophobia — fear of bacteria
Barophobia — fear of gravity
Bathmophobia — dislike or fear of walking
Bathophobia — intense dislike of bathing; fear of depth
Batophobia — fear of passing high buildings
Batrachophobia — fear of frogs and toads
Belonephobia — fear of pins and needles
Bibliophobia — dislike for books
Blennophobia — fear or dislike of slime
Bogyphobia — dread of demons and goblins
Bromidrosiphobia — fear of having unpleasant body odour
Brontophobia — fear of thunder and thunderstorms
Cainophobia — fear or dislike of novelty
Cancerophobia — fear of cancer
Cardiophobia — fear of heart disease
Cathisophobia — fear or dislike of sitting down
Catoptrophobia — fear of mirrors
Celtophobia — intense dislike of Celts
Cenophobia — fear of a void or of open spaces
Chaetophobia — fear of hair
Cheimaphobia — fear or dislike of cold
Cherophobia — fear of gaiety
Chinophobia — fear or dislike of snow
Cholerophobia — fear of cholera
Chrematophobia — fear or dislike of wealth
Chrometophobia — fear or dislike of money
Chromophobia — fear of colours
Chronophobia — discomfort concerning time
Cibophobia — fear of food
Claustrophobia — fear of enclosed spaces
Cleptophobia — fear of thieves or loss through thievery
Clinophobia — fear or dislike of going to bed
Cnidophobia — insect stings
Coitophobia — fear of sexual intercourse
Cometophobia — fear of comets
Coprophobia — fear of excrement/faeces
Cremnophobia — fear of precipices
Cryophobia — fear of ice or frost
Crystallophobia — fear of glass, crystals
Cymophobia — fear of waves
Cynophobia — dread of dogs
Cypridophobia — fear of veneral disease
Deipnophobia — fear or dislike of dining and dinner conversation
Demonophobia — fear of spirits, demons
Demophobia — dislike of crowds
Dermatophobia — fear of skin disease
Dextrophobia — fear of objects on the right side of the body
Dikephobia — fear or dislike of justice
Dinophobia — fear of whirlpools
Diplopiaphobia — fear of double vision
Dipsophobia — fear of drinking
Domatophobia — fear of being in a house
Doraphobia — fear of contact with animal fur or skin
Dysmorphophobia — dread of deformity, usually in others
Ecclesiophobia — fear or dislike of church
Ecophobia — fear of or aversion to home surroundings
Eleutherophobia — fear of freedom
Electrophobia — fear of electricity or of being shocked
Emetophobia — fear of vomiting
Enetophobia — fear of needles or pins
Entomophobia — fear of insects
Eosophobia — fear of the dawn
Ereuthophobia — fear of the colour red
Ergasiophobia — fear or dislike of work
Ergophobia — hatred of work
Erotophobia — fear of sexual feelings and their physical expression
Euphobia — fear of good news
Febriphobia — fear of fever
Galeophobia — fear of sharks
Gametophobia — fear or dislike of marriage
Geniophobia — fear of chins
Genuphobia — fear of knees
Gephyrophobia — fear of crossing a bridge
Gerascophobia — fear of growing old
Geumophobia — fear of tastes or flavours
Glossophobia — fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
Graphophobia — dislike of writing
Gymnophobia — fear of nudity
Hadeophobia — fear of hell
Haemaphobia — fear of the sight of blood
Hagiophobia — dislike for saints and the holy
Hamartophobia — fear of error or sin
Hamaxophobia — fear of being or riding in vehicles
Haphophobia — fear of touch
Harpaxophobia — fear of robbers
Hedonophobia — fear of pleasure
Heliophobia — fear of sunlight
Helminthophobia — fear of being infested with worms
Herpetophobia — fear of reptiles
Hierophobia — fear or dislike of sacred objects, fear of priests
Hippophobia — fear or horses
Hodophobia — fear or dislike of travel
Homichlophobia — fear of fog
Homilophobia — hatred of sermons
Homophobia — fear of homosexuality
Hydrophobia — fear of water
Hydrophophobia — fear of rabies
Hygrophobia — fear of liquids in any form, especially wine and water
Hylephobia — dislike for wood or woods
Hypengyophobia — fear of responsibility
Hypnophobia — fear of sleep
Iatrophobia — fear of going to the doctor
Ichthyophobia — fear of fish
Iophobia — fear of poisons
Ignophobia — fear of not knowing
Isopterophobia — fear of termites
Kakorrhaphiophobia — fear of failure or defeat
Katagelophobia — fear or dislike of ridicule
Kinetophobia — fear or dislike of motion
Kopophobia — fear of fatigue
Kopophobia — fear of mental or physical examination
Laliophobia — fear of talking
Lepraphobia — fear of leprosy
Limnophobia — fear of lakes
Linonophobia — fear of string
Logophobia — fear or dislike of words
Lunaphobia — fear of the moon
Lyssophobia — fear of becoming insane
Mechanophobia — aversion to or fear of machinery
Merinthophobia — fear of being bound
Metallophobia — fear of metals
Meteorophobia — fear of meteors or meteorites
Microphobia — fear of micro-organisms
Misanthropy — a hatred of mankind
Misophobia — fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt
Misogynism — extreme dislike of females
Misosophy — hatred of wisdom
Molysomophobia — fear of infection
Monopathophobia — fear of sickness in a specific part of the body
Monophobia — fear of one thing
Musicophobia — dislike of music
Musophobia — fear of mice
Mythophobia — fear of making false statements
Necrophobia — fear of death and corpses
Neophobia — fear of new things
Negrophobia — fear of African Americans
Nephophobia — fear of clouds
Noctiphobia — fear of the night
Nosophobia — fear of contracting a disease
Nudophobia — fear of nudity
Ochlophobia — fear of crowds
Ochophobia — fear of vehicles
Odontophobia — fear of teeth, expecially those of animals
Oenophobia — dislike of or hatred for wine
Ombrophobia — fear of rain
Ommetaphobia — fear of eyes
Onomatophobia — fear of a certain name
Ornithophobia — fear of birds
Papaphobia — fear or dislike of the pope or the papacy
Paralipophobia — fear of neglect of some duty
Paraphobia — fear of sexual perversion
Parasitophobia — fear of parasites
Parthenophobia — aversion to young girls
Pathophobia — fear of disease
Peccatiphobia — fear of sinning
Pediculophobia — fear of lice
Pediophobia — fear or dislike of children
Peladophobia — dread of baldness
Peniaphobia — fear of poverty
Phanmophobia — fear of spectres or phantoms
Pharmacophobia — fear of drugs
Phasmophobia — fear of ghosts
Phenophobia — fear of noise
Phenogophobia — fear of daylight
Phobophobia — fear of phobias
Philosophobia — fear or dislike of philosophy or philosophers
Phonophobia — fear or dislike of noise
Photalgiophobia — fear of photalgin, pain in the eyes caused by light
Photophobia — fear of light
Phonemophobia — fear of thinking
Pneumatophobia — fear of incorporeal beings, spirits
Pnigophobia — fear of choking or smothering
Pogonophobia — fear or dislike of beards
Poinephobia — fear of punishment
Politicophobia — dislike or fear of politicians
Polyphobia — fear of many things
Potamophobia — fear or rivers
Posteriophobia — fear of falling behind
Potophobia — fear of drinks
Psychophobia — fear of the mind
Pteronophobia — fear of feathers
Pyrexiophobia — fear of fever
Pyrophobia — fear of fire
Rectophobia — fear of rectum
Rhabdophobia — fear of being eaten
Sciophobia — fear of shadows
Scopophobia — fear of being looked at or stared at
Selaphobia — fear or dislike of flashes of light
Siderophobia — fear of the stars
Siderodromophobia — fear of trains
Sinophobia — fear of China
Sitophobia — fear of food
Spermatophobia — fear of germs
Stasibphobia — fear or standing or walking
Stygiophobia — fear of hell
Symmetrophobia — fear or dislike of symmetry
Tabophobia — fear of a wasting sickness
Tachophobia — fear of speed
Taphephobia — fear of being buried alive
Tapinophobia — fear of small things
Taurophobia — fear of bulls
Technophobia — fear of arts and crafts
Telephonophobia — fear of the telephone
Teratophobia — fear of monster or of giving birth to a monster
Thaasophobia — fear or dislike of being idle
Thalassophobia — fear of the sea
Theatrophobia — fear of theatres
Theophobia — fear of God
Thanatophobia — fear of death
Thermophobia — fear or dislike of heat
Thixophobia — fear of touch
Tocophobia — fear of childbirth
Tomophobia — fear of surgical operations
Topophobia — fear of certain places
Toxicophobia — fear of being poisoned
Traumatophobia — fear of war or physical injury
Tremophobia — fear of trembling
Triskaidekaphobia — fear of the number 13
Tyrannophobia — fear or hatred of tyrants
Urophobia — fear of urine
Vaccinophobia — fear of vaccines and vaccination
Venereophobia — fear of venereal disease
Xenophobia — fear or hatred of foreigners and strange things
Xerophobia — fear of dryness and dry places, like deserts
Zelophobia — fear of jealousy
Zoophobia — fear of animals
 
 

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