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List Of Phobias by divinemichael(m): 4:39pm On Aug 06, 2020
A

Achluophobia – fear of darkness

Acousticophobia – fear of noise – a branch of phonophobia

Acrophobia – fear of heights

Aerophobia – fear of aircraft or flying

Agoraphobia – fear of open places

Agyrophobia – fear of crossing streets

Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects such as a needle or knife

Ailurophobia – fear of cats

Algophobia – fear of pain

Ancraophobia – fear of wind or drafts

Androphobia – fear of adult men[4]

Aphenphosmphobia - fear of being touched

Aquaphobia – fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies

Arachnophobia – fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions

Astraphobia – fear of thunder and lightning

Atelophobia – fear of imperfection

Autophobia – fear of isolation[5]

B

Bacteriophobia – fear of bacteria

Basophobia, basiphobia – fear associated with astasia-abasia (fear of walking/standing erect) and a fear of falling

Batrachophobia – fear of amphibians

Belonephobia – fear of needles

Bibliophobia – fear of books

Blood-injection-injury type phobia – a DSM-IV subtype of specific phobias

C

Cacophobia, aschimophobia – fear of ugliness

Carcinophobia – fear of cancer

Catoptrophobia – fear of mirrors

Chemophobia – fear of chemicals

Cherophobia – fear of happiness

Chiroptophobia – fear of bats

Chromophobia, chromatophobia – fear of colors

Chronophobia – fear of time and time moving forward

Chronomentrophobia – fear of clocks

Cibophobia, sitophobia – aversion to food, synonymous with anorexia nervosa

Claustrophobia – fear of having no escape and being closed in

Coimetrophobia – fear of cemeteries

Coprophobia – fear of feces or defecation[4]

Coulrophobia – fear of clowns

Cyberphobia – fear of computers

Cynophobia – fear of dogs

D

Demonophobia, daemonophobia – fear of demons

Dendrophobia – fear of trees

Dental fear, odontophobia – fear of dentists and dental procedures

Dentophobia – fear of dentists

Domatophobia – fear of houses

Dysmorphophobia, body dysmorphic disorder – a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect

E

Ecophobia – fear of the home

Eisoptrophobia – fear of mirrors or seeing one's reflection in a mirror[6][7]

Emetophobia – fear of vomiting

Enochlophobia – fear of crowds

Entomophobia - fear of insects

Ephebiphobia – fear of youth; inaccurate, exaggerated and sensational characterization of young people

Equinophobia – fear of horses

Ergophobia, ergasiophobia – fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating

Erotophobia – fear of sexual love or sexual abuse

Erythrophobia, erytophobia, ereuthophobia – fear of the color red, or fear of blushing

Eurotophobia – aversion to female genitals

F

Frigophobia – fear of becoming too cold

G

Gamophobia – fear of marriage

Gelotophobia – fear of being laughed at

Gephyrophobia – fear of bridges

Genophobia, coitophobia – fear of sexual intercourse

Genuphobia – fear of knees or the act of kneeling

Gerascophobia – fear of growing old or aging

Gerontophobia – fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly

Globophobia – fear of balloons

Glossophobia – fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak

Gymnophobia – fear of nudity[8]

Gynophobia – fear of adult women

H

Halitophobia – fear of bad breath

Haphephobia – fear of being touched

Hedonophobia – fear of obtaining pleasure

Heliophobia – fear of the sun or sunlight

Hemophobia, haemophobia – fear of blood

Herpetophobia – fear of reptiles

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666

Hodophobia – fear of travel

Hydrophobia – fear of water, see aquaphobia

Hypnophobia, somniphobia – fear of sleep or nightmares[9]

Hypochondria – fear of illness

I

Ichthyophobia – fear of fish, including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish

Insectophobia – fear of insects

K

Koumpounophobia – fear of buttons[10]

L

Lilapsophobia – fear of tornadoes or hurricanes

M

Mageirocophobia – fear of cooking

Melanophobia – fear of the color black

Melissophobia, apiphobia – fear of bees

Monophobia – fear of being alone or isolated or of one's self

Musophobia, murophobia, suriphobia – fear of mice or rats

Myrmecophobia – fear of ants

Mysophobia, germophobia – fear of germs, contamination or dirt

N

Necrophobia – fear of death or the dead

Neophobia, cainophobia, cainotophobia, centophobia, kainolophobia, kainophobia, metathesiophobia, prosophobia – fear of newness, novelty, change or progress

Noctiphobia – fear of the night

Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact

Nosocomephobia – fear of hospitals

Nosophobia – fear of contracting a disease

Nostophobia, ecophobia – fear of returning home

Numerophobia – fear of numbers

Nyctophobia, achluophobia, lygophobia, scotophobia – fear of darkness

O

Obesophobia – fear of gaining weight

Oikophobia – fear of home surroundings and household appliances

Odontophobia – dental fear

Oneirophobia – fear of dreams

Ophidiophobia – fear of snakes

Ophthalmophobia – fear of being stared at

Ornithophobia – fear of birds

Osmophobia, olfactophobia – fear of odors

P

Panphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause

Pedophobia, paedophobia, pediaphobia – fear of babies and children

Phagophobia – fear of swallowing

Phallophobia – fear of erections

Pharmacophobia – fear of medications

Phasmophobia – fear of ghosts or phantoms

Philophobia – fear of love

Phobophobia – fear of fear itself or of having a phobia

Phonophobia – fear of loud sounds or voices

Pogonophobia – fear of beards

Pornophobia – dislike or fear of pornography; may be used in reference to the opposition to visual nudity

Porphyrophobia – fear of the color purple

Pteromerhanophobia – fear of flying

Pyrophobia – fear of fire

R

Radiophobia – fear of radioactivity or X-rays

Roller coaster phobia – fear of roller coasters

S

Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at

Sexophobia – fear of sexual organs or sexual activities

Siderodromophobia – fear of trains or railroads

Sociophobia – fear of people or social situations

Somniphobia – fear of sleep

Spectrophobia – fear of mirrors

Stasiphobia – fear of standing or walking

Submechanophobia – fear of partially or fully submerged man-made objects[11][12]

T
Tachophobia -- fear of speed

Taphophobia, taphephobia – fear of graves, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive

Technophobia – fear of advanced technology (see also Luddite)

Telephone phobia – fear or reluctance of making or taking telephone calls

Teratophobia – fear of disfigured people

Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4

Thalassophobia – fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean

Thanatophobia – fear of dying

Thermophobia – intolerance to high temperatures

Tokophobia – fear of childbirth or pregnancy

Tomophobia – fear of invasive medical procedure[13]

Tonitrophobia - fear of thunder

Toxiphobia – fear of being poisoned

Traumatophobia – a synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury

Trichophobia – delusional fear of something in the roots of the hair that stops it from growing,[14] or fear of hair loss

Triskaidekaphobia, terdekaphobia – fear of the number 13

Trypanophobia, belonephobia, enetophobia – fear of needles or injections

Trypophobia – fear of holes or textures with a pattern of holes[15]

V

Vehophobia – fear of driving

Verminophobia – fear of germs

W

Workplace phobia – fear of the workplace

X

Xanthophobia – fear of the color yellow

Xenophobia – fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens
Re: List Of Phobias by Hahjascho(m): 8:25pm On Aug 06, 2020
divinemichael:
A

Achluophobia – fear of darkness

Acousticophobia – fear of noise – a branch of phonophobia

Acrophobia – fear of heights

Aerophobia – fear of aircraft or flying

Agoraphobia – fear of open places

Agyrophobia – fear of crossing streets

Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects such as a needle or knife

Ailurophobia – fear of cats

Algophobia – fear of pain

Ancraophobia – fear of wind or drafts

Androphobia – fear of adult men[4]

Aphenphosmphobia - fear of being touched

Aquaphobia – fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies

Arachnophobia – fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions

Astraphobia – fear of thunder and lightning

Atelophobia – fear of imperfection

Autophobia – fear of isolation[5]

B

Bacteriophobia – fear of bacteria

Basophobia, basiphobia – fear associated with astasia-abasia (fear of walking/standing erect) and a fear of falling

Batrachophobia – fear of amphibians

Belonephobia – fear of needles

Bibliophobia – fear of books

Blood-injection-injury type phobia – a DSM-IV subtype of specific phobias

C

Cacophobia, aschimophobia – fear of ugliness

Carcinophobia – fear of cancer

Catoptrophobia – fear of mirrors

Chemophobia – fear of chemicals

Cherophobia – fear of happiness

Chiroptophobia – fear of bats

Chromophobia, chromatophobia – fear of colors

Chronophobia – fear of time and time moving forward

Chronomentrophobia – fear of clocks

Cibophobia, sitophobia – aversion to food, synonymous with anorexia nervosa

Claustrophobia – fear of having no escape and being closed in

Coimetrophobia – fear of cemeteries

Coprophobia – fear of feces or defecation[4]

Coulrophobia – fear of clowns

Cyberphobia – fear of computers

Cynophobia – fear of dogs

D

Demonophobia, daemonophobia – fear of demons

Dendrophobia – fear of trees

Dental fear, odontophobia – fear of dentists and dental procedures

Dentophobia – fear of dentists

Domatophobia – fear of houses

Dysmorphophobia, body dysmorphic disorder – a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect

E

Ecophobia – fear of the home

Eisoptrophobia – fear of mirrors or seeing one's reflection in a mirror[6][7]

Emetophobia – fear of vomiting

Enochlophobia – fear of crowds

Entomophobia - fear of insects

Ephebiphobia – fear of youth; inaccurate, exaggerated and sensational characterization of young people

Equinophobia – fear of horses

Ergophobia, ergasiophobia – fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating

Erotophobia – fear of sexual love or sexual abuse

Erythrophobia, erytophobia, ereuthophobia – fear of the color red, or fear of blushing

Eurotophobia – aversion to female genitals

F

Frigophobia – fear of becoming too cold

G

Gamophobia – fear of marriage

Gelotophobia – fear of being laughed at

Gephyrophobia – fear of bridges

Genophobia, coitophobia – fear of sexual intercourse

Genuphobia – fear of knees or the act of kneeling

Gerascophobia – fear of growing old or aging

Gerontophobia – fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly

Globophobia – fear of balloons

Glossophobia – fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak

Gymnophobia – fear of nudity[8]

Gynophobia – fear of adult women

H

Halitophobia – fear of bad breath

Haphephobia – fear of being touched

Hedonophobia – fear of obtaining pleasure

Heliophobia – fear of the sun or sunlight

Hemophobia, haemophobia – fear of blood

Herpetophobia – fear of reptiles

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666

Hodophobia – fear of travel

Hydrophobia – fear of water, see aquaphobia

Hypnophobia, somniphobia – fear of sleep or nightmares[9]

Hypochondria – fear of illness

I

Ichthyophobia – fear of fish, including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish

Insectophobia – fear of insects

K

Koumpounophobia – fear of buttons[10]

L

Lilapsophobia – fear of tornadoes or hurricanes

M

Mageirocophobia – fear of cooking

Melanophobia – fear of the color black

Melissophobia, apiphobia – fear of bees

Monophobia – fear of being alone or isolated or of one's self

Musophobia, murophobia, suriphobia – fear of mice or rats

Myrmecophobia – fear of ants

Mysophobia, germophobia – fear of germs, contamination or dirt

N

Necrophobia – fear of death or the dead

Neophobia, cainophobia, cainotophobia, centophobia, kainolophobia, kainophobia, metathesiophobia, prosophobia – fear of newness, novelty, change or progress

Noctiphobia – fear of the night

Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact

Nosocomephobia – fear of hospitals

Nosophobia – fear of contracting a disease

Nostophobia, ecophobia – fear of returning home

Numerophobia – fear of numbers

Nyctophobia, achluophobia, lygophobia, scotophobia – fear of darkness

O

Obesophobia – fear of gaining weight

Oikophobia – fear of home surroundings and household appliances

Odontophobia – dental fear

Oneirophobia – fear of dreams

Ophidiophobia – fear of snakes

Ophthalmophobia – fear of being stared at

Ornithophobia – fear of birds

Osmophobia, olfactophobia – fear of odors

P

Panphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause

Pedophobia, paedophobia, pediaphobia – fear of babies and children

Phagophobia – fear of swallowing

Phallophobia – fear of erections

Pharmacophobia – fear of medications

Phasmophobia – fear of ghosts or phantoms

Philophobia – fear of love

Phobophobia – fear of fear itself or of having a phobia

Phonophobia – fear of loud sounds or voices

Pogonophobia – fear of beards

Pornophobia – dislike or fear of pornography; may be used in reference to the opposition to visual nudity

Porphyrophobia – fear of the color purple

Pteromerhanophobia – fear of flying

Pyrophobia – fear of fire

R

Radiophobia – fear of radioactivity or X-rays

Roller coaster phobia – fear of roller coasters

S

Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at

Sexophobia – fear of sexual organs or sexual activities

Siderodromophobia – fear of trains or railroads

Sociophobia – fear of people or social situations

Somniphobia – fear of sleep

Spectrophobia – fear of mirrors

Stasiphobia – fear of standing or walking

Submechanophobia – fear of partially or fully submerged man-made objects[11][12]

T
Tachophobia -- fear of speed

Taphophobia, taphephobia – fear of graves, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive

Technophobia – fear of advanced technology (see also Luddite)

Telephone phobia – fear or reluctance of making or taking telephone calls

Teratophobia – fear of disfigured people

Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4

Thalassophobia – fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean

Thanatophobia – fear of dying

Thermophobia – intolerance to high temperatures

Tokophobia – fear of childbirth or pregnancy

Tomophobia – fear of invasive medical procedure[13]

Tonitrophobia - fear of thunder

Toxiphobia – fear of being poisoned

Traumatophobia – a synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury

Trichophobia – delusional fear of something in the roots of the hair that stops it from growing,[14] or fear of hair loss

Triskaidekaphobia, terdekaphobia – fear of the number 13

Trypanophobia, belonephobia, enetophobia – fear of needles or injections

Trypophobia – fear of holes or textures with a pattern of holes[15]

V

Vehophobia – fear of driving

Verminophobia – fear of germs

W

Workplace phobia – fear of the workplace

X

Xanthophobia – fear of the color yellow

Xenophobia – fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens
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