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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 |
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