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List Of Phobias And Their Meaning by seno408(m): 5:46am On Jan 29, 2013 |
Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning Achluophobia – fear of darkness Acrophobia – fear of heights Agoraphobia, Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder – fear of places or events where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable. Fear of open spaces or of being in public places. Fear of leaving a safe place Agraphobia – fear of sexual abuse Agrizoophobia – fear of wild animals Agyrophobia –fear of crossing the road Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects (such as a needle or knife) Ailurophobia – fear of cats Algophobia - fear of pain Amychophobia - fear of being scratched. Androphobia – fear of men Anthophobia – fear of flowers Anthropophobia – fear of people or the company of people, a form of social phobia. 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 Astraphobia – fear of thunder and lightning Atychiphobia – fear of failure Autophobia – fear of being alone or isolated Automatonophobia – fear of anything that falsely represents a sentient being Aviophobia, Aviatophobia – fear of flying 1 Like |
Re: List Of Phobias And Their Meaning by seno408(m): 5:47am On Jan 29, 2013 |
B Blood-injection-injury type phobia – a DSM-IV subtype of specific phobias C Chaetophobia – fear of hair Chemophobia – fear of chemicals Chiroptophobia – fear of bats Chromophobia - fear of bright colors Chronophobia – fear of time and time moving forward Cibophobia, Sitophobia – aversion to food, synonymous to Anorexia nervosa Claustrophobia – fear of having no escape and being closed in Coulrophobia – fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns) Cyberphobia – fear of or aversion to computers / Learning new technologies D Decidophobia – fear of making decisions Dentophobia, Odontophobia – fear of dentists and dental procedures Dipsophobia – fear of drinking alcohol[3] Disposophobia – fear of getting rid of or losing things – sometimes wrongly defined as "compulsive hoarding" Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder – a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect E Emetophobia – fear of vomiting Ergasiophobia – fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning Erotophobia – fear of sexual love or sexual abuse Erythrophobia – pathological blushing F Friggatriskaidekaphobia, Paraskavedekatriaphobia, *Paraskevidekatriaphobia – fear of Friday the 13th Frigophobia – fear of becoming too cold |
Re: List Of Phobias And Their Meaning by seno408(m): 5:48am On Jan 29, 2013 |
G Gamophobia – fear of marriage, commitment Gelotophobia – fear of being laughed at Gephyrophobia – fear of bridges Genophobia, Coitophobia – fear of sexual intercourse Gerascophobia – fear of growing old or aging Gerontophobia – fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly Glossophobia – fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak Gymnophobia – fear of nudity Gynophobia – fear of women. H Hadephobia (also stigiophobia and stygiophobia) – fear of Hell[4] Halitophobia – fear of bad breath Haphephobia – fear of being touched Heliophobia – fear of sunlight Hemophobia, Haemophobia – fear of blood Hexakosioihexekontahexapho bia – fear of the number 666 Hoplophobia – fear of weapons, specifically firearms (Generally a political term but the clinical phobia is also documented) Homophobia – fear of homosexuals or of homosexual relationships; homophobic Hylophobia – fear of trees, forests or wood Hypnophobia or somniphobia – fear of sleep. I Ichthyophobia – fear of fish, including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish Ipovlopsychophobia – fear of having one’s photograph taken. L Lipophobia – fear/avoidance of fats in food M Mysophobia – fear of germs, contamination or dirt N Necrophobia – fear of death and/or the dead Neophobia, Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia – fear of newness, novelty Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact Nosocomephobia – fear of hospitals Nosophobia – fear of contracting a disease Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia – fear of darkness |
Re: List Of Phobias And Their Meaning by seno408(m): 5:49am On Jan 29, 2013 |
O Obesophobia – fear of obesity Oikophobia – fear of home surroundings and household appliances Ombrophobia – fear of rain Omphalophobia – fear of bellybuttons Ophthalmophobia – fear of being stared at Ornithophobia - fear of birds Osmophobia, Olfactophobia – fear of bad odours P Panphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause Papaphobia – fear of the Pope Pediophobia – fear of dolls (a branch of automatonophobia: fear of humanoid figures) Phagophobia – fear of swallowing Pharmacophobia – fear of medications Philophobia – fear of love Phobophobia – fear of having a phobia Phonophobia – fear of loud sounds Pteromerhanophobia – fear of being on an airplane Pupaphobia - fear of puppets Pyrophobia – fear of fire R Radiophobia – fear of radioactivity or X-rays S Sociophobia – fear of people or social situations Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at Skelephobia - fear of skeletons Somniphobia – fear of sleep Spasmenagaliaphobia (neologism; no official name) – fear of broken glass[5] Spectrophobia – fear of ghosts and phantoms Stygiophobia – fear of Hell T Taphophobia, Taphephobia – fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive Technophobia – fear of technology (see also Luddite) Telephone phobia – fear or reluctance of making or taking phone calls Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4 Thalassophobia – fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean Thanatophobia – fear of dying Thermophobia – fear of heat Tokophobia – fear of childbirth or pregnancy Traumatophobia – a synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury Trichophobia – a morbid disgust caused by the sight of loose hairs Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia – fear of the number 13 Trypanophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia – fear of needles or injections Trypophobia – fear of holes |
Re: List Of Phobias And Their Meaning by seno408(m): 5:50am On Jan 29, 2013 |
U Uranophobia, Ouranophobia – fear of Heaven W Workplace phobia – fear of the workplace X Xanthophobia – fear of the colour yellow Xenophobia – fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens Xylophobia, Hylophobia, Ylophobia – fear of trees, forests or wood Animal phobias Main articles: Animal phobia and Zoophobia Agrizoophobia – fear of wild animals Ailurophobia – fear/dislike of cats Apiphobia – fear/dislike of bees (also known as melissophobia, from the Greek melissa "bee" Arachnophobia – fear/dislike of spiders and other arachnids Bovinophobia – fear/dislike of cattle Chiroptophobia – fear/dislike of bats Cynophobia – fear/dislike of dogs Entomophobia – fear/dislike of insects Equinophobia – fear/dislike of horses (also known as Hippophobia) Herpetophobia – fear/dislike of reptiles and/or amphibians Ichthyophobia – fear/dislike of fish Mottephobia – fear/dislike of butterflies and/or moths Murophobia – fear/dislike of mice and/or rats Ophidiophobia – fear/dislike of snakes Ornithophobia – fear/dislike of birds Ranidaphobia – fear/dislike of frogs Selachophobia – fear of sharks Scoleciphobia – fear of worms Zoophobia – fear of animals |
Re: List Of Phobias And Their Meaning by seno408(m): 5:51am On Jan 29, 2013 |
Other prejudices include: Anglophobia – fear/dislike of England or English culture, etc. Atheophobia - fear/dislike of atheists Biphobia – fear/dislike of bisexuality or bisexuals. Christianophobia – fear/dislike of Christians Ephebiphobia – fear/dislike of youth. Germanophobia – fear/dislike of Germans. Gerontophobia, Gerascophobia – fear/dislike of aging or the elderly. Heterophobia – fear/dislike of heterosexuals. Homophobia – fear/dislike of homosexuality or homosexuals. Islamophobia – fear/dislike of Muslims Judeophobia – fear/dislike of Jews. Lesbophobia – fear/dislike of lesbians. Negrophobia – fear/dislike of Black people. Nipponophobia – fear/dislike of the Japanese. Pedophobia, Pediophobia – fear/dislike of children. Polonophobia – fear/dislike of the Polish. Psychophobia – fear/dislike of mental illness or the mentally ill. Russophobia – fear/dislike of the Russians. Sinophobia – fear/dislike of Chinese. Transphobia – fear/dislike of transgendered people. Turcophobia – fear/dislike of the Turks Xenophobia – fear/dislike of foreigners or extraterrestrials. |
Re: List Of Phobias And Their Meaning by seno408(m): 5:53am On Jan 29, 2013 |
Biology, chemistry Biologists use a number of - phobia/-phobic terms to describe predispositions by plants and animals against certain conditions. For antonyms, see here. Acidophobia/Acidophobic – preference for non-acidic conditions. Heliophobia/Heliophobic – aversion to sunlight. Hydrophobia/Hydrophobic – a property of being repelled by water. Lipophobicity – a property of fat rejection Oleophobicity – a property of oil rejection Ombrophobia – avoidance of rain[7] Photophobia (biology) a negative phototaxis or phototropism response, or a tendency to stay out of the light Superhydrophobe – the property given to materials that are extremely difficult to get wet. Thermophobia – aversion to heat. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phobias |
Re: List Of Phobias And Their Meaning by Zi: 7:20am On Jan 29, 2013 |
OP, pls can't this article be presented to us in a more readable format |
Re: List Of Phobias And Their Meaning by seno408(m): 9:02am On Feb 22, 2013 |
Zi: OP, pls can't this article be presented to us in a more readable formatokay o |
Re: List Of Phobias And Their Meaning by Nobody: 9:39am On Feb 22, 2013 |
V Vaccinophobia- Fear of vaccination. Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women. Verbophobia- Fear of words. Verminophobia- Fear of germs. Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing. Virginitiphobia- Fear of rape. Vitricophobia- Fear of step-father. X Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow. Xenoglossophobia- Fear of foreign languages. Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners. Xerophobia- Fear of dryness. Xylophobia- 1) Fear of wooden objects. 2) Forests. Xyrophobia-Fear of razors. 1 Like |
Re: List Of Phobias And Their Meaning by seno408(m): 11:27pm On Mar 07, 2013 |
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Re: List Of Phobias And Their Meaning by PrettyCindy(f): 11:39pm On Mar 08, 2013 |
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