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A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:26pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
Ablutophobia – Fear of bathing. Acarophobia – Fear insects which cause itching/ alternative fear of itching. (Entomophobia or Insectophobia) Acerophobia – Fear tastes which are sourness, bitter or sharp. Achluophobia – Fear of darkness. (See also Nyctophobia, Lygophobia and Scotophobia) Acousticophobia – Fear of noise/sounds – including own voice Acrophobia – Fear of heights. (See also Aerophobia, Altophobia, Batophobia, Hypsiphobia, Hyposophobia) Aeroacrophobia – Fear of open spaces and or high places. See also Altophobia. Aeronausiphobia – Fear of vomiting due to airsickness. See also Emtephobia. Aerophobia – Fear of flying. (See also Aviophobia, Aeruophobia, Aviatophobia or Pteromerhanophobia or Pteromechanophobia). In addition see below for different but related phobia with same spelling. Aerophobia – Fear of drafts or fresh air. (See also Anemophobia and Ancraophobia.) In addition see above for different but related phobia with same spelling.. Agliophobia – Fear of pain. Agraphobia – fear of sexual abuse (Also Contreltophobia) Agoraphobia – Fear of open spaces or crowds. Agraphobia – Fear of – sexual abuse/ rape/abuse relationship. Agrizoophobia – Fear of wild animals. Agyrophobia – fear of crossing roads. (See also Dromophobia) Aibohphobia – fear of palindromes. Aichmophobia – Fear of needles or pointed objects. (See also Balenephobia, Enetophobia or Trypanophobia) Ailurophobia – Fear of cats. (Also see Gatophobia & Felinophobia) Albuminurophobia – Fear of possible kidney malfunction and/or kidney complications. Alektorophobia – Fear of chickens or of being attacked by chickens. Algophobia – fear of pain. (Also Ponophobia, Odynophobia or Odynephobia) Alliumphobia – Fear of garlic. Allodoxaphobia – Fear of other people's opinions / confrontations / arguments. Altophobia – Fear of heights. See also Aeroacrophobia. Amathophobia – Fear of dust. Amaxophobia – Fear of being a car passenger or riding in a car. Ambulophobia – Fear of walking – (See also Basistasiphobia or Basophobia) Amnesiphobia – Fear of amnesia; fear of forgetting. Amychophobia – Fear of scratching or being scratched or clawed. Anablephobia – Fear of looking up or looking into the sky. Anatidaephobia – Fear of being watched by ducks. Ancraophobia – Fear of wind or drafts. See also Anemophobia. Androphobia – Fear of men. (Also Arrhenphobia or Hominophobia) Anemophobia – Fear of wind or drafts or air. See also Ancraophobia. Anginophobia – Fear of angina or choking. Anglophobia – Fear of England, English culture. Can also be prejudice against British people. Angrophobia – Fear of anger or of becoming angry. Ankylophobia – Fear of joint immobility. Anthophobia – Fear of flowers. Anthrophobia – Fear of people. Anthropophobia – Fear of people or society. Antlophobia – Fear of floods. Anuptaphobia – Fear of staying single. Apeirophobia– Fear of infinity. Aphenphosmphobia – Fear of being touched. (Also Haphephobia, Haptephobia, Chiraptophobia, Thixophobia) Apiphobia – Fear of bees (See also Melissophobia) Aquaphobia – Fear of water (Also Hydrophobia) Arachibutyrophobia. – Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth. Arachnophobia – Fear of spiders. Arithmophobia – Fear of numbers. Astraphobia – Fear of thunder and lightening. Ataxophobia – Fear of disorder or untidiness. Atelophobia – Fear of imperfection. Atychiphobia – Fear of failure. (See also Kakorrhaphiophobia) Autophobia – Fear of being alone. (See also Eremophobia or Monophobia) Angrophobia – Fear of anger or of becoming angry. Ankylophobia – Fear of immobility of a joint. Antlophobia – Fear of floods. Anuptaphobia – Fear of staying single. Apeirophobia – Fear of infinity. Aquaphobia. – Fear of water. (See also Hydrophobia) Arachibutyrophobia – Fear of peanut butter (specifically sticking to roof of mouth) Arithmophobia – Fear of numbers (See also Numerophobia) Arrhenphobia – Fear of men. (Also Androphobia or Hominophobia) Astraphobia – Fear of thunder, lightning and storms (Also Brontophobia or Keraunophobia) Astrophobia – Fear of interstella space. Asymmetriphobia – Fear of asymmetrical things, Ataxiophobia –Fear of disorder, untidiness, chaos; (See also Ataxophobia) Ataxiophobia – Fear of muscular in-coordination. Ataxophobia – Fear of disorder or untidiness. (See also 1st Ataxiophobia). Atelophobia – Fear of imperfection or defects. (See also Harmartophobia) Atephobia – Fear of ruin or ruins. Athazagoraphobia – Fear of forgetting, of being forgotten or ignored. Atomosophobia – Fear of atomic explosions. Atychiphobia – Fear of failure (refiusal to take risks).(See also Kakorrhaphiophobia). Aulophobia – Fear of flutes. Aurophobia – Fear of gold. Auroraphobia – Fear of Northern Lights. Autodysomophobia – Fear of having or emitting a vile odor. Automatonophobia – Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, representions of sentient beings. Automysophobia – Fear of being dirty, unclean, or smelling bad. Autophobia – Fear of loneliness, being alone or of solitude. Aviatophobia – Fear of flying. (See also Aeruophobia, Aerophobia, Aviatophobia or Pteromerhanophobia or Pteromechanophobia |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by emamos: 5:32pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
Snakephobia- the fear of snake.
Banophobia- the fear of ban by mynd44... na joke o |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:42pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
B Bacillophobia – fear of microbes. (Also Bacteriophobia, Microbiophobia Bacteriophobia – Fear of bacteria. Balenephobia – Fear of sharply pointed objects, especially needles. (See also Aichmophobia, Enetophobia or Trypanophobia) Ballistophobia – Fear of missles or bullets. Barophobia – Fear of gravity. Basistasiphobia – Fear of walking. (See also Ambulophobia or Basophobia) Basophobia – Fear of walking. (See also Ambulophobia or Basistasiphobia) Bathmophobia – Fear of stairs or steep slopes. Bathophobia – Fear of depth. Batonophobia – Fear of plants. Batophobia – Fear of heights, being near object of great height, such as skyscraper or mountain. Batrachophobia – Fear of amphibians. Belonephobia – Fear of pins and needles. Bibliophobia – Fear of books. Blennophobia – Fear of slime. (See also Myxophobia) Bogyphobia – Fear of bogies or the bogeyman Bolshephobia – Fear of bolsheviks. Botanophobia – Fear of plants Bromidrosiphobia – Fear one's own sweat or body odor is vile to others. Brontophobia – Fear of thunder, lightning and storms (Also Astraphobia or Keraunophobia) Bufonophobia – Fear of toads. |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:42pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
C Cacophobia – Fear of ugliness. Cainophobia – Fear of anything new or novel (See also Kainophobia) Caligynephobia – Fear of beautiful women. (See also Venustraphobia) Cancerophobia – Fear of cancer. Carcinophobia – Fear of cancer. Cardiophobia – Fear of of heart conditions, heart disease. Carnophobia – Fear of meat. Catagelophobia – Fear of being ridiculed. Catapedaphobia – Fear of jumping from high and low places. Cathisophobia – Fear of sitting. (See also Thaasophobia). Catoptrophobia – Fear of mirrors or one's own reflection. (See also Eisoptrophobia). Cats – Ailurophobia. Cenophobia – Fear of new things or ideas. Ceraunophobia – Fear of thunder and lightning. Chaetophobia – Fear of hair. (See also Trichopathophobia, Trichophobia, Hypertrichophobia) Cheimaphobia – Fear of cold.( See also Cheimatophobia, Cryophobia, Sychrophobia, Psychorophobia). Chemophobia – Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals. Cherophobia – Fear of gaiety. Chionophobia – Fear of snow. Chiraptophobia – Fear of being touched. (Also Aphenphosmphobia, Haphephobia, Haptephobia) Chiroptophobia – Fear of bats. Cholerophobia – Fear of anger or the fear of cholera. Chorophobia – Fear of dancing. Chrematophobia – Fear of money. (See also Chrometophobia) Chrometophobia – See above Chromophobia – Fear of colours / bright lights. Chronomentrophobia – Fear of clocks. Chronophobia – Fear of time or time passing. Cibophobia – Aversion to food, (Also Sitophobia) Claustrophobia – Fear of confined spaces. Cleisiophobia – Fear of being locked in an enclosed place. Cleithrophobia – Fear of being enclosed. Cleptophobia – Fear of stealing. (See also Kleptophobia). Climacophobia – Fear of stairs, climbing or of falling downstairs. Clinophobia – Fear of going to bed. Cnidophobia – Fear of stings. Coimetrophobia – Fear of cemeteries. Coitophobia – Fear of sexual intercourse (Also Genophobia) Cometophobia – Fear of comets. Contreltophobia – Fear of sexual abuse. Coprastasophobia – Fear of constipation. Coprophobia – Fear of faeces & faecal matter. (see also Scatophobia) Coulrophobia – Fear of clowns (of different types not just "evil" Counterphobia – The preference by a phobic for fearful situations. Cremnophobia – Fear of precipices. Cryophobia – Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost. Crystallophobia – Fear of glass or crystals. Cyberphobia – Fear of computers. Cyberphobia – Fear of computers or working on a computer. (See also Logizomechanophobia) Cyclophobia – Fear of bicycles. Cymophobia – Fear of waves or wave like motions. (Also Kymophobia) Cynophobia – Fear of dogs. Cyprianophobia – Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease. (Also Cypridophobia & Cypriphobia) |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:43pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
D Daemonophobia – Fear of demons. (See also Demonophobia) Decidophobia – fear of making decisions. Defecaloesiphobia - Fear of painful bowels movements. Deipnophobia – Fear of dining and dinner conversation. Dematophobia – Fear of skin lesions. Dementophobia – Fear of insanity. (See also Maniaphobia) Demonophobia – Fear of demons. (See also Daemonophobia) Demophobia – Fear of crowds. (See also Ochlophobia and Enochlophobia) Dendrophobia – Fear of trees. Dentophobia – Fear of dentists. (See also Odontophobia). Dermatophathophobia - Fear of skin disease. (Also Dermatophobia Dermatosiophobia) Dextrophobia – Fear of right side / things on the right side of the body. Diabetophobia - Fear of diabetes. Didaskaleinophobia – Fear of going to school. (See also Scolionophobia) Diderodromophobia - Fear of trains, railroads or train travel. Dikephobia - Fear of justice. Dinophobia - Fear of dizziness or whirlpools. Diplophobia - Fear of double vision. Dipsophobia - Fear drinking (alcohol). Dishabiliophobia - Fear of undressing in front of someone. Disposophobia – Fear of discarding possessions. (Compulsive hoarding) Domatophobia – Fear of houses. (See also Ecophobia, Eicophobia & Oikophobia) Doraphobia – Fear of fur or skins of animals. Doxophobia – Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise. Dromophobia – Fear of crossing streets. (see also Agyrophobia) Dutchphobia – Fear of the Dutch. Dysmorphophobia – Fear of deformity or unattractive body image Dystychiphobia – Fear of accidents. |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:44pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
E Ecclesiophobia – Fear of church. Ecophobia – Fear of the home. (See also Domatophobia, Eicophobia & Oikophobia Eicophobia - Fear of home surroundings. Eisoptrophobia – Fear of mirrors or seeing oneself in a mirror. (See also Catoptrophobia) Electrophobia - Fear of electricity. Eleutherophobia – .Fear of freedom. Elurophobia – Fear of cats. Emetophobia – Fear of vomiting. Enetophobia – Fear of pins. (See also Aichmophobia, Balenephobia or Trypanophobia) Enissophobia - Fear of criticism. Enochlophobia – Fear of crowds. (See also Ochlophobia and Demophobia) Entomophobia – Fear of insects.(See also Acarophobia & Insectophobia). Eosophobia – Fear of dawn. Ephebiphobia – Fear of teenagers.or adolescents. Epistaxiophobia - Fear of nosebleeds. Epistemophobia – Fear of knowledge. (See also Gnosiophobia) Equinophobia – Fear of horses. (See also Hippophobia) Eremophobia – Fear of being alone, loneilness. (See also Autophobia & Monophobia) Ereuthrophobia – Fear of blushing. Ergasiophobia or Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning. Ereuthophobia – Fear of the colour red. Erotophobia – fear of sexual love. Erythrophobia - Fear of redlights. Fear of blushing. Fear of red. Erytophobia- Fear of redlights or blushing. Euphobia - Fear of hearing good news. Eurotophobia - Fear of female Instruments. |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:45pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
F Febriphobia or Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia – Fear of fever. Falainaphobia – Fear whales. Febriphobia – Fear of fever. (Also Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia) Felinophobia – Fear of cats. (Also Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia) Feretrophobia – Fear of coffins. Fykiaphobia – Fear of seaweed. Foniasophobia – Fear of serial killers / murderers.. Fotografiki michaniophobia – Fear of cameras / having photograph taken. Francophobia – Fear of France, French culture. ( See also Gallophobia, Galiophobia) Friggatriskaidekaphobia – Fear of Friday the 13rh. (See also Paraskavedekatriaphobia). Frigophobia – Fear of cold, cold things. Fyllophobia – The fear of a leaf or of leaves. Francophobia – Fear of France or French culture |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:45pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
G Galeophobia – Fear of cats. (See also Aclurophobia, Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Gatophobia) Gallophobia – Fear of France or the French. (See also Francophobia & Galiophobia) Gamophobia – Fear of marriage Gatophobia – Fear of cats. (Also see Aclurophobia, Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Galeophobia). Geliophobia – Fear of laughter. Gelotophobia – fear of being laughed at. Geniophobia – Fear of chins. Genophobia – Fear sex (Also Coitophobia) Genuphobia – Fear of knees or kneecaps. Gephyrophobia – Fear of bridges / crossing bridges Gerascophobia – Fear of growing old / ageing. Gerontophobia – Fear of old people or ear of growing old). Germanophobia – Fear of Germany, German culture Geumaphobia – Fear of taste. (See also Geumophobia). Geumaphobia – Fear of taste. (See also Geumaphobia). Globophobia – Fear of balloons. Glossophobia – Fear of speaking in public. Gnosiophobia – Fear of knowledge. (See also Epistemophobia), Gynophobia – Fear of women. Geliophobia – Fear of laughter or being subject of laughter. Geniophobia – Fear of chins. Genophobia – Fear of sex. Genuphobia – Fear of knees or knee caps. Germanophobia – Fear of German or German things. (See also Teutophobia). Geumaphobia – Fear of taste. Gounaphobia – Fear of fur or fur items. (See also Doraphobia). Gnosiophobia - Fear of knowledge. (See also Epistemophobia) Graphophobia – Fear of writing. Gymnophobia – Fear of nudity. Gynophobia – Fear of women. |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:46pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
H Hadephobia - Fear of hell. (See also Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia) Hagiophobia – Fear of religious relics / holy things. Halitophobia – Fear of bad breath. Hamartophobia - Fear of sinning. Haphephobia – Fear of being touched (Also Aphenphosmphobia, Haptephobia or Chiraptophobia) Harmartophobia – Fear of errors (See also Atelophobia) Harpaxophobia - Fear of being robbed. Hedonophobia - Fear of feeling pleasure Heliophobia – Fear of the sun / sunlight. (Also Phengophobia) Hellenologophobia - Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology. Helmintophobia – Fear of being infested with worms Hemaphobia –Fear of the sight of blood Hemophobia – Fear of blood. Hereiophobia or Heresyphobia – Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation. Herpetophobia – Fear of reptiles. Heterophobia - Fear of the opposite sex. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666. Hierophobia – Fear of holy people, sacred objects. Hippophobia – Fear of horses. (See also Equinophobia) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – Fear of long words. (See also Macroxenoglossophobia) Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia – (As above) Hobophobia – Fear of tramps, down-and-outs or beggars. Hodophobia – Fear of road travel. Homichlophobia – Fear of fog. Homilophobia - Fear of sermons. Hominophobia - Fear of men. Homophobia – Fear of homosexuals or homosexual relationships. Hoplophobia – Fear of firearms or weapons. Hormephobia – Fear of shock. Homichlophobia – Fear of fog. (See also Nebulaphobia) Homilophobia – Fear of sermons. Hominophobia – Fear of men. (Also Arrhenphobia or Androphobia) Hydrargyophobia - Fear of mercuial medicines. Hydrophobia – Fear of water. (Also Aquaphobia (Also term for rabies) Hydrophobophobia - Fear of rabies. Hyelophobia - Fear of glass. Hygrophobia - Fear of liquids, moisture or dampness. Hylephobia - Fear of materialism or of epilepsy. Hylephobia - Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy. Hylophobia – Fear of trees, forests or wood. (See also Xylophobia and Ylophobia) Hypertrichophobia – Fear of excessive body hair. (See also Chaetophobia Trichopathophobia, Trichophobia) Hypnophobia – Fear of sleep or being hypnotised. (See also Somniphobia) Hypegiaphobia - Fear of responsibility. Hypengyophobia - Fear of responsibility. Hypsiphobia - Fear of height. (See also Acrophobia, Altophobia, Batophobia) |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:47pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
I Iatrophobia – Fear of doctors. Ichthyophobia – Fear of fish or eating fish or or ritual/cultural avoidance of fish. Ideophobia - Fear of ideas. Illyngophobia - Fear of vertigo. (Not necessarily fear of heights). Insectophobia – Fear of insects. (See also Acarophobia or Entomophobia) Ichthyophobia – Fear of fish. Ideophobia – Fear of ideas. Illyngophobia – Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down. Iophobia – Fear of poison. Ipovlopsychophobia – Fear/averesion to having one’s photograph taken. Islamophobia – Fear of Muslims / the Islamic religion Isolophobia - Fear of solitude, being alone. Isopterophobia - Fear of termites, insects that eat wood. Ithyphallophobia - Fear of seeing, thinking about, or having an erect penis. (See also Medorthophobia) |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:47pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
J Japanophobia – Fear of Japanese. Judeophobia – Fear of Jews |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:48pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
K Kainophobia – Fear of anything new or novel (See also Cainophobia) Kakorrhaphiophobia – Fear of failure. (See also Atychiphobia and Atelophobia) Katagelophobia – Fear of ridicule. (See also Catagelophobia) Kathisophobia – Fear of sitting down. Katsaridaphobia – Fear of cockroaches. Kenophobia – Fear of voids or empty spaces. Keraunophobia – Fear of thunder, lightning and storms (Also Astraphobia or Brontophobia) Kinesiophobia — Fear of movement or motion. (Also Kinetophobia) Kleptophobia - Fear of stealing or being stolen from. (See also Cleptophobia). Klismaphobia - Fear of Enemas. Koinoniphobia – Fear of rooms. Kolpophobia – Fear genitals, (particularly female). Kopophobia – Fear of fatigue. Koniophobia – Fear of dust. (Amathophobia) Kosmikophobia – Fear of cosmic phenomenon. Koumpounophobia – Fear of buttons. Kymophobia – Fear of waves. (See also Cymophobia) Kynophobia – Fear of rabies. Kyphophobia – Fear of stooping. |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:49pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
L Lachanophobia – Fear of vegetables. Laliophobia - Fear of speaking. (Also Lalophobia) Lepraphobia - Fear of leprosy. Leukophobia – Fear of the colour white. Levophobia – Fear of objects to the left side of the body. (See also Sinistrophobia) Ligyrophobia - Fear of loud noises. Lilapsophobia - Fear of tornadoes or hurricanes. Limnophobia - Fear of lakes. Linonophobia - Fear of string. Liticaphobia - Fear of lawsuits. Lipophobia – Fear of fatty food. Liticaphobia – Fear of lawsuits. Lockiophobia - Fear fo childbirth. Logizomechanophobia - Fear of computers. (See also Cyberphobia) Logophobia – Fear of words. (See also Verbophobia) Luiphobia – Fear of syphilis. (See also Syphilophobia) Lutraphobia – Fear of otters. Lygophobia – Fear of darkness, usually among children.. (See also Nyctophobia, Scotophobia and Achluophobia) Lyssophobia - Fear of rabies / becoming insane. (see also Hydrophobophobia, Hydrophobia |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:50pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
M Macroxenoglossophobia – Fear of long, strange words. (See also Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia) Mageirocophobia – Fear of cooking. Maniaphobia – Fear of insanity or going insane. (See also Dementophobia) Mastigophobia – Fear punishment or flogging. (See also Poinephobia) Medorthophobia – Fear of erect penis. (See also Ithyphallophobia) Megalophobia – Fear of large/oversized objects. Melanophobia – Fear of the colour black. Melissophobia – Fear of bees (See also Apiphobia) Melophobia – Fear of music. Metathesiophobia – Fear of making changes. (See also Tropophobia) Metrophobia – Fear of poetry. Microphobia – Fear of small things. Microbiophobia – fear of bacteria and microbes. (Also Bacillophobia, Bacteriophobia) Mysophobia – Also fear of bacteria and microbes. Misophobia or Mysophobia – Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs. Mnemophobia – Fear of memories. Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia – Fear of dirt or contamination. Monophobia – Fear of solitude or being alone. (See also Autophobia & Eremophobia) Monopathophobia – Fear of definite disease. Motorphobia – Fear of automobiles. Mottephobia – Fear of moths. Musophobia or Muriphobia – Fear of mice. Myxophobia – Fear of slime. (See also Blennophobia) |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:51pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
N Nebulaphobia – Fear of fog. (See also Homichlophobia) Necrophobia – Fear of death or dead things. Noctiphobia – Fear of the night. Nomatophobia – Fear of names. (See also Onomatophobia) Nomophobia – Fear of not having mobile phone or computer. Novercaphobia – Fear of your step–mother. Nucleomituphobia – Fear of nuclear weapons. Nudophobia – Fear of nudity. Numerophobia – Fear of numbers. (See also Arithmophobia) Nephophobia – Fear of clouds. Nosocomephobia – Fear of hospitals. Nyctohylophobia – Fear of forests, dark wooded area at night. ( See also Achluophobia and Scotophobia) |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:51pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
O Obesophobia – Fear of gaining weight. Ochlophobia – Fear of crowds. (See also Enochlophobia, Demophobia) Ochophobia – Fear of vehicles. Octophobia – Fear of the figure 8. Odontophobia – fear of dentists / dental procedures. (See also Dentophobia) Odynophobia – Fear of pain. (Also Algophobia, Odynephobia, Ponophobia) Oikophobia,– Aversion to home surroundings Ombrophobia – Fear of rain. Ommatophobia– Fear of eyes. (See also Ommatophobia) Ommetaphobia – Fear of eyes. (See also Ommetaphobia) Omniphobia – Fear of everything. (See also Panophobia or Pantophobia Omphalophobia – Fear of belly button (Maybe reminder used to be connected to one's mother) Oneirophobia – Fear of dreams. Oneirogmophobia – Fear of wet dreams. Onomatophobia – Fear of hearing a certain word or of names. (See also Nomatophobia) Ophidiophobia – Fear of snakes. Ophthalmophobia – Fear of being stared at. (See also Scopophobia) Optophobia – Fear of opening one's eys. Ophthalmophobia – Fear of being stared at. Ornithophobia – Fear of birds. Ostraconophobia – Fear of shellfish. Ouranophobia – Fear of heaven. (See also Uranophobia) Ovophobia – Fear of Eggs. |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:52pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
P Panophobia – Fear of anything or everything. Non-specific fear (Also Pantophobia(See also Omniphobia) Papaphobia – Fear of the Pope Papyrophobia – Fear of paper. Paraskavedekatriaphobia – Fear of Friday the 13th (See also Friggatriskaidekaphobia). Parthenophobia – Fear of girlsm especially virgins, Pathophobia – Fear of disease. Pedophobia – Fear of children. Pediophobia – Fear of dolls. Peladophobia – Fear of bald people. Pentheraphobia – Fear of mother-in-law. Phasmophobia – Fear of ghosts. Phengophobia – Fear sunshine or daylight. (Also Heliophobia) Philophobia – Fear of love. Phobophobia – Fear of fear or phobias. Phonophobia – Fear of one's own voice or of any sound. Photophobia – Fear of light Phronemophobia – Fear of thinking Podophobia – Fear of feet. Pogonophobia – Fear of beards. Poinephobia – Fear of punishment. (See also Mastigophobia) Ponophobia – Fear of pain .(Also Algophobia, Odynophobia or Odynephobia Patroiophobia – Fear of heredity. Parturiphobia – Fear of childbirth. Porphyrophobia – Fear of the colour purple. Proctophobia – Fear of rectum or rectal diseases (See also Rectophobia) Pteridophobia – Fear of ferns. Pteromerhanophobia – Fear of flying. (See also Aviatophobia, Aeruophobia, Aerophobia, Aviatophobia or or Pteromechanophobia.) Pteronophobia – fear of feathers or being tickled by feathers. Pyrophobia – Fear of fire. |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:54pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
Q Quadraphobia – Fear of the number four Quadriplegiphobia – Fear of quadriplegics or fear of becoming a quadriplegic. Quintaphobia – Fear of the number five. R Ranidaphobia – Fear of frogs. Rectophobia – Fear of rectum or rectal diseases. (See also Proctophobia) Rhabdaphobia – Fear of severe punishment or of being beaten by a rod, Rhypophobia – Fear of defecation. Rhytiphobia – Fear of getting wrinkles. Rupophobia – Fear of dirt. |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:54pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
S Scatophobia – Fear of excretion, horror of feces. (See also Coprophobia) Sciaphobia – Fear of shadows. (See also Sciophobia) Sciophobia – Fear of shadows. (See also Sciaphobia) Scoleciphobia – Fear worms or anything looking like a worm, Scolionophobia – Fear of school. Scopophobia – Fear of being stared at. (See also Ophthalmophobia) Scotophobia– Fear of darkness. (See also Achluophobia abd Nyctophobia) Sedatephobia – Fear of silence. Selenophobia – Fear of the moon. Siderodromophobia – Fear of trains, railways. Sinistrophobia – Fear of objects to the left side of the body. (See also Levophobia) Sitophobia – aversion to food, (Also Cibophobia) Scotomaphobia – Fear of blindness in visual field. Scotophobia – Fear of darkness. Scriptophobia – Fear of writing in public. Selachophobia – Fear of sharks. Selaphobia – Fear of light flashes. Selenophobia – Fear of the moon. Seplophobia – Fear of decaying matter. Sesquipedalophobia – Fear of long words. Sexophobia – Fear of the opposite sex. Sinophobia – Fear of China, Chinese culture. Sitophobia – Fear of food/eating (See also Cibophobia). Sociophobia – Fear of social evaluation. social gatherings. Somniphobia – Fear of sleep. (See also Hypnophobia) Sophophobia – Fear of learning Soteriophobia – Fear of dependence on others. Spacephobia – Fear of outer space. Spectrophobia – Fear of specters, ghosts or nightmarish images Spermatophobia – Fear of germs. Spheksophobia – Fear of wasps. Stasibasiphobia – Fear of standing or walking. Staurophobia–Fear of crosses or the crucifix. Stenophobia–Fear of narrow things or places. Stygiophobia – Fear of hell. (Also Stigiophobia) Suriphobia–Fear of mice. Swinophobia – Fear of pigs, Symbolophobia – Fear of symbolism. Symmetrophobia – Fear of symmetry. Syngenesophobia – Fear of relatives. Syphilophobia – Fear of syphilis. (See also Luiphobia) |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:55pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
T Tachophobia – Fear of speed. Tachydaktylourgosophobiaophobia – Fear of jugglers, or items used for juggling. Taeniophobia – Fear of tapeworms. Taphephobia – Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries. (Also Taphophobia) Tapinophobia–Fear of being contagious. Taurophobia–Fear of bulls. Technophobia – Fear of technology. Teleophobia – Fear of anything dealing with final causes or definite ends. Telephonophobia - Fear of making or taking telephone calls. (See also Phonophobia). Teratophobia - Fear of bearing a malformed child. Testophobia – Fear of taking tests. Tetanophobia – Fear of lockjaw, tetanus. Teutophobia – Fear of German or German things. (See also Germanophobia) Textophobia – Fear of certain fabrics. Thaasophobia – Fear of sitting. (See also Cathisophobia). Thalassophobia - Fear of the sea. Thanatophobia - Fear of death. Theatrophobia–Fear of theatres. Theologicophobia – Fear of theology. Theophobia–Fear of gods or religion. Thermophobia–Fear of heat. Thixophobia – Fear of being touched. (See also Aphephobia, Haphephobia – Haptephobia Tocophobia or Tokophobia – Fear of pregnancy or childbirth. Tomophobia – Fear of surgical operations. Tonitrophobia – Fear of thunder. Topophobia – Fear of particular place or locality. Toxicophobia – Fear of being poisoned. Transphobia – Fear of transexuals Traumatophobia – Fear of injury. Tremophobia – Fear of trembling. Trichinophobia – Fear of developing trichinosis. Trichopathophobia – Fear of hair (Also Chaetophobia, Trichophobia, or Hypertrichophobia.) Trichopathophobia – Fear of hair disease. (See also Chaetophobia, Trichophobia, Hypertrichophobia) Trichophobia – Fear of loose hairs on clothing. Triskadekaphobia – Fear of the number 13. Tropophobia – Fear of moving or making changes. (See also Metathesiophobia) Trypanophobia – Fear of injections. (See also Aichmophobia, Balenephobia or Enetophobia) Trypophobia – Fear of holes, especially irregular patterns. Tuberculophobia–Fear of tuberculosis. Turophobia – Fear of cheese (Especially by those who are lactose intolerant) Tyrannophobia – Fear of tyrants. Trypophobia – Fear of smal, clusteredl holes (also called repetitive pattern phobia) |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:57pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
U Uranophobia –Fear of heaven. (See also Ouranophobia) Urophobia–Fear of urine or urinating. V Vaccinophobia – Fear of vaccination. Venustraphobia – Fear of beautifu/attractivel women. (See also Caligynephobia) Verbophobia - Fear of words. (See also Logophobia) Verminophobia – Fear of germs. Vestiphobia – Fear of clothing. Virginitiphobia – Fear of rape. Vitricophobia – Fear of step–father. W Walloonphobia–Fear of the Walloons. Wiccaphobia – Fear of witches and witchcraft. |
Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Nobody: 5:58pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
X Xanthophobia–Fear of the colour yellow or the word yellow. Xenoglossophobia–Fear of foreign languages. Xenophobia – Fear of strangers or foreigners. Xyrophobia–Fear of razors. Xerophobia–Fear of dryness. Xylophobia – Fear of trees, forests or wood. (See also Hylophobia and Ylophobia) Y Ylophobia – Fear of trees, forests or wood. (See also Hylophobia and Xylophobia) Z Zelophobia – Fear of jealousy.. Zeusophobia – Fear of God or gods. Zoophobia – Fear of animals. |
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Re: A - Z list of Phobias by Coyotejack(m): 7:11pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
So far the most enlightening thread I have seen nice one op |
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