List of Phobias
Posted by Administrator on Tue, 26 Jan 2010
A strong unreasonable fear about something – Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary
According to the American Psychiatric Association, a phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation. In most cases, the phobia involves a sense of endangerment or a fear of harm. For example, those suffering from agoraphobia fear being trapped in an inescapable place or situation.
Here is a list of some of the phobias:
A
| Achluophobia | - Fear of darkness. |
| Acrophobia | - Fear of heights. |
| Agliophobia | - Fear of pain. |
| Agoraphobia | - Fear of open spaces or crowds. |
| Aichmophobia | - Fear of needles or pointed objects. |
| Amaxophobia | - Fear of riding in a car. |
| Androphobia | - Fear of men. |
| Anginophobia | - Fear of angina or choking. |
| Anthrophobia | - Fear of flowers. |
| Anthropophobia | - Fear of people or society. |
| Aphenphosmphobia | - Fear of being touched. |
| Arachnophobia | - Fear of spiders. |
| Arithmophobia | - Fear of numbers |
| Ataxophobia | - Fear of disorder or untidiness. |
| Atelophobia | - Fear of imperfection. |
| Atychiphobia | - Fear of failure. |
| Autophobia |
- Fear of being alone. |
| B | |
| Bacteriophobia | - Fear of bacteria |
| Barophobia | - Fear of gravity |
| Bathmophobia | - Fear of stairs or steep slopes |
| Batrachophobia | - Fear of amphibians |
| Belonephobia | - Fear of pins and needles |
| Bibliophobia | - Fear of books |
| Botanophobia | - Fear of plants |
| Brontophobia | - Fear of thunder and lightening |
| C | |
| Cacophobia | - Fear of ugliness |
| Catagelophobia | - Fear of being ridiculed |
| Catoptrophobia | - Fear of mirrors |
| Chionophobia | - Fear of snow |
| Chromophobia | - Fear of colors |
| Chronomentrophobia | - Fear of clocks |
| Claustrophobia | - Fear of confined spaces |
| Coulrophobia | - Fear of clowns |
| Cyberphobia | - Fear of computers |
| Cynophobia | - Fear of dogs |
| D | |
| Dendrophobia | - Fear of trees |
| Dentophobia | - Fear of dentists |
| Domatophobia | - Fear of houses |
| Dystychiphobia | - Fear of accidents |
| E | |
| Ecophobia | - Fear of the home |
| Elurophobia | - Fear of cats |
| Entomophobia | - Fear of insects |
| Ephebiphobia | - Fear of teenagers |
| Equinophobia | - Fear of horses |
| G | |
| Gamophobia | - Fear of marriage |
| Genuphobia | - Fear of knees |
| Glossophobia | - Fear of speaking in public |
| Gynophobia | - Fear of women |
| H | |
| Heliophobia | - Fear of the sun |
| Hemophobia | - Fear of blood |
| Herpetophobia | - Fear of reptiles |
| Hydrophobia | - Fear of water |
| I | |
| Iatrophobia | - Fear of doctors |
| Insectophobia | - Fear of insects |
| K | |
| Koinoniphobia | - Fear of rooms. |
| L | |
| Leukophobia | - Fear of the color white |
| Lilapsophobia | - Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes |
| Lockiophobia | - Fear of childbirth |
| M | |
| Mageirocophobia | - Fear of cooking |
| Melanophobia | - Fear of the color black |
| Microphobia | - Fear of small things |
| N | |
| Necrophobia | - Fear of death or dead things |
| Noctiphobia | - Fear of the night |
| Nosocomephobia | - Fear of hospitals |
| O | |
| Obesophobia | - Fear of gaining weight |
| Octophobia | - Fear of the figure 8 |
| Ombrophobia | - Fear of rain |
| Ophidiophobia | - Fear of snakes |
| Ornithophobia | - Fear of birds |
| P | |
| Papyrophobia | - Fear of paper |
| Pathophobia | - Fear of disease |
| Pedophobia | - Fear of children |
| Philophobia | - Fear of love |
| Phobophobia | - Fear of phobias |
| Podophobia | - Fear of feet |
| Porphyrophobia | - Fear of the color purple |
| Pteridophobia | - Fear of ferns |
| Pteromerhanophobia | - Fear of flying |
| Pyrophobia | - Fear of fire |
| S | |
| Scolionophobia | - Fear of school |
| Selenophobia | - Fear of the moon |
| Sociophobia | - Fear of social evaluation |
| Somniphobia | - Fear of sleep |
| T | |
| Tachophobia | - Fear of speed |
| Technophobia | - Fear of technology |
| Tonitrophobia | - Fear of thunder |
| Trypanophobia | - Fear of injections |
| V-Z | |
| Venustraphobia | - Fear of beautiful women |
| Verminophobia | - Fear of germs |
| Wiccaphobia | - Fear of witches and witchcraft |
| Xenophobia | - Fear of strangers or foreigners |
| Zoophobia | - Fear of animals |
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