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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:
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| 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. |
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| B |
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| 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 |
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| C |
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| 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 |
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| D |
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| Dendrophobia |
- Fear of trees |
| Dentophobia |
- Fear of dentists |
| Domatophobia |
- Fear of houses |
| Dystychiphobia |
- Fear of accidents |
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| E |
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| Ecophobia |
- Fear of the home |
| Elurophobia |
- Fear of cats |
| Entomophobia |
- Fear of insects |
| Ephebiphobia |
- Fear of teenagers |
| Equinophobia |
- Fear of horses |
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| G |
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| Gamophobia |
- Fear of marriage |
| Genuphobia |
- Fear of knees |
| Glossophobia |
- Fear of speaking in public |
| Gynophobia |
- Fear of women |
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| H |
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| Heliophobia |
- Fear of the sun |
| Hemophobia |
- Fear of blood |
| Herpetophobia |
- Fear of reptiles |
| Hydrophobia |
- Fear of water |
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| I |
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| Iatrophobia |
- Fear of doctors |
| Insectophobia |
- Fear of insects |
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| K |
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| Koinoniphobia |
- Fear of rooms. |
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| L |
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| Leukophobia |
- Fear of the color white |
| Lilapsophobia |
- Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes |
| Lockiophobia |
- Fear of childbirth |
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| M |
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| Mageirocophobia |
- Fear of cooking |
| Melanophobia |
- Fear of the color black |
| Microphobia |
- Fear of small things |
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| N |
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| Necrophobia |
- Fear of death or dead things |
| Noctiphobia |
- Fear of the night |
| Nosocomephobia |
- Fear of hospitals |
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| O |
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| Obesophobia |
- Fear of gaining weight |
| Octophobia |
- Fear of the figure 8 |
| Ombrophobia |
- Fear of rain |
| Ophidiophobia |
- Fear of snakes |
| Ornithophobia |
- Fear of birds |
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| P |
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| 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 |
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| S |
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| Scolionophobia |
- Fear of school |
| Selenophobia |
- Fear of the moon |
| Sociophobia |
- Fear of social evaluation |
| Somniphobia |
- Fear of sleep |
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| T |
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| Tachophobia |
- Fear of speed |
| Technophobia |
- Fear of technology |
| Tonitrophobia |
- Fear of thunder |
| Trypanophobia |
- Fear of injections |
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| V-Z |
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| 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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