Sunday 28 August 2022

04 - PHOBIA LIST

List of Phobias – 1

Phobia           Definition

Acarophobia         fear of itching or of insects causing itching

Acrophobia         fear of heights

Aerophobia         fear of flying or draughts

Agoraphobia         fear of open spaces

Agyiophobia         fear of crossing busy streets

Aichmophobia         fear of sharp or pointed objects

Ailurophobia         fear of cats

Algophobia         fear of pain

Amathophobia         fear of dust

Amaxophobia         fear of riding in a car

Ambulophobia         fear of walking

Anglophobia         fear of England or the English

Anthrophobia         fear of humans

Anuptaphobia         fear of staying single

Aquaphobia         fear of water

Arachibutyrophobia fear of peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth

Arachnophobia         fear of spiders

Astraphobia         fear of being struck by lightning

Astrapophobia         fear of thunder and lightning

Automysophobia fear of being dirty

Autophobia         fear of solitude

Ballistophobia         fear of missiles

Bathophobia         fear of falling from a high place

Batophobia         fear of heights or being close to tall buildings

Batrachophobia         fear of frogs and toads

Belonephobia         fear of pins and needles

Bibliophobia         fear of books

Blennophobia         fear of slime

Brontophobia         fear of thunder and lightning

Cancerophobia         fear of cancer

Cathisophobia         fear of sitting

Cenophobia         fear of empty spaces

Chrematophobia fear of money

Cibophobia         fear of or distaste for food

Claustrophobia         fear of closed spaces

Climacophobia         fear of falling down stairs

Clinophobia         fear of staying in bed

Cremnophobia         fear of cliffs and precipices

Cyberphobia         fear of computers

Cynophobia         fear of dogs

Dromophobia         fear of crossing streets

Dysmorphophobia fear of physical deformities

Ecophobia                 fear of home

Eleutherophobia         fear of freedom

Eosophobia         fear of dawn

Ergasiophobia         fear of work

Ergophobia         fear of work

Erotophobia         fear of sex

Erythrophobia         fear of red lights or of blushing

Euphobia                 fear of good news

Francophobia         fear of France or the French

Gallophobia         fear of France or the French

Gamophobia         fear of marriage

Geniophobia         fear of chins

Genophobia         fear of sex

Gerascophobia         fear of growing old

Graphophobia         fear of writing

Gymnophobia         fear of nudity

Heliophobia         fear of sunlight

Herpetophobia         fear of snakes

Hierophobia         fear of sacred things

Homichlophobia         fear of fog

Homophobia         fear of homosexuals

Hydrophobia         fear of water

Hypsophobia         fear of high places

Iatrophobia         fear of going to the doctor

Iconophobia         fear or hatred of images

Kainotophobia         fear of change

Kakorrhaphiophobia fear of failure

Kenophobia         fear of empty spaces

Ligyrophobia         fear of loud noises

Linonophobia         fear of string

Lygophobia         fear of darkness

Lyssophobia         fear of hydrophobia

Macrophobia         fear of prolonged waiting

Metrophobia         fear of poetry

Monophobia         fear of being alone

Muriphobia         fear of mice

Myophobia                 fear of mice

Mysophobia         fear of contamination or dirt

Nebulaphobia         fear of fog

Necrophobia         fear of corpses

Negrophobia         fear of blacks

Neophobia                 fear of novelty

Nosophobia         fear of disease

Novercaphobia         fear of one's stepmother

Nyctophobia         fear of the night or darkness

Ochlophobia         fear of crowds

Oenophobia         fear or hatred of wine

Ombrophobia         fear of rain

Onomatophobia         fear of hearing a certain word

Ophidiophobia         fear of snakes

Ophthalmophobia fear of being stared at

Optophobia         fear of opening one's eyes

Ornithophobia         fear of birds

Paedophobia         fear of children; fear of dolls

Panophobia         melancholia marked by groundless fears

Pantophobia         fear of everything

Parthophobia         fear of virgins

Pathophobia         fear of disease

Pediculophobia         fear of lice

Pentheraphobia         fear or hatred of one's mother-in-law

Phagophobia         fear of eating

Phengophobia         fear of daylight

Phonophobia         fear of noise or of speaking aloud

Photophobia         fear of light

Pogonophobia         fear of beards

Psychrophobia         fear of the cold

Pteronophobia         fear of being tickled by feathers

Pyrophobia         fear of fire

Russophobia              fear of Russia or Russians

Satanophobia            fear of the devil

Sciaphobia                fear of shadows

Scopophobia             fear of being looked at

Scoptophobia            fear of being looked at

Scotophobia              fear of the dark

Sitiophobia                fear of food

Sitophobia                 fear of food or eating

Spectrophobia           fear of looking in a mirror    

Syphilophobia            fear of syphilis

Taphephobia              fear of being buried alive

Technophobia            fear of technology

Thalassophobia          fear of the sea

Thanatophobia           fear of death

Theophobia               fear of God

Tocophobia               fear of pregnancy or childbirth

Tonitrophobia            fear of thunder

Topophobia               fear of performing; fear of certain places

Toxicophobia             fear of poisoning

Toxiphobia                fear of poison or being poisoned

Triskaidekaphobia      fear of the number thirteen

Uranophobia             fear of heaven

Xenophobia               fear of foreigners

Zelophobia                fear of jealousy

Zoophobia                 fear of animals

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