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A ablutophobia: fear of washing or bathing acarophobia: fear of itching acerophobia: fear of sourness achluophobia: fear of darkness acousticophobia: fear of noise acrophobia: fear of heights aeroacrophobia: fear of open high places aeronausiphobia: fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness aerophobia: fear of drafts aeruophobia: fear of flying agliophobia: fear of pain agoraphobia: fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places agraphobia: fear of sexual abuse agrizoophobia: fear of wild animals agyrophobia: fear of streets or crossing the street aichmophobia: fear of needles or pointed objects ailurophobia: fear of cats albuminurophobia: fear of kidney disease alektorophobia: fear of chickens algophobia: fear of pain alliumphobia: fear of garlic allodoxaphobia: fear of opinions altophobia: fear of heights amathophobia: fear of dust amaxophobia: fear of riding in a car amaxophobia: fear of vehicals ambulophobia: fear of walking amnesiphobia: fear of amnesia amychophobia: fear of scratches or being scratched anablephobia: fear of looking up ancraophobia: fear of wind androphobia: fear of men anemophobia: fear of air drafts or wind anginophobia: fear of angina, choking or narrowness anglophobia: fear of England, English culture, etc angrophobia: fear of becoming angry ankylophobia: fear of immobility of a joint 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 apiphobia: fear of bees apotemnophobia: fear of persons with amputations arachibutyrophobia: fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth arachnophobia: fear of spiders arithmophobia: fear of numbers arrhenphobia: fear of men arsonphobia: fear of fire asthenophobia: fear of fainting or weakness astraphobia: fear of thunder and lightning astrophobia: fear of stars and celestial space asymmetriphobia: fear of asymmetrical things ataxiophobia: fear of ataxia (muscular incoordination) ataxophobia: fear of disorder or untidiness atelophobia: fear of imperfection atephobia: fear of ruin or ruins athazagoraphobia: fear of being forgotten atomosophobia: fear of atomic explosions atychiphobia: fear of failure aulophobia: fear of flutes aurophobia: fear of gold auroraphobia: fear of northern lights autodysomophobia: fear of one that has a vile odor automatonophobia: fear of animatronic creatures autonysophobia: fear of being dirty autophobia: fear of being alone or of oneself aviophobia: fear of flying B bacillophobia: fear of microbes bacteriophobia: fear of bacteria bactrachophobia: fear of reptiles ballistophobia: fear of missles or bullets barophobia: fear of gravity bathophobia: fear of depth batonophobia: fear of plants batophobia: fear of heights batrachophobia: fear of amphibians belonephobia: fear of pins and needles bibiophobia: fear of books blennophobia: fear of slime bogyphobia: fear of the bogeyman bolshephobia: fear of bolsheviks botanophobia: fear of plants bromidrosiphobia: fear of body smells brontophobia: fear of thunder and lightning bufonophobia: fear of toads C cacophobia: fear of ugliness cainophobia: fear of newness, novelty caligynephobia: fear of beautiful women carcinophobia: fear of cancer cardiophobia: fear of the heart carnophobia: fear of meat catagelophobia: fear of being ridiculed catapedaphobia: fear of jumping from high and low places cathisophobia: fear of sitting catoptrophobia: fear of mirrors cenophobia: fear of new things or ideas ceraunophobia: fear of thunder chaetophobia: fear of hair cheimaphobia or cheimatophobia: fear of cold chemophobia: fear of chemicals cherophobia: fear of gaiety chionophobia: fear of snow chiraptophobia: fear of being touched cholerophobia: fear of anger chorophobia: fear of dancing chrometophobia: fear of money chromophobia: fear of colors chronomentrophobia: fear of clocks chronophobia: fear of time cibophobia: fear of food claustrophobia: fear of enclosed spaces cleithrophobia: fear of being locked in an enclosed place cleptophobia: fear of stealing climacophobia: fear of stairs clinophobia: fear of going to bed clithrophobia: fear of being enclosed cnidophobia: fear of stings coimetrophobia: fear of cemeteries cometophobia: fear of comets contreltophobia: fear of sexual abuse coprastasophobia: fear of constipation coulrophobia: fear of clowns cremnophobia: fear of precipices cryophobia: fear of extreme cold, ice or frost crystallophobia: fear of crystals or glass cyberphobia: fear of computers or working on a computer cyclophobia: fear of bicycles cymophobia: fear of waves or wave like motions cynophobia: fear of dogs D decidophobia: fear of making decisions deipnophobia: fear of dining and dinner conversations dementophobia: fear of insanity demonophobia: fear of demons demophobia: fear of crowds (Agoraphobia) dendrophobia: fear of trees dentophobia: fear of dentists dermatophobia: fear of skin lesions dermatosiophobia: fear of skin disease dextrophobia: fear of objects at the right side of the body diabetophobia: fear of diabetes didaskaleinophobia: fear of going to school dikephobia: fear of justice dinophobia: fear of dizziness diplophobia: fear of double vision dipsophobia: fear of drinking dishabiliophobia: fear of undressing in front of someone domatophobia: fear of houses or being in a house doraphobia: fear of fur or skins of animals dromophobia: fear of crossing streets dutchphobia: fear of the dutch dysmorphophobia: fear of deformity dystychiphobia: fear of accidents E ecclesiaphobia: fear of churches ecclesiophobia: fear of church eicophobia: fear of home surroundings eistrophobia: fear of mirrors electrophobia: fear of electricity eleutherophobia: fear of freedom elurophobia: fear of cats (Ailurophobia) emetophobia: fear of vomiting enetophobia: fear of pins enochlophobia: fear of crowds enosiophobia: fear of criticism entomophobia: fear of insects eosophobia: fear of dawn or daylight epistaxiophobia: fear of nosebleeds epistemophobia: fear of knowledge equinophobia: fear of horses eremophobia: fear of being oneself eremophobia: fear of being alone ereuthrophobia: fear of blushing ergasiophobia: fear of surgical instruments ergophobia: fear of work erythrophobia: fear of the color red euphobia: fear of hearing good news F febriphobia: fear of fever felinophobia: fear of cats francophobia: fear of france, french culture frigophobia: fear of cold G galeophobia: fear of cats gallophobia or galiophobia: fear France, French culture gamophobia: fear of marriage gatophobia: fear of cats geliophobia: fear of laughter geniophobia: fear of chins genophobia: fear of sex genuphobia: fear of knees gephyrophobia: fear of crossing bridges gerascophobia: fear of growing old germanophobia: fear of Germany, German culture gerontophobia: fear of old people or of growing old geumaphobia: fear of taste glossophobia: fear of speaking in public gnosiophobia: fear of knowledge graphophobia: fear of writing gymnophobia: fear of nudity gynophobia: fear of women H hadephobia: fear of hell hagiophobia: fear of saints or holy things hamartophobia: fear of sinning haphephobia: fear of being touched harpaxophobia: fear of being robbed hedonophobia: fear of feeling pleasure heliophobia: fear of the sun hellenologophobia: fear of Greek terms helminthophobia: fear of worms hemophobia: fear of blood herpetophobia: fear of reptiles heterophobia: fear of the opposite sex (sexophobia) hierophobia: fear of priests hippophobia: fear of horses hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: fear of long words hobophobia: fear of bums or beggars hodophobia: fear of road travel homichlophobia: fear of fog homilophobia: fear of sermons hominophobia: fear of men homophobia: fear of sameness hoplophobia: fear of firearms hormephobia: fear of shock hydrargyophobia: fear of mercurial medicines hydrophobia: fear of water hydrophobophobia: fear of rabies hyelophobia or hyalophobia: fear of glass hygrophobia: fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture hylephobia: fear of materialism hylophobia: fear of forests hypengyophobia: fear of responsibility hypnophobia: fear of sleep hypsiphobia: fear of height I iatrophobia: fear of going to the doctor ichthyophobia: fear of fish ideophobia: fear of ideas illyngophobia: fear of veritgo insectophobia: fear of insects iophobia: fear of poison isolophobia: fear of solitude, being alone isopterophobia: fear of termites J japanophobia: fear of Japanese judeophobia: fear of Jews K kainolophobia: fear of novelty kakorraphiaphobia: fear of failure katagelophobia: fear of ridicule kathisophobia: fear of sitting down kenophobia: fear of voids keraunophobia: fear of thunder kinetophobia: fear of movement or motion kleptophobia: fear of stealing koinoniphobia: fear of rooms koniophobia: fear of dust (Amathophobia) kopophobia: fear of fatigue kosmikophobia: fear of cosmic phenomenon kymophobia: fear of waves kynophobia: fear of rabies kyphophobia: fear of stooping L lachanophobia: fear of vegetables laliophobia: fear of speaking leprophobia: fear of leprosy leukophobia: fear of the color white levophobia: fear of things to the left side of the body ligyrophobia: fear of loud noises lilapsophobia: fear of tornadoes and hurricanes limnophobia: fear of lakes linonophobia: fear of string liticaphobia: fear of lawsuits lockiophobia: fear of childbirth logizomechanophobia: fear of computers logophobia: fear of words luiphobia: fear of lues, syphillis lutraphobia: fear of otters lygophobia: fear of darkness lyssophobia: fear of rabies or of becoming mad A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z M macrophobia: fear of long waits mageirocophobia: fear of cooking maieusiophobia: fear of childbirth maniaphobia: fear of insanity mastigophobia: fear of punishment mechanophobia: fear of machines megalophobia: fear of large things melanophobia: fear of the color black melissophobia: fear of bees melophobia: fear or hatred of music meningitophobia: fear of brain disease menophobia: fear of menstruation merinthophobia: fear of being bound or tied up metallophobia: fear of metal metathesiophobia: fear of changes meteorophobia: fear of meteors methyphobia: fear of alcohol metrophobia: fear or hatred of poetry microbiophobia: fear of microbes (bacillophobia) microphobia: fear of small things misophobia: fear of being contaminated with dirt of germs mnemophobia: fear of memories molysmophobia: fear of dirt or contamination monopathophobia: fear of definite disease monophobia: fear of solitude or being alone monophobia: fear of one thing motorphobia: fear of automobiles mottephobia: fear of moths musophobia: fear of mice mycophobia: fear or aversion to mushrooms mycrophobia: fear of small things myctophobia: fear of darkness myrmecophobia: fear of ants mysophobia: fear of germs or contamination or dirt mythophobia: fear of myths or stories or false statements myxophobia: fear of slime (blennophobia) N nebulaphobia: fear of fog (homichlophobia) necrophobia: fear of death nelophobia: fear of glass neopharmaphobia: fear of new drugs neophobia: fear of anything new nephophobia: fear of clouds noctiphobia: fear of the night nomatophobia: fear of names nosemaphobia: fear of illness nosocomephobia: fear of hospitals nosophobia: fear of disease nostophobia: fear of returning home novercaphobia: fear of your step-mother nucleomituphobia: fear of nuclear weapons nudophobia: fear of nudity numerophobia: fear of numbers nyctophobia: fear of the dark or of night O obesophobia: fear of gaining weight ochlophobia: fear of crowds or mobs ochophobia: fear of vehicles octophobia: fear of the figure 8 odontophobia: fear of teeth or dental surgery odynephobia: fear of pain oenophobia: fear of wines oikophobia: fear of home surroundings, house olfactophobia: fear of smells ombrophobia: fear of rain ommetaphobia: fear of eyes oneirogmophobia: fear of wet dreams oneirophobia: fear of dreams 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 orthophobia: fear of property osmophobia: fear of smells or odors ostraconophobia: fear of shellfish ouranophobia: fear of heaven P pagophobia: fear of ice or frost panophobia: fear of everything panthophobia: fear of suffering and disease pantophobia: fear of fears papaphobia: fear of the pope papyrophobia: fear of paper paralipophobia: fear of neglecting duty paraphobia: fear of sexual perversion parasitophobia: fear of parasites paraskavedekatriaphobia: fear of Friday the 13th parthenophobia: fear of virgins or young girls parturiphobia: fear of childbirth pathophobia: fear of disease patroiophobia: fear of heredity peccatophobia: fear of sinning (imaginary crime) pediculophobia: fear of lice pediophobia: fear of dolls pedophobia: fear of children peladophobia: fear of bald people pellagrophobia: fear of pellagra peniaphobia: fear of poverty pentheraphobia: fear of mother-in-law phagophobia: fear of swallowing phalacrophobia: fear of becoming bald phallophobia: fear of a penis, esp erect pharmacophobia: fear of taking medicine pharmacophobia: fear of drugs phasmophobia: fear of ghosts phengophobia: fear of daylight or sunshine philemaphobia: fear of kissing philophobia: fear of falling in love philosophobia: fear of philosophy phobophobia: fear of one's own fears phonophobia: fear of noises or voices photoaugliaphobia: fear of glaring lights photophobia: fear of light phronemophobia: fear of thinking phthiriophobia: fear of lice (pediculophobia) phthisiophobia: fear of tuberculosis pinigerophobia: fear of smothering placophobia: fear of tombstones plutophobia: fear of wealth pluviophobia: fear of rain or of being rained on pneumatiphobia: fear of spirits pnigophobia: fear of choking or being smothered pocrescophobia: fear of gaining weight (obesophobia) pogonophobia: fear of beards poinephobia: fear of punishment poliosophobia: fear of contracting poliomyelitis politicophobia: fear of politicians polyphobia: fear of many things ponophobia: fear of overworking or of pain porphyrophobia: fear of the color purple potamophobia: fear of rivers or running water potophobia: fear of alcohol proctophobia: fear of rectum prosophobia: fear of progress psellismophobia: fear of stuttering psychophobia: fear of mind psychrophobia: fear of cold pteromerhanophobia: fear of flying pteronophobia: fear of being tickled by feathers pupaphobia: fear of puppets pyrexiophobia pyrophobia: fear of fire Q R radiophobia: fear of radiation, x-rays ranidaphobia: fear of frogs rhabdophobia: fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod rhypophobia: fear of dirt rhytiphobia: fear of getting wrinkles russophobia: fear of Russians S samhainophobia: fear of Halloween satanophobia: fear of satan scelerophibia: fear of bad men, burglars schlionophobia: fear of school sciophobia: fear of shadows scoleciphobia: fear of worms scolionophobia: fear of school scopophobia: fear of being stared at scotomaphobia: fear of blindness in visual field scotophobia: fear of darkness scriptophobia: fear of writing in public 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 siderodromophobia: fear of trains siderophobia: fear of stars sinistrophobia: fear of things to the left, left-handed sinophobia: fear of chinese, chinese culture sitophobia: fear of food or eating snakephobia: fear of snakes (ophidiophobia) soceraphobia: fear of parents-in-law social phobia: fear of being evaluated negatively sociophobia: fear of society somniphobia: fear of sleep sophophobia: fear of learning soteriophobia: fear of dependence on others spacephobia: fear of outer space spectrophobia: fear of specters or ghosts spermophobia: 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 suriphobia: fear of mice symbolophobia: fear of symbolism symmetrophobia: fear of symmetry syngenesophobia: fear of relatives syphilophobia: fear of syphilis T tachophobia: fear of speed taeniophobia or teniophobia: fear of tapeworms taphephobia: fear of being buried alive tapinophobia: fear of being contagious taurophobia: fear of bulls technophobia: fear of technology teleophobia: fear of definate plans telephonophobia: fear of telephones telosphobia: fear of being last teratophobia: fear of bearing a deformed child testophobia: fear of taking tests tetanophobia: fear of lockjaw, tetanus teutophobia: fear of German or German things textophobia: fear of certain fabrics thaasophobia: fear of sitting thalassophobia: fear of the sea thalassophobia: fear of the ocean thanatophobia: fear of death or dying theatrophobia: fear of theatres theologicophobia: fear of theology theophobia: fear of god(s) or religion thermophobia: fear of heat tocophobia: fear of pregnancy or childbirth tomophobia: fear of surgical operations tonitrophobia: fear of thunder topophobia: fear of performing (stage fright) toxiphobia: fear of poison traumatophobia: fear of injury tremophobia: fear of trembling trichinophobia: fear of trichinosis trichopathophobia: fear of hair triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13 tropophobia: fear of moving or making changes trumatophobia: fear of injury trypannophobia: fear of inoculation, injections trypanophobia: fear of injections tuberculophobia: fear of tuberculosis tyrannophobia: fear of tyrants U uranophobia: fear of heaven urophobia: fear of urine or urinating V vaccinophobia: fear of vaccination venustraphobia: fear of beautiful women verbophobia: fear of words verminophobia: fear of germs vestiophobia: fear of clothing virginitiphobia: fear of rape vitricophobia: fear of step-father W walloonphobia: fear of the walloons wiccaphobia: fear of witches and witchcraft X xanthophobia: fear of the color yellow xenophobia: fear of strangers xerophobia: fear of dryness xylophobia: fear of wooden objects Y Z zelophobia: fear of jealousy zemmiphobia: fear of the great mole rat zeusophobia: fear of god or gods zoophobia: fear of animals |