List of phobias
Phobias are irrational fears of things and situations which can be a danger but most are not harmful. There are many kinds of phobias. Here are listed more than 200 of them. Phobias are most known to cause panic attacks and shock and epileptic fits, with phobias that have loneliness, spiders, fumes, and maybe heights.
A
- Ablutophobia - fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning
- Achluophobia - fear of darkness
- Acrophobia - fear of heights
- Agrizoophobia - fear of wild animals
- Agyrophobia - fear of crossing the road.
- Aibohphobia - fear of palindromes
- Aichmophobia - fear of sharp and pointy things (needles, knives, etc.)
- Ailurophobia - fear of cats
- Altophobia - fear of height
- Amphiblestronophobia - fear of nets
- Androphobia - fear of men
- Anthophobia - fear of flowers
- Apiphobia - fear of bees
- Arachnophobia - fear of spiders
- Astraphobia - fear of thunder and lightning
- Aurophobia - fear of gold
- Automatonophobia - fear of inanimate objects that look like living creature (statue, figure, robot..)
- Aviophobia, Aviatophobia - fear of flying
- Ancraophobia, Anemophobia - fear of wind
B
- Bacillophobia - fear of microbes, bacilli, infection
- Bacteriophobia - fear of bacteria, infection
- Bananaphobia - fear of bananas
- Belomophobia - fear of needles
- Batrachophobia - fear of amphibians
- Bibliophobia - fear of books
- Bogyphobia - fear of jokes
- Botanophobia - fear of plants
- Bufonophobia - fear of toads
- Buttonphobia - fear of buttons
C
- Cacophobia, - fear of ugliness
- Cancerophobia, Carcinophobia - fear of cancer
- Carnophobia - fear of meat
- Catoptrophobia - fear of mirrors
- Chaetophobia, Hypertrichophobia, Trichopathophobia - fear of hair
- Chelonaphobia - fear of turtles
- Chionophobia - fear of snow
- Chiroptophobia - fear of bats (a type of zoophobia)
- Chorophobia - fear of dancing
- Claustrophobia - fear of a closed room
- Clavicophobia - fear of collar bones
- Cleptophobia, Kleptophobia - fear of theft
- Coitophobia, Genophobia - fear of sexual intercourse
- Coulrophobia - fear of clowns
- Cryophobia - fear of cold (ice, frost, etc.)
- Cyberphobia - fear of computers and working on them
- Cynophobia - fear of dogs (a type of zoophobia)
- Cypridophobia, Cyprianophobia, Cypriphobia - fear of prostitutes or venereal disease
D
- Decidophobia - fear of making a decision
- Demophobia, Enochlophobia - fear of crowds
- Dendrophobia - fear of trees
- Dentophobia - fear of dentists
- Dermatosiophobia, Dermatophobia - fear of skin disease
- Dextrophobia - fear of objects at the right side of the body
- Diabetophobia - fear of diabetes
- Dipsophobia - fear of drinking
E
- Electrophobia - fear of electricity, electrical appliances
- Emetophobia - fear of vomit
- Entomophobia, Insectophobia - fear of insects
- Ephebiphobia - fear of teenagers
- Ergophobia - fear of work
- Euphobia - fear of hearing good news
- Europhobia - fear of Europe, European people
F
G
H
- Hemophobia, Haemophobia - fear of blood
- Heterophobia, - fear/dislike of heterosexuality
- Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - fear of the number 666
- Hippophobia, Equinophobia - fear of horses (a type of zoophobia)
- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, Sesquipedalophobia - fear of long words
- Homophobia - fear of same-sex love
- Hylophobia - fear of trees or wood
I
- Ipovlopsychophobia - fear of having one's picture taken
- Indophobia - fear of Indians
K
- Kainolophobia - fear of novelty
- Kainophobia - fear of anything new, novelty
- Kakorrhaphiophobia - fear of failure or defeat
- Katagelophobia - fear of ridicule
- Kathisophobia - fear of sitting down
- Kenophobia - fear of voids or empty spaces
- Keraunophobia - fear of thunder and lightning
- Kinemortophobia - fear of zombies
- Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia - fear of movement or motion
- Kleptophobia - fear of stealing
- Koinoniphobia - fear of rooms
- Kolpophobia - fear of genitals, particularly female
- 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 or Lalophobia - fear of speaking or talking (Glossophobia)
- Leprophobia or Lepraphobia - fear of leprosy
- Leukophobia - fear of the color white
- Levophobia - fear of objects to the left side of the body (Sinistrophobia)
- Ligyrophobia - fear of sharp or loud noises (Acousticophobia, Phonophobia)
- Lilapsophobia - fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
- Limnophobia - fear of marshes or lakes
- Linonophobia - fear of string
- Liticaphobia or Litigaphobia - fear of lawsuits
- Lockiophobia - fear of childbirth (Maieusiophobia, Parturiphobia, Tocophobia, Tokophobia, Teratophobia)
- Logizomechanophobia - fear of computers (Cyberphobia)
- Logophobia - fear of words (Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, Sesquipedalophobia, Onomatophobia, Verbophobia)
- Luiphobia - fear of lues (syphillis) (Syphiliphobia, Syphilophobia)
- Lutraphobia - fear of otters
- Lygophobia - fear of being in dark places or darkness
- Lyssophobia - fear of going insane or getting rabies
M
- Macrophobia - fear of long waits
- Mageirocophobia - fear of cooking
- Maieusiophobia - fear of childbirth
- Malaxophobia - fear of love play, (Sarmassophobia)
- Maniaphobia - fear of insanity
- Mastigophobia - fear of punishment
- Mechanophobia - fear of machines
- Medomalacuphobia - fear of losing an erection
- Medorthophobia - fear of an erect penis
- Megalophobia - fear of large things
- Melanophobia - fear of the color black
- Melissophobia - fear of bees
- Melophobia - fear of 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 of hatred of poetry
- Microbiophobia - fear of microbes, (Bacillophobia)
- Microphobia - fear of small things
- Misophobia - fear of being contaminated
- Mnemophobia - fear of memories
- Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia - fear of dirt or being contaminated
- Monopathophobia - fear of disease
- Monophobia - fear of isolation
- Motorphobia - fear of automobiles
- Mottephobia - fear of moths
- Musophobia or Murophobia - fear of mice
- Mycophobia - fear of mushrooms
- Myrmecophobia - fear of ants
- Mythophobia - fear of myths, stories, or false statements
- Myxophobia - fear of slime,(Blennophobia)
N
- Necrophobia - fear of death and the dead
- Neophobia, Cainophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia - fear of novelty
- Nomophobia - fear of losing contact with mobile phone
- Nosocomephobia - fear of hospitals
- Nosophobia - fear of transferring diseases
- Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia - fear of darkness
O
P
- Papaphobia - fear of the pope
- Pedophobia, Pediophobia - fear of children
- Peristerophobia - fear of pigeons
- Pharmacophobia - fear of tablets
- Phengophobia - fear of daylight (from the Greek phengos).[1]
- Philophobia - fear of love
- Pyrophobia - fear of fire
- Paraskividekatriaphobia -- a fear of Friday 13th
R
- Radiophobia - fear of radiation
- Ranidaphobia - fear of frogs
- Rectophobia - fear of rectum or rectal diseases
- Rhabdophobia - fear of being beaten or criticized; fear of magic
- Rhypophobia - fear of defecation
- Rhytiphobia - fear of getting wrinkles
- Rupophobia - fear of dirt
- Russophobia - fear of Russians
S
- Seismophobia - fear of earthquakes
- Shiyamphobia - fear of fighting
- Sathyarphobia - fear of sivaraj
- Saravanaphobia - fear of open love to other
- Social phobia or Sociophobia - fear of contact with people (eat, drink, speak, read from others, etc.)
- Spheksophobia fear of wasps
T
- Thalassophobia - fear of deep bodies of water
- Trypophobia - fear of clustered holes
- Turophobia - fear of cheese
- Transphobia - fear of　transgender and transsexual people
- Trypanophobia - fear of needles/ injections
- Trudoculphobia - fear of a sharp object piercing the eye
- Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number 13
U
- Unnamed - fear of siezures
- Uranophobia - fear of heaven
V
- Vaccinophobia - fear of vaccination
- Verbophobia - fear of words
- Verminophobia - fear of germs
- Vestiphobia - fear of clothing
- Virginitiphobia - fear of rape
- Vitricophobia - fear of step-father
W
- Walloonphobia - fear of Walloons
- Wiccaphobia - fear of witches and witchcraft
X
- Xanthophobia - fear of the color yellow
- Xenophobia - fear of foreign people
Z
- Zelophobia - fear of jealousy
- Zemmiphobia - fear of naked mole rat
- Zeusophobia - fear of deities
- Zoophobia - fear of animals
Funny and fictional phobias
- Anatidaephobia - fear that a duck, somewhere, is watching you
- Arachibutyrophobia - fear of peanut butter stuck to the roof of the mouth
- Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - fear of long words
- Uranophobia - fear of heaven
- Venustraphobia - fear of pretty women
References
- Ronald Manual Doctor, Ada P. Kahn, Christine A. Adamec (2009). The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties (third ed.). Infobase Publishing. p. 383. ISBN 9781438120980.
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Other websites
- http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/08/a-list-of-phobias-from-atelophobia-to-zelotypophobia/ list of phobias (en)
- http://common-phobias.com/l.htm
- http://www.purplehell.com/riddletools/phobias.htm
- http://www.realfears.com/list/j/
- http://www.realfears.com/list/k/
- http://www.realfears.com/list/m/
- http://www.realfears.com/list/n/
- http://www.realfears.com/list/v/
- http://www.realfears.com/list/w/
- http://www.realfears.com/list/z/
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