A to Z List of Phobias

A

  • Ablutophobia – Fear of washing or bathing.
  • Acarophobia – Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
  • Acerophobia – Fear of sourness.
  • Achluophobia – Fear of darkness.
  • Acousticophobia – Fear of noise.
  • Acrophobia – Fear of heights.
  • Aerophobia – Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
  • Aeroacrophobia – Fear of open high places.
  • Aeronausiphobia – Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
  • Aftokinitophobia – Fear of automobiles (cars).
  • Agateophobia – Fear of insanity.
  • Agliophobia – Fear of pain.
  • Agoraphobia – Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets.
  • 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.
  • Aimaphobia – Fear of blood.
  • 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.
  • Alysidophobia – Fear of a chain or chains.
  • Amathophobia – Fear of dust.
  • Amaxophobia – Fear of riding in a car.
  • Ambulophobia – Fear of walking.
  • Amfisbitophobia – Fear of arguing.
  • Amnesiphobia – Fear of amnesia.
  • Amychophobia – Fear of scratches or being scratched.
  • Anablephobia – Fear of looking up.
  • Ancraophobia or Anemophobia – 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 anger or of becoming angry.
  • Ankylophobia – Fear of immobility of a joint.
  • Anthrophobia or Anthophobia – Fear of flowers.
  • Anthropoiophobia or Anthophobia – 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.
  • Apolithomaphobia – The fear of a fossil, fossils, or of Paleontology.
  • Apotemnophobia – Fear of persons with amputations.
  • Arachibutyrophobia – Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
  • Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia – Fear of spiders.
  • Arithmophobia – Fear of numbers.
  • Arrhenphobia – Fear of men.
  • Arsonphobia – Fear of fire.
  • Arythmophobia – Fear of not having rhythm.
  • Asanserophobia – Fear of an elevator or elevators.
  • Asthenophobia – Fear of fainting or weakness.
  • Astraphobia or Astrapophobia – Fear of thunder and lightning.
  • Astrophobia – Fear of stars and celestial space.
  • Astynomiaphobia – Fear of police.
  • 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 forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
  • 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 ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues – anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
  • Automysophobia – Fear of being dirty.
  • Autophobia – Fear of being alone or of oneself.
  • Aviophobia or Aviatophobia – Fear of flying.

B

  • Bacillophobia – Fear of microbes.
  • Bacteriophobia – Fear of bacteria.
  • Ballistophobia – Fear of missiles or bullets.
  • Bolshephobia – Fear of Bolsheviks.
  • Barophobia – Fear of gravity.
  • Basophobia or Basiphobia – Inability to stand.
  • Bathmophobia – Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
  • Bathophobia – Fear of depth.
  • Batophobia – Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
  • Batrachophobia – Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.
  • Belonephobia – Fear of pins and needles.
  • Bibliophobia – Fear of books.
  • Biblosophobia – The fear of the Bible.
  • Blennophobia – Fear of slime.
  • Bogyphobia – Fear of bogies or the bogeyman.
  • Botanophobia – Fear of plants.
  • Boutyronophobia – The fear of butter.
  • Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia – Fear of body smells.
  • Brontophobia – Fear of thunder and lightning.
  • Bufonophobia – Fear of toads.

C

  • Cacophobia – Fear of ugliness.
  • Cainophobia or Cainotophobia – Fear of newness, novelty.
  • Caligynephobia – Fear of beautiful women.
  • Cancerophobia – Fear of cancer.
  • 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 or Centophobia – Fear of new things or ideas.
  • Ceraunophobia – Fear of thunder.
  • Chaetophobia – Fear of hair.
  • Chartinosophobia – The fear of paper.
  • Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia – Fear of cold.
  • Chemophobia – Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals.
  • Cherophobia – Fear of gaiety.
  • Chinaphobia – The fear of a goose or of geese.
  • Chionophobia – Fear of snow.
  • Chioniophobia – Fear of snow.
  • Chiraptophobia – Fear of being touched.
  • Chirophobia – Fear of hands.
  • Choirinophobia – The fear of pork.
  • Cholerophobia – Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.
  • Chorophobia – Fear of dancing.
  • Christougenniatiko dentrophobia – The fear of Christmas Trees or a Christmas Tree.
  • Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia – Fear of money.
  • Chromophobia or Chromatophobia – Fear of colors.
  • Chronophobia – Fear of time.
  • Chronomentrophobia – Fear of clocks.
  • Cibophobia or Sitophobia or Sitiophobia – Fear of food.
  • Claustrophobia – Fear of confined spaces.
  • Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia – Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
  • Cleptophobia – Fear of stealing.
  • Climacophobia – Fear of stairs, climbing or of falling downstairs.
  • Clinophobia – Fear of going to bed.
  • Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia – Fear of being enclosed.
  • Cnidophobia – Fear of stings.
  • Cometophobia – Fear of comets.
  • Coimetrophobia – Fear of cemeteries.
  • Coitophobia – Fear of coitus.
  • Contreltophobia – Fear of sexual abuse.
  • Coprastasophobia – Fear of constipation.
  • Coprophobia – Fear of feces.
  • Coulrophobia – Fear of clowns.
  • Counterphobia – The preference by a phobic for fearful situations.
  • 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 or rabies.
  • Cypridophobia, Cypriphobia, Cyprianophobia, or Cyprinophobia – Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.

D

  • Decidophobia – Fear of making decisions.
  • Defecaloesiophobia – Fear of painful bowels movements.
  • Deipnophobia – Fear of dining or dinner conversations.
  • Dementophobia – Fear of insanity.
  • Demonophobia or Daemonophobia – Fear of demons.
  • Demophobia – Fear of crowds.
  • Dendrophobia – Fear of trees.
  • Dentophobia – Fear of dentists.
  • Dermatophobia – Fear of skin lesions.
  • Dermatosiophobia or Dermatophobia or Dermatopathophobia – Fear of skin disease.
  • Dextrophobia – Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
  • Diabetophobia – Fear of diabetes.
  • Diaitaphobia – Fear of diets and dieting.
  • Didaskaleinophobia – Fear of going to school.
  • Dikastisophobia – Fear of a judge, justice, or magistrate.
  • Dikephobia – Fear of justice.
  • Dikigorosophobia – Fear of a lawyer or lawyers.
  • Dinophobia – Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.
  • Diplophobia – Fear of double vision.
  • Dipsophobia – Fear of drinking.
  • Dishabiliophobia – Fear of undressing in front of someone.
  • Domatophobia or Oikophobia – Fear of houses or being in a house.
  • Doraphobia – Fear of fur or skins of animals.
  • Doxophobia – Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise.
  • Dromophobia – Fear of crossing streets.
  • Dutchphobia – Fear of the Dutch.
  • Dysmorphophobia – Fear of deformity.
  • Dystychiphobia – Fear of accidents.

E

  • Ecclesiophobia – Fear of church.
  • Ecophobia – Fear of home.
  • Efimeridaphobia – The fear of a newspaper.
  • Eicophobia or Oikophobia – Fear of home surroundings.
  • Eisoptrophobia – Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
  • Electrophobia – Fear of electricity.
  • Eleutherophobia – Fear of freedom.
  • Elurophobia – Fear of cats.
  • Emetophobia – Fear of vomiting.
  • Enetophobia – Fear of pins.
  • Enochlophobia – Fear of crowds.
  • Enosiophobia or Enissophobia – Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
  • Entomophobia – Fear of insects.
  • Eosophobia – Fear of dawn or daylight.
  • Ephebiphobia – Fear of teenagers.
  • Epistaxiophobia – Fear of nosebleeds.
  • Epistemophobia – Fear of knowledge.
  • Equinophobia – Fear of horses.
  • Eremophobia – Fear of being oneself or of lonliness.
  • Ereuthrophobia – Fear of blushing.
  • Ergasiophobia – 1) Fear of work or functioning.
  • Ergophobia – Fear of work.
  • Erotophobia – Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
  • Ethismosophobia – The fear of addiction.
  • Euphobia – Fear of hearing good news.
  • Eurotophobia – Fear of female genitalia.
  • Erythrophobia, Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia – 1) Fear of redlights.

F

  • Falainaphobia – Fear of a whale or whales.
  • Febriphobia, Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia – Fear of fever.
  • Felinophobia – Fear of cats.
  • Feretrophobia – Fear of a coffin, coffins, casket, caskets, or sarcophagus
  • Fykiaphobia – The fear of seaweed (like Kelp).
  • Foniasophobia – Fear of killers, murderers, and serial killers.
  • Fotografiki michaniophobia – The fear of a camera.
  • Fotografizophobia – The fear of photographs or of having your photograph taken.
  • Francophobia – Fear of France, French culture.
  • Frigophobia – Fear of cold, cold things.
  • Fyllophobia – The fear of a leaf or of leaves.

G

  • Galeophobia or Gatophobia – Fear of cats.
  • Gallophobia or Galiophobia – Fear France, French culture.
  • Gamophobia – Fear of marriage.
  • Geliophobia – Fear of laughter.
  • Geniophobia – Fear of chins.
  • Genophobia – Fear of sex.
  • Genuphobia – Fear of knees.
  • Gephyrophobia, Gephydrophobia, or Gephysrophobia – Fear of crossing bridges.
  • Germanophobia – Fear of Germany, German culture, etc.
  • Gerascophobia – Fear of growing old.
  • Gerontophobia – Fear of old people or of growing old.
  • Geumaphobia or Geumophobia – Fear of taste.
  • Gigantasophobia – Fear of Giants and tall people.
  • Giaourtiophobia – The fear of yogurt.
  • Glossophobia – Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
  • Gnosiophobia – Fear of knowledge.
  • Gounaphobia – Fear of fur or items made of fur.
  • Gourouniophobia – The fear of a pig, pigs, and or a boar or boars.
  • Graphophobia – Fear of writing or handwriting.
  • Gymnophobia – Fear of nudity.
  • Gynephobia or Gynophobia – Fear of women.

H

  • Hadephobia – Fear of hell.
  • Hagiophobia – Fear of saints or holy things.
  • Hamartophobia – Fear of sinning.
  • Haphephobia or Haptephobia – Fear of being touched.
  • Harpaxophobia – Fear of being robbed.
  • Hauntophobia – Fear of haunted houses.
  • Hedonophobia – Fear of feeling pleasure.
  • Heliophobia – Fear of the sun.
  • Hellenologophobia – Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.
  • Helminthophobia – Fear of being infested with worms.
  • Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia – Fear of blood.
  • Heresyphobia or Hereiophobia – Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation.
  • Herpetophobia – Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
  • Heterophobia – Fear of the opposite sex.
  • Hierophobia – Fear of priests or sacred things.
  • Hippophobia – Fear of horses.
  • Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – Fear of long words.
  • Hobophobia – Fear of bums or beggars.
  • Hodophobia – Fear of road travel.
  • Hormephobia – Fear of shock.
  • Homichlophobia – Fear of fog.
  • Homilophobia – Fear of sermons.
  • Hominophobia – Fear of men.
  • Homophobia – Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
  • Hoplophobia – Fear of firearms.
  • Hydrargyophobia – Fear of mercurial medicines.
  • Hydrophobia – Fear of water or of rabies.
  • Hydrophobophobia – Fear of rabies.
  • Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia – Fear of glass.
  • Hygrophobia – Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.
  • Hylephobia – Fear of materialism OR the fear of epilepsy.
  • Hylophobia – Fear of forests.
  • Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia – Fear of responsibility.
  • Hypnophobia – Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
  • Hypsiphobia – Fear of height.

I

  • Iatrophobia – Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
  • Ichthyophobia – Fear of fish.
  • Ideophobia – Fear of ideas.
  • Illyngophobia – Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
  • Iophobia – Fear of poison.
  • Insectophobia – Fear of insects.
  • Isolophobia – Fear of solitude, being alone.
  • Isopterophobia – Fear of termites, insects that eat wood.
  • Ithyphallophobia – Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

J

  • Japanophobia – Fear of Japanese.
  • Judeophobia – Fear of Jews.

K

  • Kainolophobia – Fear of novelty.
  • Kainophobia – Fear of anything new, novelty.
  • Kakorrhaphiophobia – Fear of failure or defeat.
  • Kaktosophobia – Fear of cactus.
  • Kaoutsoukaphobia – The fear of rubber and or latex.
  • Karchariasophobia – Fear of a shark or sharks.
  • Katagelophobia – Fear of ridicule.
  • Katalogosophobia – Fear of lists, catalogues, directories, and inventories.
  • Kathisophobia – Fear of sitting down.
  • Katsaridaphobia – Fear of a cockroack or cockroaches.
  • Kenophobia – Fear of voids or empty spaces.
  • Keraunophobia – Fear of thunder and lightning.
  • Keriophobia – Fear of a candle or candles.
  • Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia – Fear of movement or motion.
  • Kleptophobia – Fear of stealing.
  • Kloounophobia – Fear of a clown of clowns.
  • Koinoniphobia – Fear of rooms.
  • Kolpophobia – Fear of genitals, particularly female.
  • Kommeodendro – The fear of the rubber plant.
  • Kopophobia – Fear of fatigue.
  • Koniophobia – Fear of dust.
  • Kosmikophobia – Fear of cosmic phenomenon.
  • Kouneliophobia – Fear of a rabbit or rabbits.
  • Koutaliophobia – Fear of a spoon or spoons
  • Kreopolisophobia – Fear of a butcher.
  • Kyklonasophobia – Fear of a tornado or tornados.
  • Kymophobia – Fear of waves.
  • Kynophobia – Fear of rabies.
  • Kyphophobia – Fear of stooping.

L

  • Lachanophobia – Fear of vegetables.
  • Laliophobia or Lalophobia – Fear of speaking.
  • Leprophobia or Lepraphobia – 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.

M

  • Macrophobia – Fear of long waits.
  • Mageirocophobia – Fear of cooking.
  • Magosophobia – Fear of Magician, Magicians, magic, and magic tricks.
  • Maieusiophobia – Fear of childbirth.
  • Malaxophobia – Fear of love play.
  • Maliaphobia – Fear of wigs
  • Maniaphobia – Fear of insanity.
  • Maskaphobia – Fear of a mask or masks.
  • Masklophobia – Fear of masks or mascots.
  • Mastigophobia – Fear of punishment.
  • Matogyaliaphobia – Fear of eyeglasses.
  • Mechanophobia – Fear of machines.
  • Medomalacuphobia – Fear of losing an erection.
  • Medorthophobia – Fear of an erect penis.
  • Megalophobia – Fear of large things.
  • Melissophobia – Fear of bees.
  • Melanophobia – Fear of the color black.
  • Melophobia – Fear or hatred of music.
  • Meningitophobia – Fear of brain disease.
  • Menophobia – Fear of menstruation.
  • Merinthophobia – Fear of being bound or tied up.
  • Metamfiezomaiophobia – Fear of a mime, mimes, pantomime, or people in disguises.
  • Metallophobia – Fear of metal.
  • Metathesiophobia – Fear of changes.
  • Meteorophobia – Fear of a meteor or meteors.
  • Methyphobia – Fear of alcohol.
  • Metrophobia – Fear or hatred of poetry.
  • Microbiophobia – Fear of microbes.
  • Microphobia – Fear of small things.
  • Misophobia – Fear of being contaminated with dirt of germs.
  • Mnemophobia – Fear of memories.
  • Molybiphobia – The fear of lead, lead pencils, and of a pencil.
  • Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia – Fear of dirt or contamination.
  • Monophobia – Fear of solitude or being alone.
  • Monopathophobia – Fear of definite disease.
  • Motorphobia – Fear of automobiles.
  • Mottephobia – Fear of a moth or moths.
  • Musophobia or Murophobia – Fear of mice.
  • Mycophobia – Fear or aversion to mushrooms.
  • Mycrophobia – Fear of small things.
  • Myctophobia – Fear of darkness.
  • Mygaphobia – Fear of a fly or flies.
  • Myrmecophobia – Fear of ants.
  • Myrmigkiophobia – The fear of an ant or ants.
  • Mysophobia – Fear of germs or contamination or dirt.
  • Mythophobia – Fear of myths or stories or false statements.
  • Myxophobia – Fear of slime.

N

  • Nanosophobia – Fear of a Dwarf (Dwarfs), Midget (Midgets), and little People.
  • Narkotikaphobia – The fear of a drug or of drugs.
  • Nebulaphobia – Fear of fog.
  • Necrophobia – Fear of death or dead things.
  • 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.
  • Nosocomephobia – Fear of hospitals.
  • Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia – Fear of becoming ill.
  • Nostophobia – Fear of returning home.
  • Novercaphobia – Fear of your step-mother.
  • Nucleomituphobia – Fear of nuclear weapons.
  • Nudophobia – Fear of nudity.
  • Numerophobia – Fear of numbers.
  • Nyctohylophobia – Fear of dark wooded areas, or of forests at night.
  • Nyctophobia – Fear of the dark or of night.
  • Nyfitsaphobia – Fear of a rat or rats.

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.
  • Odynophobia or Odynephobia – Fear of pain.
  • Oenophobia – Fear of wines.
  • Oikophobia – Fear of home surroundings, house.
  • Olfactophobia – Fear of smells.
  • Ombrophobia – Fear of rain or of being rained on.
  • Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia – Fear of eyes.
  • Oneirophobia – Fear of dreams.
  • Oneirogmophobia – Fear of wet dreams.
  • Onomatophobia – Fear of hearing a certain word or of names.
  • Ophidiophobia – Fear of snakes.
  • Ophthalmophobia – Fear of being stared at.
  • Opiophobia – Fear medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients.
  • Optophobia – Fear of opening one’s eyes.
  • Ornithophobia – Fear of birds.
  • Orthophobia – Fear of property.
  • Osmophobia or Osphresiophobia – Fear of smells or odors.
  • Ostraconophobia – Fear of shellfish.
  • Ouranophobia – Fear of heaven.

P

  • Pagophobia – Fear of ice or frost.
  • Paliatsosophobia – Fear of a jester, clown, or buffoon.
  • Panthophobia – Fear of suffering and disease.
  • Panophobia or Pantophobia – Fear of everything.
  • Papaphobia – Fear of the Pope.
  • Papiaphobia – The fear of a duck or of ducks.
  • Papyrophobia – Fear of paper.
  • Paralipophobia – Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.
  • Paraphobia – Fear of sexual perversion.
  • Parasitophobia – Fear of parasites.
  • Paraskavedekatriaphobia – Fear of Friday the 13th.
  • Parthenophobia – Fear of virgins or young girls.
  • Partiophobia – Fear of parties or of going to a party.
  • Pathophobia – Fear of disease.
  • Patroiophobia – Fear of heredity.
  • Parturiphobia – Fear of childbirth.
  • Peccatophobia – Fear of sinning.
  • 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.
  • Petaloudaphobia – Fear of a Butterfly or Butterflies.
  • Petsetaphobia – Fear of a towel or of being hit by a towel.
  • Phagophobia – Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten.
  • Phalacrophobia – Fear of becoming bald.
  • Phallophobia – Fear of a penis, esp erect.
  • Pharmacophobia – Fear of taking medicine or the fear of drugs.
  • Phasmophobia – Fear of ghosts.
  • Phengophobia – Fear of daylight or sunshine.
  • Philemaphobia or Philematophobia – Fear of kissing.
  • Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
  • Philosophobia – Fear of philosophy.
  • Phobophobia – Fear of phobias.
  • Photoaugliaphobia – Fear of glaring lights.
  • Photophobia – Fear of light.
  • Phonophobia – Fear of noises or voices or one’s own voice; of telephones.
  • Phronemophobia – Fear of thinking.
  • Phthiriophobia- Fear of lice.
  • Phthisiophobia – Fear of tuberculosis.
  • Placophobia – Fear of tombstones.
  • Plutophobia – Fear of wealth.
  • Pluviophobia – Fear of rain or of being rained on.
  • Pneumatiphobia – Fear of spirits.
  • Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia – Fear of choking of being smothered.
  • Pocrescophobia – Fear of gaining weight.
  • Podiaphobia – The fear of a foot or of feet.
  • Podophobia – Fear of feet.
  • Pogonophobia – Fear of beards.
  • Poliosophobia – Fear of contracting poliomyelitis.
  • Politicophobia – Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians.
  • Polyphobia – Fear of many things.
  • Poinephobia – Fear of punishment.
  • Ponophobia – Fear of overworking or of pain.
  • Porphyrophobia – Fear of the color purple.
  • Potamophobia – Fear of rivers or running water.
  • Potophobia – Fear of alcohol.
  • Prasinosophobia – Fear of the color green.
  • Proctophobia – Fear of rectum.
  • Prosophobia – Fear of progress.
  • Prosopeiophobia – Fear of a mask, mascot, masks, or mascots.
  • Psariophobia – Fear of fish.
  • 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.
  • Pyliophobia – Fear of gates.
  • Pyrexiophobia – Fear of Fever.
  • Pyrophobia – Fear of fire.
  • Pygmachophobia – Fear of boxes or of being sealed in a box.

Q

R

  • Radiophobia – Fear of radiation, x-rays.
  • Ranidaphobia – Fear of frogs.
  • Rectophobia – Fear of rectum or rectal diseases.
  • Rhabdophobia – Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized.
  • Rhypophobia – Fear of defecation.
  • Rhytiphobia – Fear of getting wrinkles.
  • Rupophobia – Fear of dirt.
  • Russophobia – Fear of Russians.

S

  • Samhainophobia – Fear of Halloween.
  • Sarmassophobia – Fear of love play.
  • Satanophobia – Fear of Satan.
  • Scabiophobia – Fear of scabies.
  • Scatophobia – Fear of fecal matter.
  • Scelerophibia – Fear of bad men, burglars.
  • Sciophobia or Sciaphobia – Fear of shadows.
  • Scoleciphobia – Fear of worms.
  • Scolionophobia – Fear of school.
  • Scopophobia or Scoptophobia – Fear of being seen or stared at.
  • Scotomaphobia – Fear of blindness in visual field.
  • Scotophobia – Fear of darkness.
  • Scriptophobia – Fear of writing in public.
  • Selachophobia – Fear of sharks.
  • Selaphobia – Fear of light flashes.
  • Selenophobia – Fear of the moon.
  • Seplophobia – Fear of decaying matter.
  • Serpantinaphobia – The fear of a paper streamer or paper streamers.
  • Sesquipedalophobia – Fear of long words.
  • Sexophobia – Fear of the opposite sex.
  • Siderodromophobia – Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
  • Siderophobia – Fear of stars.
  • Sinistrophobia – Fear of things to the left, left-handed.
  • Sinophobia – Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.
  • Sitophobia or Sitiophobia – Fear of food or eating.
  • Skalopatiophobia – Fear of stairs.
  • Snakephobia – Fear of snakes.
  • Soceraphobia – Fear of parents-in-law.
  • Social Phobia – Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
  • Sociophobia – Fear of society or people in general.
  • 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.
  • Spermatophobia or Spermophobia – Fear of germs.
  • Spheksophobia – Fear of wasps.
  • Spirtophobia – Fear of a match, matches, or match book.
  • Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia – Fear of standing or walking.
  • Staurophobia – Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
  • Stenophobia – Fear of narrow things or places.
  • Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia – 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.
  • Tachydaktylourgosophobiaophobia – Fear of a juggler, jugglers, or juggling items.
  • Taeniophobia or Teniophobia – Fear of tapeworms.
  • Taphephobia Taphophobia – Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
  • Tapinophobia – Fear of being contagious.
  • Tatouazophobia – The fear of a tattoo, tattoos or of being tattooed.
  • Taurophobia – Fear of bulls.
  • Technophobia – Fear of technology.
  • Teleophobia – 1) Fear of definite plans.
  • Telephonophobia – Fear of telephones.
  • Teratophobia – Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people.
  • 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.
  • Thanatophobia or Thantophobia – Fear of death or dying.
  • Thanatosaphobia – Fear of death.
  • Theatrophobia – Fear of theatres.
  • Theologicophobia – Fear of theology.
  • Theophobia – Fear of gods or religion.
  • Thermophobia – Fear of heat.
  • Thorybosophobia – Fear of loud noises and or noisiness.
  • Tocophobia – Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
  • Tomophobia – Fear of surgical operations.
  • Tonitrophobia – Fear of thunder.
  • Topophobia – Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
  • Toufekiophobia – Fear of a gun, guns, rifle, shotgun, or handgun.
  • Toxiphobia or Toxophobia or Toxicophobia – Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned.
  • Traumatophobia – Fear of injury.
  • Tremophobia – Fear of trembling.
  • Trichinophobia – Fear of trichinosis.
  • Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia or Hypertrichophobia – Fear of hair.
  • Triskaidekaphobia – Fear of the number 13.
  • Tropophobia – Fear of moving or making changes.
  • 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.
  • Vestiphobia – 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 or the word yellow.
  • Xenoglossophobia – Fear of foreign languages.
  • Xenophobia – Fear of strangers or foreigners.
  • Xerophobia – Fear of dryness.
  • Xylophobia – 1) Fear of wooden objects.
  • Xylourgosophobia – Fear of a carpenter or wood worker.
  • Xyrophobia -Fear of razors.

Y

  • Ynotophobia – Fear of life not having been worth living.
  • Ypodoriosophobia – Fear of a hypodermic or hypodermic needle.

Z

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