A phobia is a unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder.
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| Ablutophobia: Fear of washing or bathing. Achluophobia: Fear of the dark. Acousticophobia: Fear of noise. Acrophobia: Fear of heights. Aeroacrophobia: Fear of open high places. Agoraphobia: Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places or leaving a safe place. Agraphobia: Fear of sexual abuse. Aichmophobia: Fear of needles or pointed objects. Algophobia: Fear of pain. Altophobia- Fear of heights. Amathophobia: Fear of dust. Amnesiphobia: Fear of amnesia. Androphobia: Fear of men. Angrophobia: Fear of becoming angry. Anthropophobia: Fear of people or society. Anuptaphobia: Fear of staying single. Aphenphosmphobia: Fear of being touched. Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders. Automysophobia: Fear of being dirty. Autophobia: Fear of being alone or of oneself. Aviatophobia- Fear of flying. |
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| Bacillophobia: Fear of microbes. Bacteriophobia: Fear of bacteria. Batophobia: Fear of heights or being close to high buildings. Batrachophobia: Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. Bibliophobia: Fear of books. Brontophobia: Fear of thunder and lightning. |
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| Cacophobia: Fear of ugliness. Caligynephobia: Fear of beautiful women. Cancerophobia: Fear of cancer. Carnophobia- Fear of meat. Catagelophobia: Fear of being ridiculed. Chiraptophobia: Fear of being touched. Cibophobia: Fear of food. Claustrophobia: Fear of confined spaces. Coitophobia: Fear of coitus. Contreltophobia: Fear of sexual abuse. Coprophobia: Fear of feces. Cyberphobia: Fear of computers or working on a computer. Cynophobia: Fear of dogs or rabies. Cyprinophobia: Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease. |
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| Decidophobia: Fear of making decisions. Dementophobia: Fear of insanity. Dentophobia: Fear of dentists. Didaskaleinophobia: Fear of going to school. Dipsophobia: Fear of drinking. Dishabiliophobia: Fear of undressing in front of someone. Domatophobia: Fear of being in a house. Doraphobia: Fear of fur or skins of animals. |
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| Ecclesiophobia: Fear of church. Ecophobia: Fear of home. Eisoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror. Elurophobia: Fear of cats. Emetophobia: Fear of vomiting. Enochlophobia: Fear of crowds. Enosiophobia: Fear of havong committed a sin. Entomophobia: Fear of insects. Eosophobia: Fear of dawn or daylight. Equinophobia: Fear of horses. Eremophobia: Fear of being oneself or of lonliness. Ereuthrophobia: Fear of blushing. Ergophobia: Fear of work. Erotophobia- Fear of sexual love or sexual questions. Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia. |
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| Felinophobia: Fear of cats. Frigophobia: Fear of cold, cold things. |
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| Gamophobia: Fear of marriage. Geliophobia: Fear of laughter. Genophobia: Fear of sex. Gerascophobia: Fear of growing old. Gerontophobia: Fear of old people or of growing old. Glossophobia: Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak. Graphophobia: Fear of writing or handwriting. Gymnophobia: Fear of nudity. Gynophobia: Fear of women. |
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| Hadephobia: Fear of hell. Haphephobia: Fear of being touched. Hemophobia: Fear of blood. Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles or insects. Heterophobia: Fear of the opposite sex. Hodophobia: Fear of road travel. Hominophobia: Fear of men. Homophobia: Fear of homosexuality or becoming homosexual. Hoplophobia: Fear of firearms. Hydrophobia: Fear of water or of rabies. Hydrophobophobia: Fear of rabies. Hypengyophobia: Fear of responsibility. Hypnophobia: Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized. |
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| Iatrophobia: Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors. Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish. Illyngophobia: Fear of veritgo. Insectophobia: Fear of insects. Isolophobia: Fear of solitude, being alone. |
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| Kainophobia: Fear of anything new. Kakorrhaphiophobia: Fear of failure or defeat. Katagelophobia: Fear of ridicule. Kenophobia: Fear of voids or empty spaces. Keraunophobia: Fear of thunder and lightning. Kolpophobia: Fear of genitals mainly female senitals. Koniophobia: Fear of dust. (Amathophobia) |
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| Laliophobia: Fear of speaking. Ligyrophobia: Fear of loud noises. Lilapsophobia: Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes. Lockiophobia: Fear of childbirth. Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers. Lygophobia: Fear of darkness. |
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| Mageirocophobia: Fear of cooking. Maieusiophobia: Fear of childbirth. Malaxophobia: Fear of love play. Maniaphobia: Fear of insanity. Mechanophobia: Fear of machines. Medomalacuphobia: Fear of losing an erection. Medorthophobia: Fear of an erect penis. Menophobia: Fear of menstruation. Metathesiophobia: Fear of changes. Methyphobia: Fear of alcohol. Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry. Misophobia: Fear of dirt. Monophobia- Fear of solitude or being alone. Monopathophobia: Fear of definite disease. Myctophobia: Fear of darkness. |
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| Necrophobia: Fear of death or dead things. Neopharmaphobia: Fear of new drugs. Neophobia: Fear of anything new. Noctiphobia: Fear of the night. Nosocomephobia: Fear of hospitals. Nudophobia: Fear of nudity. Numerophobia: Fear of numbers. Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark or of night. |
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| Obesophobia: Fear of weight gain.. Ochlophobia: Fear of crowds or mobs. Odontophobia: Fear of teeth or dental surgery. Odynophobia: Fear of pain. Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes. Ophthalmophobia: Fear of being stared at. Ornithophobia: Fear of birds. Orthophobia- Fear of property. |
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| Paralipophobia: Fear of neglecting ones duty. Paraphobia: Fear of sexual perversion. Paraskavedekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday 13th. Parthenophobia: Fear of virgins or young girls. Parturiphobia: Fear of childbirth. Pediophobia: Fear of dolls. Pedophobia: Fear of children. Phagophobia- Fear of eating. Phallophobia: Fear of a penis. Phasmophobia: Fear of ghosts. Phengophobia: Fear of daylight. Philemaphobia: Fear of kissing. Philophobia: Fear of falling in love. Pocrescophobia: Fear of weight gain. Pogonophobia: Fear of beards. Poinephobia: Fear of punishment. Potamophobia: Fear of rivers or running water. Potophobia: Fear of alcohol. Pharmacophobia: Fear of drugs. Proctophobia: Fear of rectum. Pyrophobia: Fear of fire. |
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| Rectophobia: Fear of rectum. Rhypophobia: Fear of defecation. Rupophobia: Fear of dirt. |
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| Scatophobia: Fear of fecal matter. Scolionophobia: Fear of school. Sexophobia: Fear of the opposite sex. Siderodromophobia: Fear of trains or train travel. Sociophobia: Fear of society or people in general. Somniphobia: Fear of sleep. Soteriophobia: Fear of dependence on others. Stenophobia: Fear of narrow things or places. Suriphobia: Fear of mice. |
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| Tachophobia: Fear of speed. Telephonophobia: Fear of telephones. Thalassophobia: Fear of the sea. Thanatophobia: Fear of death. Tocophobia: Fear of pregnancy or childbirth. Tomophobia: Fear of surgical operations. Tonitrophobia: Fear of thunder. Trypanophobia: Fear of injections. |
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| Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating. | |
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| Vaccinophobia: Fear of vaccination. Venustraphobia: Fear of beautiful women. Verminophobia: Fear of germs. Virginitiphobia: Fear of rape. |
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| Xenophobia: Fear of strangers or foreigners. | |
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| Zoophobia: Fear of animals. | |
