Phobia

A
Chaetophobia fear of hair
Ablutophobia fear of bathing, washing,

or cleaning
Chemophobia fear of chemicals
Acousticophobia fear of noise a

branch of phonophobia
Acrophobia fear of heights
Agoraphobia fear of open places
Agraphobia fear of sexual abuse
Agrizoophobia fear of wild animals, a
branch of zoophobia
Agyrophobia fear of crossing the
street
Aichmophobia fear of sharp or pointed
objects (such as a needle or knife)
Cherophobia fear of happiness

Chiroptophobia fear of bats
Chlorophobia fear of the color green[4]
Chromophobia, chromatophobia fear
of colors
Chronophobia fear of time and time
moving forward
Chrysophobia fear of the color
orange[4]
Cibophobia, sitophobia aversion to
food, synonymous to anorexia nervosa
Ailurophobia fear of cats
Claustrophobia fear of having no

escape and being closed in
Algophobia fear of pain
Cleithrophobia fear of being trapped[5]
Amaxophobia, ochophobia,
motorphobia, hamaxophobia fear of
riding in a car
Climacophobia fear of climbing
Amychophobia fear of being scratched

Anthophobia fear of flowers
Anthropophobia fear of people or the
company of people, a form of social
phobia
Antlophobia fear of floods
Aquaphobia fear of water.
Arachnophobia fear of spiders
Astraphobia fear of thunder and
lightning
Atelophobia fear of not being good
enough or imperfection[citation needed]
Atychiphobia, kakorrhaphiophobia fear
of failure
Automatonophobia fear of anything
that falsely represents a sentient being
Coimetrophobia fear of cemeteries

Coulrophobia fear of clowns (not
restricted to evil clowns)
Cyanophobia fear of the color blue[4]
Cyberphobia fear of or aversion to
computers and of learning new
technologies
Cynophobia fear of dogs
D
Decidophobia fear of making
decisions
Demonophobia, daemonophobia fear
of demons
Dendrophobia see hylophobia
Dentophobia, odontophobia fear of
dentists and dental procedures
Autophobia fear of isolation[3]
Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic

disorder a phobic obsession with a
real or imaginary body defect
Aviophobia, aviatophobia fear of flying
Ecclesiophobia fear of churches
Barophobia fear of gravity
Emetophobia fear of vomiting
Bathmophobia fear of stairs or slopes
Enochlophobia fear of crowds
Ergophobia, ergasiophobia fear of

work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear
of operating
Erotophobia fear of sexual love or
sexual abuse
Erythrophobia, erytophobia,
ereuthophobia fear of the color red, or
fear of blushing
F
Frigophobia fear of becoming too cold
G
Gelotophobia fear of being laughed at
Gephyrophobia fear of bridges
Genophobia, coitophobia fear of
sexual intercourse
Gerascophobia fear of growing old or
aging
Gerontophobia fear of growing old, or
a hatred or fear of the elderly
K
Kinetophobia, kinesophobia fear of
movement
Kleptophobia, cleptophobia fear of
stealing or being stolen
Koinoniphobia fear of rooms or shared
spaces
Koumpounophobia fear of buttons
L
Leukophobia fear of the color white
Lilapsophobia fear of tornadoes or
hurricanes
M
Mechanophobia fear of machines
Melanophobia fear of the color black
Melissophobia fear of bees
Methyphobia fear of alcohol
Globophobia fear of balloons
Monophobia fear of being alone or

isolated or of one's self
Glossophobia fear of speaking in

public or of trying to speak
Musophobia, murophobia, suriphobia

fear of mice or rats
Gymnophobia fear of nudity
Myrmecophobia fear of ants
Gynophobia fear of women
Mysophobia fear of germs,

contamination or dirt
H
Halitophobia fear of bad breath
Haphephobia fear of being touched
N
Necrophobia fear of death or the dead
Heliophobia fear of the sun or sunlight
Neophobia, cainophobia, cainotophobia,

centophobia, kainolophobia,
kainophobia fear of newness, novelty
Hemophobia, haemophobia fear of

blood
Nomophobia fear of being out of

mobile phone contact
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia fear
of the number 666
Nosocomephobia fear of hospitals
Harpaxophobia fear of being robbed
Hoplophobia fear of firearms
Nosophobia fear of contracting a

disease
Hylophobia, dendrophobia fear of

trees, forests or wood
Nostophobia, ecophobia fear of

returning home
Hypnophobia, somniphobia fear of

sleep
Nyctophobia, achluophobia, lygophobia,

scotophobia fear of darkness
Ichthyophobia fear of fish, including

fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish
Obesophobia fear of obesity
Oikophobia fear of home surroundings

and household appliances
Siderodromophobia fear of trains or

railroads
Omphalophobia fear of navels
Sociophobia fear of people or social

situations
Oneirophobia fear of dreams

Ophthalmophobia fear of being stared
at
Osmophobia, olfactophobia fear of
odors
P
Panphobia fear of everything or
constant fear of an unknown cause
Pediophobia fear of dolls (a branch of
automatonophobia: fear of humanoid
figures)
Phagophobia fear of swallowing
Spectrophobia fear of mirrors

Stasiphobia fear of standing or
walking
Stygiophobia, stigiophobia, hadephobia
fear of Hell
T
Taphophobia, taphephobia fear of the
grave, or fear of being placed in a grave
while still alive
Technophobia fear of advanced
technology (see also Luddite)
Pharmacophobia fear of medications
Telephone phobia fear or reluctance of

making or taking telephone calls
Phasmophobia fear of ghosts or

phantoms
Tetraphobia fear of the number 4
Philophobia fear of love
Thalassophobia fear of the sea, or

fear of being in the ocean
Phobophobia fear of fear itself or of

having a phobia
Thanatophobia fear of dying
Phonophobia fear of loud sounds or

voices
Pogonophobia fear of beards
Pornophobia fear of pornography
Porphyrophobia fear of the color
purple
Prosophobia fear of progress
Pupaphobia fear of puppets
Pyrophobia fear of fire
R
Radiophobia fear of radioactivity or Xrays
S
Sanguivoriphobia fear of vampires
Scriptophobia fear of writing in public
or of trying to write
Scopophobia fear of being looked at
or stared at
Sesquipedalophobia fear of long
words
Theophobia fear of religion or gods

Thermophobia fear of heat
Tokophobia fear of childbirth or
pregnancy
Toxiphobia fear of being poisoned
Traumatophobia a synonym for injury
phobia: fear of having an injury
Triskaidekaphobia, terdekaphobia fear
of the number
Trypanophobia, belonephobia,
enetophobia fear of needles or
injections
Trypophobia fear of holes or textures
with a pattern of holes
Turophobia fear of cheese
U
Uranophobia, ouranophobia fear of
Heaven
W
Workplace phobia fear of the
workplace
Ichthyophobia fear/dislike of fish
Xanthophobia fear of the color yellow
Mottephobia fear/dislike of butterflies

or moths
Xenophobia fear of strangers,

foreigners, or aliens
Xylophobia, hylophobia, ylophobia
fear of trees, forests or wood
Animal phobias
Agrizoophobia fear of wild animals
Ailurophobia fear/dislike of cats
Apiphobia fear/dislike of bees (also
known as melissophobia, from the
Greek melissa "bee")
Murophobia fear/dislike of mice or rats

Ophidiophobia fear/dislike of snakes
Ornithophobia fear/dislike of birds
Ranidaphobia fear/dislike of frogs
Scoleciphobia fear of worms
Selachophobia fear of sharks
Zoophobia fear of animals
Non-psychological conditions
Arachnophobia fear/dislike of spiders

and other arachnids
Bibliophobia fear or hatred of books,

as a cultural phenomenon
Batrachophobia fear/dislike of frogs

and other amphibians
Hoplophobia a political term for fear of

weapons, specifically firearms
Chiroptophobia fear/dislike of bats
Lipophobia avoidance of fats in food)
Cynophobia fear/dislike of dogs
Osmophobia hypersensitivity to smells

causing aversion to odors
Entomophobia fear/dislike of insects

Equinophobia, hippophobia
fear/dislike of horses
Herpetophobia fear/dislike of reptiles
or amphibians
Phonophobia hypersensitivity to sound

causing aversion to sounds
Photophobia hypersensitivity to light
causing aversion to light

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Chaetophobia fear of hair

Ablutophobia fear of bathing, washing,

Chemophobia fear of chemicals

Acousticophobia fear of noise a

Cherophobia fear of happiness

Ailurophobia fear of cats

Claustrophobia fear of having no

Algophobia fear of pain

Cleithrophobia fear of being trapped[5]

Climacophobia fear of climbing

Amychophobia fear of being scratched

Coimetrophobia fear of cemeteries

Autophobia fear of isolation[3]

Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic

Aviophobia, aviatophobia fear of flying

Ecclesiophobia fear of churches

Barophobia fear of gravity

Emetophobia fear of vomiting

Bathmophobia fear of stairs or slopes

Enochlophobia fear of crowds

Ergophobia, ergasiophobia fear of

Globophobia fear of balloons

Monophobia fear of being alone or

Glossophobia fear of speaking in

Musophobia, murophobia, suriphobia

Gymnophobia fear of nudity

Myrmecophobia fear of ants

Gynophobia fear of women

Mysophobia fear of germs,

Heliophobia fear of the sun or sunlight

Neophobia, cainophobia, cainotophobia,

Hemophobia, haemophobia fear of

Nomophobia fear of being out of

Nosocomephobia fear of hospitals

Harpaxophobia fear of being robbed

Hoplophobia fear of firearms

Nosophobia fear of contracting a

Hylophobia, dendrophobia fear of

Nostophobia, ecophobia fear of

Hypnophobia, somniphobia fear of

Nyctophobia, achluophobia, lygophobia,

Ichthyophobia fear of fish, including

Obesophobia fear of obesity

Oikophobia fear of home surroundings

Siderodromophobia fear of trains or

Omphalophobia fear of navels

Sociophobia fear of people or social

Oneirophobia fear of dreams

Spectrophobia fear of mirrors

Pharmacophobia fear of medications

Telephone phobia fear or reluctance of

Phasmophobia fear of ghosts or

Tetraphobia fear of the number 4

Philophobia fear of love

Thalassophobia fear of the sea, or

Phobophobia fear of fear itself or of

Thanatophobia fear of dying

Phonophobia fear of loud sounds or