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Glossary of Phobias

A

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