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| Phobia |
Alternate Name |
Description |
| Ablutophobia |
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Fear of washing or bathing |
| Acarophobia |
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Fear of itching or of the insects who's bites cause itching |
| Acerophobia |
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Fear of sourness |
| Achluophobia |
Lygophobia
Nyctophobia
Scotophobia |
Fear of darkness or night |
| Acousticophobia |
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Fear of noise |
| Acrophobia |
Altophobia |
Fear of heights |
| Aelurophobia |
Ailurophobia
Elurophobia
Felinophobia
Galeophobia
Gatophobia |
Fear of cats |
| Aeronausiphobia |
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Fear of vomiting due to airsickness |
| Aerophobia |
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Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances |
| Aeroacrophobia |
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Fear of open high places |
| Afrophobia |
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Fear or dislike of Africans or African culture or people of African ancestry |
| Agateophobia |
Dementophobia
Maniaphobia |
Fear of insanity |
| Agliophobia |
Algophobia
Odynophobia
Odynephobia |
Fear of pain |
| Agoraphobia |
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Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place |
| Agraphobia |
Contreltophobia |
Fear of sexual abuse |
| Agrizoophobia |
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Fear of wild animals |
| Agyrophobia |
Dromophobia |
Fear of streets or crossing the street |
| Aibohphobia |
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Fear of palindromes |
| Aichmophobia |
Belonephobia
Enetophobia |
Fear of needles or pointed objects |
| Albuminurophobia |
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Fear of kidney disease |
| Alektorophobia |
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Fear of chickens |
| Alliumphobia |
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Fear of garlic, that may extend to a variety of plants characterized by their pungent odor including onions, leeks, chives, and shallots. Allium is the onion genus |
| Allodoxaphobia |
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Fear of opinions |
| Amathophobia |
Koniophobia |
Fear of dust |
| Amaxophobia |
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Fear of riding in a car |
| Ambulophobia |
Stasibasiphobia
Stasiphobia |
Fear of walking or standing |
| Amerophobia |
Columbophobia |
Fear of the United States, American culture, etc. |
| Amnesiphobia |
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Fear of amnesia |
| Amychophobia |
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Fear of scratches or being scratched |
| Anablephobia |
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Fear of looking up |
| Ancraophobia |
Anemophobia |
Fear of wind |
| Androphobia |
Arrhenphobia
Hominophobia |
Fear of men |
| Anginophobia |
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Fear of angina, choking or narrowness, quinsy or other forms of sore throat |
| Anglophobia |
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Fear of England, English culture, etc |
| Angrophobia |
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Fear of anger or of becoming angry |
| Ankylophobia |
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Fear of immobility of joints |
| Anthrophobia |
Anthophobia |
Fear of flowers |
| Anthropophobia |
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Fear of people or society |
| Antidaeophobia |
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Fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you (fictional, from Gary Larson cartoon) |
| Antlophobia |
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Fear of floods |
| Anuptaphobia |
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Fear of staying single |
| Apeirophobia |
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Fear of infinity |
| Aphenphosmphobia |
Chiraptophobia
Haphephobia
Haptephobia |
Fear of being touched |
| Apiophobia |
Apiphobia
Melissaphobia
Melissophobia |
Fear of bees |
| Apotemnophobia |
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Fear of persons with amputations |
| Aquaphobia |
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Fear of water, specifically the morbid fear of drowning |
| Arachibutyrophobia |
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Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth |
| Arcanophobia |
Arachnephobia |
Fear of magic |
| Arachnophobia |
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Fear of spiders |
| Arithmophobia |
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Fear of numbers |
| Arsonphobia |
Pyrophobia |
Fear of fire |
| Asthenophobia |
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Fear of fainting or weakness |
| Astraphobia |
Astrapophobia
Brontophobia
Ceraunophobia
Keraunophobia
Tonitrophobia |
Fear of thunder and lightning. It is especially common in young children |
| Astrophobia |
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Fear of stars and celestial space |
| Asymmetriphobia |
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Fear of asymmetry |
| Ataxiophobia |
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Fear of ataxia (unsteady and clumsy motion of the limbs or trunk due to a failure of the gross coordination of muscle movements) |
| Ataxophobia |
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Fear of disorder or untidiness |
| Atelophobia |
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Fear of imperfection |
| Atephobia |
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Fear of ruin or ruins |
| Athazagoraphobia |
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Fear of being forgotten, ignored or forgetting |
| Atomosophobia |
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Fear of atomic explosions |
| Atychiphobia |
Kakorrhaphiophobia |
Fear of failure |
| Aulophobia |
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Fear of flutes |
| Aurophobia |
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Fear of gold |
| Auroraphobia |
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Fear of the Northern Lights or for Chileans, Argentinians, Falkland Islanders or Antarctic explorers, fear of the Southern Lights |
| Australophobia |
Novahollandiaphobia |
Fear of Australia, Australians, Australian culture etc |
| Autodysomophobia |
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Fear that one has a nasty odour or is dirty |
| Automatonophobia |
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Fear of any inanimate object that represents a sentient being, eg. statues, dummies, robots, etc. |
| Automysophobia |
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Fear of being dirty |
| Autophobia |
Eremophobia
Ermitophibia
Isolophobia
Monophobia |
Fear of being alone or fear of oneself |
| Aviophobia |
Aviatophobia
Pteromerhanophobia |
Fear of flying |
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| Phobia |
Alternate Name |
Description |
| Bacillophobia |
Microbiophobia |
Fear of microbes |
| Bacteriophobia |
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Fear of bacteria |
| Ballistophobia |
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Fear of missiles or bullets |
| Bananaphobia |
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Fear of bananas |
| Barleyphobia |
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Fear of barley |
| Bolshephobia |
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Fear of Bolsheviks |
| Barophobia |
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Fear of gravity, or the loss of gravity |
| Basophobia |
Basiphobia |
Fear of falling, inability to stand |
| Bathmophobia |
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Fear of stairs or steep slopes, walking |
| Bathophobia |
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Fear of depth |
| Batophobia |
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Fear of heights or of being close to high buildings |
| Batrachophobia |
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Fear of amphibians |
| Belomophobia |
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Fear of needles |
| Belonephobia |
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Fear of pins and needles |
| Bibliophobia |
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Fear of books |
| Blennophobia |
Myxophobia |
Fear of slime |
| Bogyphobia |
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Fear of demons and goblins |
| Botanophobia |
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Fear of plants |
| Briophobia |
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Fear of the human foot |
| Bromidrosiphobia |
Bromidrophobia |
Fear of bodily odours |
| Bufonophobia |
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Fear of toads |
| Buttonphobia |
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Fear of buttons |
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| Phobia |
Alternate Name |
Description |
| Cacophobia |
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Fear of ugliness |
| Cacomorphibia |
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Fear of fat people |
| Cainophobia |
Cainotophobia
Cenophobia
Centophobia
Kainolophobia
Kainophobia
Neophobia |
Fear of newness, novelty |
| Caligynephobia |
Venustraphobia |
Fear of beautiful women |
| Cancerophobia |
Cancerphobia
Carcinomophobia
Carcinomatophobia
Carcinophobia. |
Fear of cancer |
| Carbophobia |
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Fear of carbohydrates |
| Cardiophobia |
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Fear of heart disease |
| Carnophobia |
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Fear of meat |
| Catagelophobia |
Katagelophobia |
Fear of being ridiculed |
| Catapedaphobia |
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Fear of jumping from high and low places |
| Cathisophobia |
Kathisophobia
Thaasophobia |
Fear of sitting |
| Catoptrophobia |
Eisoptrophobia
Spectrophobia |
Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror |
| Celtophobia |
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Fear of Celts |
| Cenophobia |
Kenophobia |
Fear of empty spaces or rooms, viods |
| Chaetophobia |
Hypertrichophobia
Trichopathophobia
Trichophobia |
Fear of hair |
| Cheimaphobia |
Cheimatophobia
Psychrophobia |
Fear of cold |
| Chelonaphobia |
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Fear of turtles |
| Chemophobia |
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Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals |
| Cherophobia |
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Fear of gaiety |
| Chinophobia |
Sinophobia |
Fear of Chinese people, customs, etc. |
| Chionophobia |
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Fear of snow |
| Chirophobia |
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Fear of hands |
| Chlorophobia |
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Fear of the colour green |
| Cholerophobia |
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Fear of anger or the fear of cholera |
| Chorophobia |
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Fear of dancing |
| Christophobia |
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Fear of Christianity |
| Chrometophobia |
Chrematophobia |
Fear of money |
| Chromophobia |
Chromatophobia |
Fear of colours |
| Chronomentrophobia |
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Fear of clocks |
| Chronophobia |
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Fear of time |
| Chrysophobia |
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Fear or the color orange |
| Cibophobia |
Sitophobia
Sitiophobia |
Fear of food |
| Claustrophobia |
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Fear of confined spaces |
| Cleithrophobia |
Cleisiophobia |
Fear of being locked in an enclosed place |
| Cleptophobia |
Kleptophobia |
Fear of stealing |
| Climacophobia |
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Fear of stairs or of climbing or falling down stairs |
| Clinophobia |
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Fear of going to bed |
| Clithrophobia |
Cleithrophobia |
Fear of being enclosed |
| Cnidophobia |
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Fear of stings |
| Coimetrophobia |
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Fear of cemeteries |
| Coitophobia |
Genophobia |
Fear of coitus (sexual intercourse) |
| Cometophobia |
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Fear of comets |
| Commitmentphobia |
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Fear of commitments |
| Coprastasophobia |
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Fear of constipation |
| Coprophobia |
Fecophobia
Scatophobia |
Fear of feces |
| Coulrophobia |
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Fear of clowns |
| Counterphobia |
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The preference by a phobic person for fearful situations |
| Cremnophobia |
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Fear of precipices |
| Cryophobia |
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Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost |
| Crystallophobia |
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Fear of crystals or glass |
| Cyanophobia |
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Fear of the colour blue |
| Cyberphobia |
Logizomechanophobia |
Fear of computers or working on a computer |
| Cyclophobia |
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Fear of bicycles |
| Cymophobia |
Kymophobia |
Fear of waves or wave-like motions |
| Cynophobia |
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Fear of dogs or rabies |
| Cypridophobia |
Cyprianophobia
Cyprinophobia
Cypriphobia |
Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease |
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| Phobia |
Alternate Name |
Description |
| Decidophobia |
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Fear of making decisions |
| Defecaloesiophobia |
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Fear of painful bowel movements |
| Deipnophobia |
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Fear of dining or dinner conversations |
| Demonophobia |
Daemonophobia |
Fear of demons |
| Demophobia |
Enochlophobia
Ochlophobia |
Fear of crowds |
| Dendrophobia |
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Fear of trees |
| Dentophobia |
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Fear of dentists |
| Dermatophobia |
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Fear of skin lesions |
| Dermatosiophobia |
Dermatophobia
Dermatopathophobia |
Fear of skin disease |
| Dextrophobia |
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Fear of objects at the right side of the body |
| Diabetophobia |
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Fear of diabetes |
| Didaskaleinophobia |
Scolionophobia |
Fear of going to school |
| Dikephobia |
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Fear of justice |
| Dinophobia |
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Fear of dizziness or whirlpools |
| Diplophobia |
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Fear of double vision |
| Dipsophobia |
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Fear of drinking |
| Dishabiliophobia |
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Fear of undressing in front of someone |
| Domatophobia |
Eicophobia
Oikophobia |
Fear of houses or being in a house |
| Doraphobia |
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Fear of fur or the skins of animals |
| Doxophobia |
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Fear of expressing opinions or receiving praise |
| Dutchphobia |
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Fear of the Dutch, Dutch culture etc. |
| Dysmorphophobia |
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Fear of deformity |
| Dystychiphobia |
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Fear of accidents |
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Alternate Name |
Description |
| Ecclesiophobia |
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Fear of church |
| Ecophobia |
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Fear of home |
| Electrophobia |
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Fear of electricity |
| Eleutherophobia |
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Fear of freedom |
| Emetophobia |
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Fear of vomiting |
| Enetophobia |
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Fear of pins |
| Enosiophobia |
Enissophobia |
Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism |
| Entomophobia |
Insectophobia |
Fear of insects. (Also the orchid genus Entomophobia) |
| Eosophobia |
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Fear of dawn or daylight |
| Ephebiphobia |
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Fear of teenagers |
| Epistaxiophobia |
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Fear of nosebleeds |
| Epistemophobia |
Gnosiophobia |
Fear of knowledge |
| Epistolophobia |
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Fear of writing letters |
| Equinophobia |
Hippophobia |
Fear of horses |
| Ereuthrophobia |
Erythrophobia
Erytophobia |
Fear of blushing, red lights, or the colour red. |
| Ergasiophobia |
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Fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating. |
| Ergophobia |
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Fear of work |
| Ermitophobia |
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Fear of being alone, loneliness |
| Erotophobia |
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Fear of sexual love or sexual questions |
| Euphobia |
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Fear of hearing good news |
| Eurotophobia |
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Fear of female genitalia |
| Europhobia |
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Fear of Europe, Europeans, or alternatively, the European Union |
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Alternate Name |
Description |
| Fearaphobia |
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Fear of the word fear |
| Febriphobia |
Fibriphobia
Fibriophobia
Pyrexiophobia |
Fear of fever |
| Ferrumphobia |
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Fear of Iron and objects made of iron |
| Francophobia |
Gallophobia
Galiophobia |
Fear of France, French culture, etc. |
| Frigophobia |
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Fear of very cold objects |
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Alternate Name |
Description |
| Gamophobia |
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Fear of marriage |
| Galeophobia |
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Fear of sharks |
| Geliophobia |
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Fear of laughter |
| Geniophobia |
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Fear of chins |
| Genuphobia |
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Fear of knees |
| Gephyrophobia |
Gephydrophobia
Gephyrdrophobia
Gephysrophobia |
Fear of crossing bridges |
| Gerascophobia |
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Fear of growing old |
| Germanophobia |
Teutophobia |
Fear of Germany, German culture, etc. |
| Gerontophobia |
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Fear of old people or of growing old |
| Geumaphobia |
Geumophobia |
Fear of taste |
| Glossophobia |
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Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak |
| Globophobia |
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Fear of balloons |
| Graphophobia |
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Fear of writing or handwriting |
| Gymnophobia |
Nudophobia |
Fear of nudity |
| Gynephobia |
Gynophobia |
Fear of women |
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| Phobia |
Alternate Name |
Description |
| Hadephobia |
Stygiophobia
Stigiophobia |
Fear of hell |
| Haemophobia |
Hemophobia
Hemaphobia
Hematophobia |
Fear of blood and bleeding |
| Hagiophobia |
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Fear of saints or holy things |
| Hamartophobia |
Peccatophobia |
Fear of sinning |
| Harpaxophobia |
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Fear of being robbed |
| Hedonophobia |
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Fear of feeling pleasure |
| Hegelophobia |
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Fear of Hegel |
| Heliophobia |
Solophobia |
Fear of the sun. Fear of (or abnormal sensitivity to) sunlight |
| Hellenologophobia |
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Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology |
| Helminthophobia |
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Fear of being infested with worms |
| Heresyphobia |
Hereiophobia |
Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation |
| Herpetophobia |
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Fear of reptiles |
| Heterophobia |
Sexophobia |
Fear of the opposite sex |
| Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia |
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Fear of the number 666 |
| Hierophobia |
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Fear of priests or sacred things |
| Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia |
Sesquipedalophobia |
Fear of long words |
| Hobophobia |
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Fear beggars or tramps |
| Hodophobia |
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Fear of road travel |
| Hormephobia |
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Fear of shock |
| Homichlophobia |
Nebulaphobia |
Fear of fog |
| Homilophobia |
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Fear of sermons |
| Homophobia |
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Fear of sameness, monotony, homosexuality or of becoming homosexual |
| Hoplophobia |
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Fear of firearms |
| Hydrargyophobia |
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Fear of mercurial medicines |
| Hydrophobia |
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Fear of water, a symptom of rabies |
| Hydrophobophobia |
Kynophobia |
Fear of rabies |
| Hyelophobia |
Hyalophobia
Nelophobia |
Fear of glass |
| Hygrophobia |
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Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture esp. wine and water |
| Hylephobia |
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Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy |
| Hylophobia |
Hylephobia |
Fear of forests, wood or woods |
| Hypegiaphobia |
Hypengyophobia |
Fear of responsibility |
| Hypnophobia |
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Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized |
| Hypsiphobia |
Hypsiphobia |
Fear of high places |
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| Phobia |
Alternate Name |
Description |
| Iatrophobia |
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Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors |
| Ichthyophobia |
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Fear of fish |
| Iconophobia |
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Fear of images or icons |
| Ideophobia |
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Fear of ideas |
| Illyngophobia |
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Fear of vertigo |
| Insulaphobia |
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Fear of being isolated, or alternatively, fear of islands |
| Iophobia |
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Fear of poison |
| Islamophobia |
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Fear of Islam |
| Islandophobia |
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Fear of Iceland, Icelandic culture, etc. |
| Isopterophobia |
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Fear of termites or other insects that eat wood. |
| Ithyphallophobia |
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Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis |
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Alternate Name |
Description |
| Japanophobia |
Nipponophobia |
Fear of the Japan, Japanese people and culture etc. |
| Judeophobia |
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Fear or hatred of Jews |
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| Katikomindicaphobia |
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Fear of the RNI (Resident Non-Indian) |
| Keraunophobia |
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Fear of lightning |
| Kinetophobia |
Kinesophobia |
Fear of movement or motion |
| Klismaphobia |
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Fear of Enemas |
| Kneemaphobia |
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Fear of the knee bending backwards |
| Koinoniphobia |
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Fear of rooms |
| Kolpophobia |
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Fear of genitals, particularly female |
| Kopophobia |
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Fear of fatigue |
| Kosmikophobia |
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Fear of cosmic phenomena |
| Kyphophobia |
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Fear of stooping |
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| Phobia |
Alternate Name |
Description |
| Lachanophobia |
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Fear of vegetables |
| Laliophobia |
Lalophobia |
Fear of speaking |
| Leporiphobia |
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Fear of rabbits |
| Leprophobia |
Lepraphobia |
Fear of leprosy |
| Leukophobia |
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Fear of the colour white |
| Levophobia |
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Fear of things to the left side of the body |
| Librophobia |
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Fear of having to balance |
| Ligyrophobia |
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Fear of loud noises |
| Lilapsophobia |
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Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes |
| Limnophobia |
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Fear of lakes |
| Linonophobia |
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Fear of string |
| Liticaphobia |
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Fear of lawsuits |
| Lockiophobia |
Maieusiophobia
Parturiphobia |
Fear of childbirth |
| Logophobia |
Verbophobia |
Fear of words |
| Luiphobia |
Syphilophobia |
Fear of syphilis |
| Lutraphobia |
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Fear of otters |
| Lyssophobia |
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Fear of rabies or of becoming insane |
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Alternate Name |
Description |
| Macroxenoglossophobia |
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Fear of long, strange words |
| Macrophobia |
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Fear of long waits |
| Maimouphobia |
Pithikosophobia |
Fear of monkeys |
| Mageirocophobia |
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Fear of cooking |
| Malaxophobia |
Sarmassophobia |
Fear of love play |
| Maniaphobia |
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Fear of going insane. |
| Maserphobia |
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Fear of Singaporeans, the mixed culture of Singapore. |
| Mastigophobia |
Poinephobia |
Fear of punishment. |
| Mechanophobia |
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Fear of machines. |
| Medomalacuphobia |
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Fear of losing an erection |
| Medorthophobia |
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Fear of an erect penis |
| Megalophobia |
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Fear of large objects |
| Melanophobia |
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Fear of the colour black |
| Melophobia |
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Fear or hatred of music |
| Meningitophobia |
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Fear of brain disease |
| Menophobia |
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Fear of menstruation. |
| Merinthophobia |
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Fear of being bound or tied up |
| Metallophobia |
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Fear of metal |
| Metathesiophobia |
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Fear of changes |
| Meteorophobia |
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Fear of meteors. |
| Methyphobia |
Potophobia |
Fear of alcohol |
| Metrophobia |
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Fear or hatred of poetry |
| Mikatikoindicaphobia |
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Fear of the NRIs (Non-Resident Indians) |
| Microphobia |
Mycrophobia |
Fear of small objects |
| Misophobia |
Molysmophobia
Molysomophobia
Mysophobia
Verminophobia |
Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs. |
| Mnemophobia |
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Fear of memories |
| Monopathophobia |
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Fear of a specific disease |
| Motorphobia |
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Fear of automobiles |
| Mottephobia |
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Fear of moths |
| Musicophobia |
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Fear of music |
| Musophobia |
Murophobia |
Fear of rats |
| Mycophobia |
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Fear or aversion to mushrooms |
| Myrmecophobia |
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Fear of ants |
| Mysophobia |
Rupophobia |
Fear of dirt |
| Mythophobia |
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Fear of myths, stories or false statements |
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Alternate Name |
Description |
| Necrophobia |
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Fear of death or dead things |
| Neopharmaphobia |
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Fear of new drugs |
| Neophobia |
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Fear of the new |
| Nephophobia |
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Fear of clouds |
| Nihilophobia |
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Fear of (absolutely) nothing. |
| Noctiphobia |
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Fear of the night |
| Nomatophobia |
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Fear of names |
| Nosocomephobia |
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Fear of hospitals |
| Nosophobia |
Nosemaphobia |
Fear of becoming ill |
| Nostophobia |
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Fear of returning home |
| Novercaphobia |
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Fear of one's stepmother |
| Nucleomituphobia |
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Fear of nuclear weapons |
| Numerophobia |
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Fear of numbers |
| Nyctohylophobia |
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Fear of dark, wooded areas |
| Nyctophobia |
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Fear of the dark, of night or of nightfall |
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Phobias - O
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Alternate Name |
Description |
| Obesophobia |
Pocrescophobia |
Fear of gaining weight |
| Ochophobia |
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Fear of vehicles |
| Octophobia |
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Fear of the figure 8 |
| Odontophobia |
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Fear of teeth or dental surgery |
| Oenophobia |
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Fear of wine |
| Oicophobia |
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Fear of houses |
| Olfactophobia |
Osmophobia
Osphresiophobia |
Fear of smells |
| Ombrophobia |
Pluviophobia |
Fear of rain or of being rained on |
| Ommetaphobia |
Ommatophobia |
Fear of eyes |
| Oneirophobia |
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Fear of dreams |
| Oneirogmophobia |
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Fear of wet dreams |
| Onomatophobia |
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Fear of hearing certain words or names |
| Ophidiophobia |
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Fear of snakes |
| Ophthalmophobia |
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Fear of being stared at |
| Opiophobia |
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A medical doctor's fear of prescribing pain medications for patients |
| Optophobia |
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Fear of opening one's eyes |
| Ornithophobia |
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Fear of birds |
| Ortographobia |
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Fear of spelling mistakes |
| Orthophobia |
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Fear of property |
| Ostraconophobia |
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Fear of shellfish |
| Ouranophobia |
Uranophobia |
Fear of heaven |
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Phobias - P
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Alternate Name |
Description |
| Pagophobia |
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Fear of ice or frost |
| Panthophobia |
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Fear of suffering and disease |
| Panophobia |
Pantophobia |
Fear of everything |
| Papaphobia |
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Fear of the Pope |
| Papyrophobia |
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Fear of paper |
| Paralipophobia |
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Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility |
| Paraphobia |
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Fear of sexual perversion |
| Parasitophobia |
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Fear of parasites |
| Paraskavedekatriaphobia |
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Fear of Friday the 13th |
| Parthenophobia |
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Fear of virgins or young girls |
| Pathophobia |
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Fear of disease |
| Patroiophobia |
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Fear of heredity |
| Pediculophobia |
Phthiriophobia |
Fear of lice |
| Pediophobia |
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Fear of dolls |
| Pediphobia |
Pedophobia |
Fear of children |
| Peladophobia |
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Fear of bald people |
| Pellagrophobia |
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Fear of pellagra |
| Peniaphobia |
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Fear of poverty |
| Pentheraphobia |
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Fear of one's mother-in-law |
| Phagophobia |
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Fear of swallowing, eating or of being eaten |
| Phalacrophobia |
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Fear of becoming bald |
| Phallophobia |
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Fear of a penis, esp. erect |
| Pharmacophobia |
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Fear of taking medicine |
| Phasmophobia |
Spectrophobia |
Fear of ghosts |
| Phengophobia |
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Fear of daylight or sunshine |
| Philemaphobia |
Philematophobia |
Fear of kissing |
| Philophobia |
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Fear of falling in love or being in love |
| Philosophobia |
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Fear of philosophy |
| Phobophobia |
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Fear of phobias |
| Phobophobiaphobia |
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Fear of fear of phobias |
| Photoaugliaphobia |
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Fear of glaring lights |
| Photophobia |
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Fear of light (also refers to aversion to light due to an inflamed/painful eye or excessively dilated pupils) |
| Phonophobia |
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Fear of noises, voices, one's own voice or of telephones |
| Phronemophobia |
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Fear of thinking |
| Phthisiophobia |
Tuberculophobia |
Fear of tuberculosis |
| Placophobia |
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Fear of tombstones |
| Plutophobia |
Chrematophobia |
Fear of wealth |
| Pneumatiphobia |
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Fear of spirits |
| Pnigophobia |
Pnigerophobia |
Fear of choking or being smothered |
| Pnumonomicroscopicsilicovolcanocoviosophobia |
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Fear of a lung disease caused by coal dust |
| Pogonophobia |
Pognophobia |
Fear of beards |
| Poliosophobia |
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Fear of contracting poliomyelitis |
| Politicophobia |
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Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians |
| Polonophobia |
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Hatred of Poles |
| Polyphobia |
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Having many phobias |
| Ponophobia |
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Fear of overworking or of pain |
| Porphyrophobia |
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Fear of the colour purple |
| Potamophobia |
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Fear of rivers or running water |
| Pharmacophobia |
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Fear of drugs |
| Proctophobia |
Rectophobia |
Fear of the rectum or of rectal diseases |
| Prosophobia |
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Fear of progress |
| Psellismophobia |
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Fear of stuttering |
| Psychophobia |
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Fear of the mind |
| Pteronophobia |
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Fear of being tickled by feathers |
| Pupaphobia |
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Fear of puppets |
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Phobias - Q/R
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Description |
| Quadraphobia |
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Fear of quartets or of being drawn and quartered |
| Quadrataphobia |
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Fear of quadratic equations |
| Radiophobia |
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Fear of radiation or X-rays |
| Ranidaphobia |
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Fear of frogs |
| Retrophobia |
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Fear of old things or traveling back in time |
| Retterophobia |
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Fear of wrongly chosen letters |
| Rhabdophobia |
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Fear of being severely punished or beaten with a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic |
| Rhinophobia |
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Fear of noses |
| Rhodophobia |
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Fear of the colour red |
| Rhypophobia |
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Fear of defecation |
| Rhytiphobia |
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Fear of getting wrinkles |
| Russophobia |
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Fear of Russians |
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Phobias - S
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Alternate Name |
Description |
| Samhainophobia |
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Fear of Halloween |
| Satanophobia |
Orcusophobia |
Fear of Satan |
| Scabiophobia |
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Fear of scabies |
| Scelerophibia |
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Fear of bad men, burglars |
| Sciophobia, Sciaphobia |
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Fear of shadows |
| Scoleciphobia |
Vermiphobia |
Fear of worms |
| Scopophobia |
Scoptophobia |
Fear of being seen or stared at |
| Scotomaphobia |
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Fear of blindness in visual field |
| Scriptophobia |
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Fear of writing in public |
| Sedatephobia |
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Fear of silence |
| Selachophobia |
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Fear of sharks |
| Selaphobia |
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Fear of light flashes |
| Selenophobia |
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Fear of the moon |
| Seplophobia |
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Fear of decaying matter |
| Siderodromophobia |
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Fear of trains, railroads or train travel |
| Siderophobia |
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Fear of stars |
| Sinistrophobia |
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Fear of things to the left of oneself |
| Soceraphobia |
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Fear of parents-in-law |
| Social Phobia |
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Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations |
| Sociophobia |
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Fear of society or people in general |
| Somniphobia |
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Fear of sleep |
| Sophophobia |
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Fear of learning |
| Soteriophobia |
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Fear of dependence on others |
| Spacephobia |
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Fear of outer space |
| Spamophobia |
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Fear of Spam |
| Spermatophobia |
Spermophobia |
Fear of sperm |
| Spheksophobia |
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Fear of wasps |
| Staurophobia |
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Fear of crosses or crucifixes |
| Stenophobia |
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Fear of narrow things or places |
| Stephanophobia |
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Fear of crowns |
| Suriphobia |
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Fear of mice |
| Symbolophobia |
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Fear of symbolism |
| Symmetrophobia |
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Fear of symmetry |
| Syngenesophobia |
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Fear of relatives |
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Phobias - T
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Alternate Name |
Description |
| Tachophobia |
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Fear of speed |
| Taeniophobia |
Teniophobia |
Fear of tapeworms |
| Taphephobia |
Taphophobia |
Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries |
| Tapinophobia |
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Fear of being contagious |
| Taurophobia |
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Fear of bulls |
| Technophobia |
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Fear of technology |
| Teleophobia |
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Fear of definite plans or of religious ceremony |
| Telephonophobia |
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Fear of telephones |
| Teratophobia |
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Fear of bearing a deformed child, of monsters or of deformed people |
| Teratrophobia |
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Fear of monsters |
| Terdekaphobia |
Triskaidekaphobia |
Fear of the number 13. Having a superstition |
| Testophobia |
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Fear of taking tests |
| Tetanophobia |
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Fear of tetanus or lockjaw |
| Textophobia |
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Fear of certain fabrics |
| Thalassophobia |
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Fear of the sea |
| Thanatophobia |
Thantophobia |
Fear of death or dying |
| Theatrophobia |
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Fear of theatres |
| Theologicophobia |
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Fear of theology |
| Theophobia |
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Fear of gods or religion |
| Thermophobia |
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Fear of heat |
| Tocophobia |
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Fear of pregnancy or childbirth |
| Tomophobia |
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Fear of surgical operations |
| Tonsurephobia |
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Fear of haircuts |
| Topophobia |
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Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright |
| Toxiphobia |
Toxophobia
Toxicophobia |
Fear of poison or of being accidentally poisoned |
| Traumatophobia |
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Fear of injury |
| Tremophobia |
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Fear of trembling |
| Trichinophobia |
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Fear of trichinosis |
| Tropophobia |
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Fear of moving or making changes |
| Turophobia |
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Fear of cheese |
| Trypanophobia |
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Fear of injections |
| Trypophobia |
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Fear of holes |
| Tyrannophobia |
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Fear of tyrants |
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Phobias - U/V/W/X/Y/Z
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Description |
| Uranophobia |
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Fear of the heavens |
| Urophobia |
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Fear of urine or urinating |
| Vaccinophobia |
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Fear of vaccination |
| Vestiphobia |
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Fear of clothing |
| Virginitiphobia |
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Fear of rape |
| Vitricophobia |
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Fear of one's stepfather |
| Vuteuthindion |
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Fear of picnics |
| Walloonphobia |
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Fear of the Walloon people or their languages |
| Wiccaphobia |
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Fear of witches and witchcraft |
| Xanthophobia |
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Fear of the colour yellow or the word yellow |
| Xenoglossophobia |
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Fear of foreign languages |
| Xenophobia |
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Fear of strangers or foreigners |
| Xerophobia |
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Fear of dryness |
| Xylophobia |
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Fear of wooden objects or fear of forests |
| Xyrophobia |
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Fear of razors |
| Ymophobia |
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Fear of contrariety |
| Zoophobia |
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Fear of animals |
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