| PHOBIA NAME |
DEFINITION |
| ACAROPHOBIA |
Fear of skin infestation by mites and ticks |
| ACEROPHOBIA |
Fear of sourness |
| ACHLUOPHOBIA |
Fear of darkness (also NYCTOPHOBIA) |
| ACOUSTICOPHOBIA |
Fear of noise |
| ACROPHOBIA |
Fear of heights |
| AEROPHOBIA |
Fear of flying; fear of drafts or fresh air |
| AGORAPHOBIA |
Fear of open spaces |
| AICHOMOPHOBIA |
Fear of pointed objects (also
AICHUROPHOBIA) |
| AILUROPHOBIA |
Fear of cats (also AELUROPHOBIA,
ELUROPHOBIA, & GATOPHOBIA) |
| ALBUMINUROPHOBIA |
Fear of albumin in one's urine as a sign of
kidney disease |
| ALEKTOROPHOBIA |
Fear of chickens |
| ALGOPHOBIA |
Fear of pain (also ODYNOPHOBIA,
ODYNEPHOBIA) |
| AMATHOPHOBIA |
Fear of dust |
| AMAXOPHOBIA |
Fear of being in or riding in vehicles
(also OCHLOPHOBIA) |
| AMYCHOPHOBIA |
Fear of being scratched |
| ANDROPHOBIA |
Fear of men; hatred of men |
| ANEMOPHOBIA |
Fear of drafts or winds |
| ANGINAPHOBIA |
Fear of narrowness |
| ANGINOPHOBIA |
Fear of sore throats |
| ANGLOPHOBIA |
Fear or hatred of England and English
things |
| ANTHOPHOBIA |
Fear of flowers |
| ANTHROPHOBIA |
Fear of people (also ANTHROPOPHOBIA) |
| ANTLOPHOBIA |
Fear of floods |
| ANUPTAPHOBIA |
Fear of remaining single |
| APEIROPHOBIA |
Fear of infinity |
| APHEPHOBIA |
Fear of touching or being touched (also
HAPHEPHOBIA,HAPTEPHOBIA) |
| APIPHOBIA |
Fear of bees |
| ARACHIBUTYROPHOBIA |
Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof
of one's mouth |
| ARACHNEPHOBIA |
Fear of spiders (also ARACHNOPHOBIA) |
| ASTHENOPHOBIA |
Fear of weakness |
| ASTRAPHOBIA |
Fear of being struck by lightning (also
CERAUNOPHOBIA,KERAUNOPHOBIA) |
| ASTROPHOBIA |
Fear of the stars |
| ATAXIOPHOBIA |
Fear of disorder (also ATAXOPHOBIA) |
| ATELOPHOBIA |
Fear of imperfection |
| ATEPHOBIA |
Fear of ruin |
| AULOPHOBIA |
Fear of flutes |
| AUROPHOBIA |
Fear/dislike of gold |
| AURORAPHOBIA |
Fear of auroral lights |
| AUTOMYSOPHOBIA |
Fear of dirtying oneself |
| AUTOPHOBIA |
Fear of being by oneself (also
EREMIOPHOBIA, EREMOPHOBIA, MONOPHOBIA) |
| BACILLOPHOBIA |
Fear of germs (also BACTERIOPHOBIA,
MICROBIOPHOBIA, BACILLIPHOBIA) |
| BALLISTOPHOBIA |
Fear of missiles |
| BAROPHOBIA |
Fear of gravity |
| BASIPHOBIA |
Fear of walking |
| BATHOPHOBIA |
Fear of depth |
| BATRACHOPHOBIA |
Fear of frogs and toads |
| BELONEPHOBIA |
Fear of pins and needles (also
BELONOPHOBIA) |
| BIBLIOPHOBIA |
Fear of books |
| BLENNOPHOBIA |
Fear of slime |
| BOGYPHOBIA |
Fear of demons and goblins |
| BOTANOPHOBIA |
Fear of plants and flowers |
| BROMIDROSIPHOBIA |
Fear of having an unpleasant body odor |
| BRONTOPHOBIA |
Fear of thunder and thunderstorms |
| CAINOPHOBIA |
Fear of novelty (also CAINOTOPHOBIA) |
| CANCEROPHOBIA |
Fear of cancer (also CARCINOMATOPHOBIA) |
| CARDIOPHOBIA |
Fear of heart disease |
| CARNOPHOBIA |
Fear of meat |
| CATHISOPHOBIA |
Fear of sitting down |
| CATOPTROPHOBIA |
Fear of mirrors |
| CELTOPHOBIA |
Fear or dislikes of Celts |
| CENOPHOBIA |
Fear of open spaces (also KENOPHOBIA) |
| CERAUNOPHOBIA |
Fear of being struck by lightning |
| CHAETOPHOBIA |
Fear of hair |
| CHEROPHOBIA |
Fear of gaiety |
| CHIONOPHOBIA |
Fear of snow |
| CHOLEROPHOBIA |
Fear of cholera |
| CHREMATOPHOBIA |
Fear of money and wealth (also
CHROMETOPHOBIA) |
| CHROMOPHOBIA |
Fear of colors |
| CHRONOPHOBIA |
Abnormal discomfort concerning time |
| CIBOPHOBIA |
Fear of food (also SITOPHOBIA, SITIOPHOBIA) |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIA |
Fear of being in closed or narrow places |
| CLEPTOPHOBIA |
Fear of stealing |
| CLIMACOPHOBIA |
Fear of falling down stairs |
| CLINOPHOBIA |
Fear of going to bed |
| CNIDOPHOBIA |
Fear of strings |
| COITOPHOBIA |
Fear of sexual intercourse (also
CYPRIDOPHOBIA, GENOPHOBIA) |
| COMETOPHOBIA |
Fear of comets |
| COPROPHOBIA |
Fear of excrement |
| CREMNOPHOBIA |
Fear of cliffs and precipices |
| CREMOPHOBIA |
Fear of being alone |
| CRYOPHOBIA |
Fear of ice or frost |
| CRYSTALLOPHOBIA |
Fear of glass (also HYALOPHOBIA) |
| CYMOPHOBIA |
Fear of sea swells |
| CYNOPHOBIA |
Fear of dogs |
| CYPRIDOPHOBIA |
Fear of venereal disease (also
VENEREOPHOBIA) |
| DEIPNOPHOBIA |
Fear of dining and dinner conversation |
| DEMONOPHOBIA |
Fear of spirits |
| DEMOPHOBIA |
Fear or dislike of crowds |
| DENDROPHOBIA |
Fear of trees |
| DERMATOPHOBIA |
Fear of skin |
| DERMATOSIPHOBIA |
Fear of skin disease (also
DERMATOPATHOPHOBIA) |
| DIABETOPHOBIA |
Fear of diabetes |
| DIDASKALEINOPHOBIA |
Fear of school (also SCHOLIONOPHOBIA) |
| DIKEPHOBIA |
Fear of justice |
| DINOPHOBIA |
Fear of whirlpools |
| DIPLOPIAPHOBIA |
Fear of double vision |
| DIPSOPHOBIA |
Fear of drinking |
| DOMATOPHOBIA |
Fear of home |
| DORAPHOBIA |
Fear of fur and animal skins |
| DROMOPHOBIA |
Fear of crossing streets |
| DYSMORPHOPHOBIA |
Fear of deformities |
| ECCLESIAPHOBIA |
Fear of churches |
| ECOPHOBIA |
Fear of home and home surroundings (also
OECOPHOBIA, OIKOPHOBIA) |
| EISOPTROPHOBIA |
Fear of termites (also ISOPTEROPHOBIA) |
| ELECTROPHOBIA |
Fear of electricity |
| ELEUTHROPHOBIA |
Fear of freedom |
| EMETOPHOBIA |
Fear of vomiting |
| ENTOMOPHOBIA |
Fear of insects |
| EOSOPHOBIA |
Fear of dawn |
| EREMIOPHOBIA |
Fear of being by oneself |
| EREUTHOPHOBIA |
Fear of blushing |
| ERGASIOPHOBIA |
Fear of work (also PONOPHOBIA) |
| ERGOPHOBIA |
Hatred of work |
| EROTOPHOBIA |
Fear of sexual feelings and the physical
expression of them |
| ERYTHROPHOBIA |
Fear of the color red; fear of blushing |
| EUPHOBIA |
Fear of good news |
| EUROTOPHOBIA |
Fear of female genitals |
| FEBRIPHOBIA |
Fear of fever |
| FELINOPHOBIA |
Fear of cats |
| FRANCOPHOBIA |
Hatred of France and French things (also
GALLOPHOBIA) |
| FRIGOPHOBIA |
Fear of cold (also PSYCHROPHOBIA) |
| GALEOPHOBIA |
Fear of cats |
| GALLOPHOBIA |
Fear of France and French things |
| GAMOPHOBIA |
Fear of marriage |
| GATOPHOBIA |
Fear of cats |
| GENIOPHOBIA |
Fear of chins |
| GENOPHOBIA |
Fear of sexual intercourse |
| GENUPHOBIA |
Fear of knees |
| GEPHYROPHOBIA |
Fear of crossing bridges |
| GERASCOPHOBIA |
Fear of growing old |
| GERMANOPHOBIA |
Fear or hatred of Germany (also
TEUTOPHOBIA, TEUTONOPHOBIA) |
| GEUMOPHOBIA |
Fear of tastes or flavors (also
GEUMATOPHOBIA) |
| GLOSSOPHOBIA |
Fear of speaking in public or of trying to
speak |
| GRAPHOPHOBIA |
Fear of writing |
| GRINGOPHOBIA |
Fear or dislike of white strangers |
| GYMNOPHOBIA |
Fear of nudity |
| GYNEPHOBIA |
Fear or hatred of women (also GYNOPHOBIA) |
| HAGIOPHOBIA |
Fear of holy objects, holy people, and
saints |
| HAMARTOPHOBIA |
Fear of error or sin |
| HAPHEPHOBIA |
Fear of being touched |
| HARPAXOPHOBIA |
Fear of robbers |
| HEDONOPHOBIA |
Fear of pleasure |
| HELIOPHOBIA |
Fear of sunlight |
| HELMINTHOPHOBIA |
Fear of becoming infested with worms |
| HEMATOPHOBIA |
Fear of blood (also HEMOPHOBIA) |
| HERPETOPHOBIA |
Fear of reptiles and amphibians |
| HIEROPHOBIA |
Fear of sacred objects |
| HIPPOPHOBIA |
Fear of horses |
| HODOPHOBIA |
Fear of travel |
| HOMICHLOPHOBIA |
Fear of fog |
| HOMILOPHOBIA |
Fear of sermons |
| HORMEPHOBIA |
Fear of shock |
| HYALOPHOBIA |
Fear of glass |
| HYDROPHOBIA |
Fear of water; fear of rabies |
| HYGROPHOBIA |
Fear of liquids, especially wine or water |
| HYLEPHOBIA |
Intense dislike of wood |
| HYPENGYOPHOBIA |
Fear of responsibility (also HYPEGIAPHOBIA) |
| HYPNOPHOBIA |
Fear of sleep |
| HYPSIPPHOBIA |
Fear of high places (also HYPSOPHOBIA) |
| IATROPHOBIA |
Fear of going to the doctor |
| ICHTHYOPHOBIA |
Fear of fish |
| IDEOPHOBIA |
Fear of ideas |
| IOPHOBIA |
Fear of poisons |
| JUDOPHOBIA |
Hatred of Jews and Jewish culture (also
JUDEOPHOBIA) |
| KAKORRHAPHIOPHOBIA |
Fear of failure or defeat (also
KAKORRAPHIAPHOBIA) |
| KATAGELOPHOBIA |
Fear of ridicule |
| KATHISOPHOBIA |
Fear of sitting down |
| KENOPHOBIA |
Fear of empty rooms |
| KERAUNOPHOBIA |
Fear of thunder and lightning |
| KINESOPHOBIA |
Fear of motion |
| KLEPTOPHOBIA |
Fear of thieves (also CLEPTOPHOBIA) |
| KOPOPHOBIA |
Fear of mental or physical examination |
| LALIOPHOBIA |
Fear of speaking (also LALOPHOBIA) |
| LEPROPHOBIA |
Fear of leprosy (also LEPRAPHOBIA) |
| LEVOPHOBIA |
Fear of objects on the left side of the
body |
| LIMNOPHOBIA |
Fear of lakes |
| LINONOPHOBIA |
Fear of string |
| LOGOPHOBIA |
Fear of words |
| LYGOPHOBIA |
Fear of
darkness or dark places |
| LYSSOPHOBIA |
Fear of going insane (also MANIAPHOBIA) |
| MAIEUSIOPHOBIA |
Fear of pregnancy |
| MASTIGOPHOBIA |
Fear of flogging |
| MECHANOPHOBIA |
Fear of machinery |
| MELISSOPHOBIA |
Fear of bees |
| MENINGITOPHOBIA |
Fear of meningitis |
| MERINTHOPHOBIA |
Fear of being bound |
| METALLOPHOBIA |
Fear of metals |
| METEOROPHOBIA |
Fear of meteors and meteorites |
| MICROPHOBIA |
Fear of germs (also SPERMOPHOBIA) |
| MISOPHOBIA |
Fear of being contaminated by dirt (also
MUSOPHOBIA, RHYPOPHOBIA) |
| MOLYSOMOPHOBIA |
Fear of infection (also MYSOPHOBIA) |
| MONOPATHOPHOBIA |
Fear of sickness in a specific part of the
body |
| MONOPHOBIA |
Fear of one thing or of being alone |
| MOTORPHOBIA |
Fear of dislike of motor vehicles |
| MUSICOPHOBIA |
Intense dislike of music |
| MUSOPHOBIA |
Fear of mice |
| MYSOPHOBIA |
Fear of infection |
| MYTHOPHOBIA |
Fear of making false statements |
| NEBULAPHOBIA |
Fear of clouds (also NEPHOPHOBIA) |
| NECROPHOBIA |
Fear of corpses and the dead |
| NEGROPHOBIA |
Fear or dislike of Negroes |
| NEOPHOBIA |
Fear of newness, novelty |
| NOCTIPHOBIA |
Fear of the night |
| NOMATOPHOBIA |
Fear of names |
| NOSEMAPHOBIA |
Fear of illness |
| NOSOPHOBIA |
Fear of contracting disease (also
PATHOPHOBIA) |
| NUCLEOMITAPHOBIA |
Fear of death by nuclear weapons |
| NUDOPHOBIA |
Fear of nakedness (also NUDIPHOBIA) |
| NYCTOPHOBIA |
Fear of darkness or the night |
| OCHLOPHOBIA |
Fear of crowds |
| OCHOPHOBIA |
Fear of vehicles |
| ODONTOPHOBIA |
Fear of teeth, especially the teeth of
animals |
| ODYNOPHOBIA |
Fear of pain (also ALGOPHOBIA, ODYNEPHOBIA) |
| OENOPHOBIA |
Hatred/dislike of wine (also OINOPHOBIA) |
| OIKOPHOBIA |
Fear of home surroundings |
| OLFACTOPHOBIA |
Fear of smells (also OSMOPHOBIA) |
| OMBROPHOBIA |
Fear of rain |
| OMMATOPHOBIA |
Fear of eyes |
| ONEIROPHOBIA |
Fear of dreams |
| ONOMATOPHOBIA |
Fear of hearing a specific name, word, or
phrase |
| OPHIDIOPHOBIA |
Fear of snakes |
| OPTOPHOBIA |
Fear of opening one's eyes |
| ORNITHOPHOBIA |
Fear of birds |
| OSMOPHOBIA |
Fear of odors |
| OSPHRESIOPHOBIA |
Intense dislike of body odors |
| OURANOPHOBIA |
Fear of heaven |
| PAEDOPHOBIA |
Fear of children or dolls (also
PEDIOPHOBIA, PEDIPHOBIA) |
| PANOPHOBIA |
Fear of everything or a nonspecific fear
(also PANPHOBIA, PANTAPHOBIA) |
| PAPAPHOBIA |
Fear or dislike of the pope and the papacy |
| PARALIPOPPHOBIA |
Fear of neglect of some duty |
| PARAPHOBIA |
Fear of sexual perversions |
| PARASITOPHOBIA |
Fear of parasites (also PHTHIRIOPHOBIA) |
| PARTHENOPHOBIA |
Fear of virgins or young women |
| PATHOPHOBIA |
Fear of diseases and germs |
| PATROIOPHOBIA |
Fear of heredity |
| PECCATIPHOBIA |
Fear of sinning (also PECCATOPHOBIA) |
| PEDICULOPHOBIA |
Fear of lice |
| PELLAGRAPHOBIA |
Fear of getting pellagra |
| PENIAPHOBIA |
Fear of poverty |
| PHAGOPHOBIA |
Fear of eating or swallowing |
| PHARMACOPHOBIA |
Fear of drugs or medicines |
| PHASMOPHOBIA |
Fear of ghosts |
| PHENGOPHOBIA |
Fear of daylight |
| PHILOSOPHOBIA |
Fear of philosophy or philosophers |
| PHOBOPHOBIA |
Fear of fear itself |
| PHONOPHOBIA |
Fear of noise |
| PHOTANGIOPHOBIA |
Fear of eye pain caused by light |
| PHOTOPHOBIA |
Fear of light |
| PHTRIRIOPHOBIA |
Fear of parasites |
| PHTHISIOPHOBIA |
Fear of tuberculosis (also TUBERCULOPHOBIA) |
| PLACOPHOBIA |
Fear of tombstones |
| PNIGEROPHOBIA |
Fear of smothering |
| PNIGOPHOBIA |
Fear of choking |
| POGONOPHOBIA |
Fear of beards |
| POINEPHOBIA |
Fear of many things |
| POLITICOPHOBIA |
Fear or dislike of politicians |
| POLYPHOBIA |
Fear of many things |
| PONOPHOBIA |
Fear of fatigue, especially from
overworking |
| PORPHYROPHOBIA |
Hatred of the color purple |
| POTAMOPHOBIA |
Fear of rivers and running water |
| POTOPHOBIA |
Fear of drinking |
| PROTEINPHOBIA |
Intense dislike of protein foods |
| PSYCHOPHOBIA |
Fear of the mind |
| PSYCHROPHOBIA |
Fear of cold temperatures |
| PTERONONPHOBIA |
Fear of feathers |
| PYREXIOPHOBIA |
Fear of fever |
| PYROPHOBIA |
Fear of fire |
| RHABDOPHOBIA |
Fear of being beaten |
| RHYPOPHOBIA |
Fear of filth |
| RUSSOPHOBIA |
Fear or intense dislike of Russia and
Russian things |
| SATANOPHOBIA |
Fear of Satan |
| SCABIOPHOBIA |
Fear of scabies; fear of itching |
| SCATOPHOBIA |
Fear of excrement; fear of using obscene
language |
| SCHOLIONOPHOBIA |
Fear of school (also DIDASKALEINOPHOBIA) |
| SCIAPHOBIA |
Fear of shadows (also SCIOPHOBIA) |
| SCOLECIPHOBIA |
Fear of worms (also VERMIPHOBIA) |
| SCOPOPHOBIA |
Fear of being looked at (also SCOPTOPHOBIA) |
| SCOTOPHOBIA |
Fear of the dark |
| SELAPHOBIA |
Fear of flashes |
| SELENOPHOBIA |
Fear of the moon |
| SIDERODROMOPHOBIA |
Fear of railroads or of traveling on trains |
| SIDEROPHOBIA |
Fear of the stars |
| SINOPHOBIA |
Fear of China and Chinese people |
| SITOPHOBIA |
Fear of food (also CIBOPHOBIA) |
| SPRECTROPHOBIA |
Fear of specters or phantoms |
| SPERMOPHOBIA |
Fear of germs |
| SPHEKSOPHOBIA |
Fear of wasps |
| STASIBASIPHOBIA |
Fear of attempthing to stand or walk (also
STASIPHOBIA) |
| STENOPHOBIA |
Fear of narrow spaces |
| SYPHILIPHOBIA |
Fear of becoming infected with syphilis
(also SYPHILOPHOBIA) |
| TABOPHOBIA |
Fear of wasting sickness |
| TAPHEPHOBIA |
Fear of being buried alive; fear of graves
(also TAPHOPHOBIA) |
| TAPINOPHOBIA |
Fear of small things |
| TELOPHOBIA |
Intense dislike of teleology |
| TELEPHONOPHOBIA |
Fear of using the telephone |
| TERATOPHOBIA |
Fear of monsters or giving birth to a
monster |
| THAASOPHOBIA |
Fear of boredom |
| THALASSOPHOBIA |
Fear of the sea |
| THANTOPHOBIA |
Fear of death |
| THEATROPHOBIA |
Fear of theaters |
| THEOPHOBIA |
Fear of God |
| THERMOPHOBIA |
Fear of heat |
| TOCOPHOBIA |
Fear of childbirth |
| TOMOPHOBIA |
Fear of surgical operations |
| TONITROPHOBIA |
Fear of thunder |
| TOPOPHOBIA |
Fear of performing on stage; fear of
certain places and situations |
| TOXICOPHOBIA |
Fear of poisoning (also TOXIPHOBIA) |
| TRAUMATOPHOBIA |
Fear of war or physical injury |
| TREMOPHOBIA |
Fear of tembling |
| TRICHINIPHOBIA |
Fear of trichinosis (also TRICHOPHOBIA,
& TRICHOPATHOPHOBIA) |
| TRYPANOPHOBIA |
Fear of inoculation, injection (also
VACCINOPHOBIA) |
| VENEREOPHOBIA |
Fear of venereal disease |
| VERMIPHOBIA |
Fear of worms (also SCOLECIPHOBIA) |
| XENOPHOBIA |
Fear of strangers of foreigners (also
ZENOPHOBIA) |
| XYLOPHOBIA |
Fear of the forest |
| ZELOPHOBIA |
Fear of jealousy |
| ZOOPHOBIA |
Fear of animals |
