Phobias and Definitions

Phobias and Definitions

Phobia	Definition
Acarophobia	fear of itching or of insects causing itching
Acrophobia	fear of heights
Aerophobia	fear of flying or draughts
Agoraphobia	fear of open spaces
Agyiophobia	fear of crossing busy streets

Aichmophobia	fear of sharp or pointed objects
Ailurophobia	fear of cats
Algophobia	fear of pain
Amathophobia	fear of dust
Amaxophobia	fear of riding in a car
Ambulophobia	fear of walking
Anglophobia	fear of England or the English
Anthrophobia	fear of humans
Anuptaphobia	fear of staying single
Aquaphobia	fear of water
Arachibutyrophobia	fear of peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth
Arachnophobia	fear of spiders
Astraphobia	fear of being struck by lightning
Astrapophobia	fear of thunder and lightning
Automysophobia	fear of being dirty
Autophobia	fear of solitude
Ballistophobia	fear of missiles
Bathophobia	fear of falling from a high place
Batophobia	fear of heights or being close to tall buildings

Batrachophobia	fear of frogs and toads
Belonephobia	fear of pins and needles
Bibliophobia	fear of books
Blennophobia	fear of slime
Brontophobia	fear of thunder and lightning
Cancerophobia	fear of cancer
Cathisophobia	fear of sitting
Cenophobia	fear of empty spaces
Chrematophobia	fear of money
Cibophobia	fear of or distaste for food
Claustrophobia	fear of closed spaces
Climacophobia	fear of falling down stairs
Clinophobia	fear of staying in bed
Cremnophobia	fear of cliffs and precipices
Cyberphobia	fear of computers
Cynophobia	fear of dogs
Dromophobia	fear of crossing streets
Dysmorphophobia	fear of physical deformities
Ecophobia	fear of home

Eleutherophobia	fear of freedom
Eosophobia	fear of dawn
Ergasiophobia	fear of work
Ergophobia	fear of work
Erotophobia	fear of sex
Erythrophobia	fear of red lights or of blushing
Euphobia	fear of good news
Francophobia	fear of France or the French
Gallophobia	fear of France or the French
Gamophobia	fear of marriage
Geniophobia	fear of chins
Genophobia	fear of sex
Gerascophobia	fear of growing old
Graphophobia	fear of writing
Gymnophobia	fear of nudity
Heliophobia	fear of sunlight
Herpetophobia	fear of snakes
Hierophobia	fear of sacred things
Homichlophobia	fear of fog

Homophobia	fear of homosexuals
Hydrophobia	fear of water
Hypsophobia	fear of high places
Iatrophobia	fear of going to the doctor
Iconophobia	fear or hatred of images
Kainotophobia	fear of change
Kakorrhaphiophobia	fear of failure
Kenophobia	fear of empty spaces
Ligyrophobia	fear of loud noises
Linonophobia	fear of string
Lygophobia	fear of darkness
Lyssophobia	fear of hydrophobia
Macrophobia	fear of prolonged waiting
Metrophobia	fear of poetry
Monophobia	fear of being alone
Muriphobia	fear of mice
Myophobia	fear of mice
Mysophobia	fear of contamination or dirt
Nebulaphobia	fear of fog

Necrophobia	fear of corpses
Negrophobia	fear of blacks
Neophobia	fear of novelty
Nosophobia	fear of disease
Novercaphobia	fear of one's stepmother
Nyctophobia	fear of the night or darkness
Ochlophobia	fear of crowds
Oenophobia	fear or hatred of wine
Ombrophobia	fear of rain
Onomatophobia	fear of hearing a certain word
Ophidiophobia	fear of snakes
Ophthalmophobia	fear of being stared at
Optophobia	fear of opening one's eyes
Ornithophobia	fear of birds
Paedophobia	fear of children; fear of dolls
Panophobia	melancholia marked by groundless fears
Pantophobia	fear of everything
Parthophobia	fear of virgins
Pathophobia	fear of disease

Pediculophobia	fear of lice
Pentheraphobia	fear or hatred of one's mother-in-law
Phagophobia	fear of eating
Phengophobia	fear of daylight
Phonophobia	fear of noise or of speaking aloud
Photophobia	fear of light
Pogonophobia	fear of beards
Psychrophobia	fear of the cold
Pteronophobia	fear of being tickled by feathers
Pyrophobia	fear of fire
Russophobia	fear of Russia or Russians
Satanophobia	fear of the devil
Sciaphobia	fear of shadows
Scopophobia	fear of being looked at
Scoptophobia	fear of being looked at
Scotophobia	fear of the dark
Sitiophobia	fear of food
Sitophobia	fear of food or eating
Spectrophobia	fear of looking in a mirror

Symmetrophobia	fear of symmetry
Syphilophobia	fear of syphilis
Taphephobia	fear of being buried alive
Technophobia	fear of technology
Thalassophobia	fear of the sea
Thanatophobia	fear of death
Theophobia	fear of God
Tocophobia	fear of pregnancy or childbirth
Tonitrophobia	fear of thunder
Topophobia	fear of performing; fear of certain places
Toxicophobia	fear of poisoning
Toxiphobia	fear of poison or being poisoned
Triskaidekaphobia	fear of the number thirteen
Uranophobia	fear of heaven
Xenophobia	fear of foreigners
Zelophobia	fear of jealousy
Zoophobia	fear of animals