List of Phobias! A ‘phobia’ is an irrational or excessive fear of something. Following is a list of common phobias in English you might not know.
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List of Phobias
- Achievemephobia – The fear of success.
- Achondroplasiaphobia – The fear of midgets.
- Acrophobia – The fear of heights.
- Aerophobia – The fear of flying.
- Agliophobia – The fear of pain.
- Agoraphobia – The fear of open or crowded spaces.
- Ailurophobia – The fear of cats.
- Alektorophobia – The fear of chickens.
- Allodoxaphobia – The fear of opinions.
- Anatidaephobia – The fear of ducks.
- Androphobia – The fear of men.
- Anthropophobia – The fear of people.
- Aphenphosmphobia – The fear of intimacy.
- Apiphobia – The fear of bees.
- Aquaphobia – The fear of water.
- Arachnophobia – The fear of spiders
- Astraphobia – The fear of thunder/lightning AKA Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia, Ceraunophobia.
- Athazagoraphobia – The fear of being forgotten or not remembering things.
- Atychiphobia – The fear of failure.
- Autophobia – The fear of abandonment and being abandoned by someone.
- Bananaphobia – The fear of bananas.
- Basiphobia – The fear of falling.
- Bathophobia – The fear of depths can be anything associated with depth (lakes, tunnels, caves).
- Cacomorphobia – The fear of fat people. Induced by the media.
- Carcinophobia – The fear of cancer.
- Catoptrophobia – The fear of mirrors.
- Chaetophobia – The fear of hair.
- Chronophobia – The fear of the future.
- Cibophobia – The fear of food.
- Claustrophobia – The fear of small spaces like elevators, small rooms and other enclosed spaces.
- Chorophobia- Fear of dancing.
- Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.
- Coasterphobia – The fear of roller coasters.
- Coulrophobia – The fear of clowns.
- Contreltophobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
- Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation.
- Cynophobia – The fear of dogs.
- Didaskaleinophobia – The fear of school.
- Disposophobia – The fear of getting rid of stuff triggers extreme hoarding.
- Dystychiphobia – The fear of accidents
- Emetophobia – The fear of vomiting and the fear of loss of your self control.
- Enochlophobia – The fear of crowds is closely related to Ochlophobia and Demophobia.
- Entomophobia – The fear of bugs and insects, also related to Acarophobia.
- Equinophobia – The fear of horses.
- Ergophobia – The fear of work.
- Galeophobia – The fear of sharks in the ocean or even in swimming pools.
- Gamophobia – The fear of commitment or sticking with someone to the end.
- Gephyrophobia – The fear of bridges and crossing even the smallest bridge.
- Gerascophobia – The fear of getting old.
- Globophobia – The fear of balloons.
- Glossophobia – The fear of public speaking.
- Gynophobia – The fear of women..
- Hemophobia – The fear of blood.
- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – The fear of long words.
- Iatrophobia – The fear of doctors.
- Ichthyophobia – The fear of fish.
- Katsaridaphobia – The fear of cockroaches.
- Kinemortophobia – The fear of zombies.
- Koumpounophobia – The fear of buttons.
- Lepidopterophobia – The fear of butterflies and often most winged insects.
- Ligyrophobia – The fear of loud noises.
- Metathesiophobia – The fear of change.
- Monophobia – The fear of being alone.
- Mottephobia – The fear of moths.
- Musophobia – The fear of mice.
- Myrmecophobia – The fear of ants.
- Mysophobia – The fear of germs. It is also rightly termed as Germophobia or Bacterophobia.
- Nosocomephobia – The fear of hospitals.
- Numerophobia – The fear of numbers and the mere thought of calculations.
- Nyctophobia – The fear of darkness.
- Ombrophobia – The fear of rain.
- Omphalophobia – The fear of belly buttons.
- Ophidiophobia – The fear of snakes.
- Ornithophobia – The fear of birds.
- Panophobia – The fear of everything or fear that terrible things will happen.
- Paraskevidekatriaphobia – The fear of Friday the 13th.
- Pediophobia – The fear of dolls.
- Phasmophobia – The fear of ghosts. AKA Spectrophobia.
- Philophobia – The fear of love.
- Phobophobia – The fear of fear.
- Photophobia – The fear of light caused by something medical or traumatic.
- Podophobia – The fear of feet. Some people fear touching or looking at feet, even their own.
- Pogonophobia – The fear of beards or being scared of/around bearded men.
- Pseudodysphagia – The fear of choking often after a bad eating experience.
- Pyrophobia – The fear of fire.
- Ranidaphobia – The fear of frogs.
- Samhainophobia – The fear of Halloween affects children/superstitious people.
- Scelerophobia – The fear of crime involves being afraid of burglars, attackers or crime in general.
- Scoleciphobia – The fear of worms.
- Sidonglobophobia – The fear of cotton balls or plastic foams.
- Somniphobia – The fear of sleep.
- Spheksophobia – The fear of wasps.
- Taphophobia – The fear of being buried alive by mistake and waking up in a coffin underground.
- Technophobia – The fear of technology is often induced by culture/religion.
- Telephonophobia – The fear of talking on the phone.
- Thalassophobia – The fear of the ocean. Water, waves and unknown spaces.
- Thanatophobia – The fear of death.
- Theophobia – The fear of God causes an irrational fear of God or religion.
- Tokophobia – The fear of pregnancy involves giving birth or having children.
- Triskaidekaphobia – The fear of the number 13 or the bad luck that follows.
- Trypanophobia – The fear of needles.
- Trypophobia – The fear of holes is an unusual but pretty common phobia.
- Vehophobia – The fear of driving.
- Xenophobia – The fear of the unknown.
- Zoophobia – The fear of animals.
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El pilin loco
Monday 14th of November 2022
i have fear of penises lmao
Aranza Acasuso
Monday 14th of November 2022
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nhi
Wednesday 7th of September 2022
I even don't know whether I'm an Atychiphobian or an Achievemephobian ?!?
hummingbird 30000
Tuesday 14th of June 2022
i have Technophobia Samhainophobia Glossophobia
I do not know
Tuesday 21st of December 2021