
If something exists, you can be sure that someone, somewhere, has a fear of it. There are hundreds of fears and phobias, each with their own unique name. Here is a big list of fears and phobias and their correct name.
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Phobia | Fear |
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Ablutophobia | Fear of bathing. |
Ablutophobia | Fear of washing or bathing. |
Acarophobia | Fear of or beliefs that the skin is infested with mites or insects. |
Acerophobia | Fear of sourness or anything that tastes sour. |
Achluophobia | Fear of darkness. |
Acousticophobia | Fear of loud sounds or noise. Also Called Phonophobia. |
Acrophobia | Fear of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up. |
Aeroacrophobia | Fear of high open places. |
Aeronausiphobia | Fear of vomiting due to airsickness. |
Aerophobia | Fear of flying in planes and other flying vehicles. |
Aerophobia | Fear of flying in helicopters, airplanes and other flying vehicles. |
Agateophobia | Fear of insanity or becoming insane. |
Agliophobia | Fear of pain. |
Agoraphobia | Fear of being in crowded places. |
Agoraphobia | Fear of being in public places. |
Agoraphobia | Fear of leaving a safe place. |
Agoraphobia | Fear of open spaces. |
Agoraphobia | Fear of being outside the home. |
Agoraphobia | Fear of shopping malls / centres. |
Agoraphobia | Fear of public transport. |
Agraphobia | Fear of sexual abuse. |
Agrizoophobia | Fear of wild animals. |
Agyrophobia | Fear of crossing the streets, even if there is no actual threat. |
Agyrophobia | Fear of crossing the roads, even if there is no actual threat. |
Agyrophobia | Fear of crossing the highways, even if there is no actual threat. |
Agyrophobia | Fear of crossing the thoroughfares, even if there is no actual threat. |
Aichmophobia | Fear of sharp or pointed objects such as needles, pencils, knives or even a pointing finger |
Ailurophobia | Fear of cats. |
Albuminurophobia | Fear of kidney disease. |
Alektorophobia | Fear of chickens and other fowls. |
Algophobia | Fear of pain. |
Alliumphobia | Fear of garlic. |
Allodoxaphobia | Fear of opinions, in particular, opinions about one self. |
Altophobia | Fear of heights. |
Amathophobia | Fear of dust. |
Amaxophobia | Fear of riding in a car. |
Ambulophobia | Fear of walking and can be linked to a sensation of falling when trying to stand or walk. |
Amnesiphobia | Fear of amnesia which is commonly related to the development of Alzheimer’s disease |
Amychophobia | Fear of scratches or being scratched, clawed or lacerated. |
Anablephobia | Fear of looking up. |
Ancraophobia | Fear of wind or drafts. Also called Anemophobia |
Androphobia | Fear of men. |
Anemophobia | Fear of air drafts, gusts of air, wind. Also called Ancraophobia |
Anginophobia | Fear of choking, angina, chest pain or a feeling of smothering. |
Anglophobia | Fear of England or English people or culture. |
Angrophobia | Fear of anger or of losing one's temper and becoming angry. |
Ankylophobia | Fear of joint immobility. |
Anthrophobia | Fear of people or human company. |
Anthophobia | Fear of flowers. |
Anthropophobia | Fear of people or society that stems from an extreme form of shyness and timidity. |
Antlophobia | Fear of floods. |
Anuptaphobia | Fear of being or staying single. |
Apeirophobia | Fear of eternity which is often is often connected with Thanatophobia, a fear of dying. |
Aphenphosmphobia | Fear of touching or of being touched. Also called Haphephobia |
Aphephobia | Fear of touching or of being touched. Also called Haphephobia |
Apiphobia | Fear of bees. |
Apotemnophobia | Fear of amputation, either the possibility of loosing ones own appendages or the fear of amputation on others. |
Arachibutyrophobia | Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. |
Arachnephobia | Fear of spiders. |
Arachnophobia | Fear of spiders. |
Arithmophobia | Fear of numbers. |
Arrhenphobia | Fear of men. Also called Androphobia |
Arsonphobia | Fear of fire or flames. Also called Pyrophobia. |
Asthenophobia | Fear of weakness and sometimes a fear of fainting. |
Astraphobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. |
Astrapophobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. |
Astrophobia | Fear of stars or celestial objects and can be linked to a fear of the dark nyctophobia. |
Asymmetriphobia | Fear of asymmetrical things. |
Ataxiophobia | Fear of ataxia, the loss of full control of bodily movements. |
Ataxophobia | Fear of disorder, untidiness or chaos. |
Atelophobia | Fear of imperfection or not being good enough. |
Atephobia | Fear of being ruined socially or financially. |
Atephobia | Fear of ruins from either modern disaster or historical. |
Athazagoraphobia | Fear of being forgotten or ignored. |
Athazagoraphobia | Fear of forgetting |
Atomosophobia | Fear of atomic explosions. |
Atychiphobia | Fear of failure. |
Aulophobia | Fear of flutes. |
Aurophobia | Fear of gold. |
Auroraphobia | Fear of the Aurora Borealis or the Northern lights. |
Auroraphobia | Fear of the Aurora Australis or the Southern lights. |
Autodysomophobia | Fear of vile odour, especially of ones own body odour. |
Automatonophobia | Fear of figures that resemble the human form. Such as wax figures, humanoid robots, ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronic creatures, anything that falsely represents a sentient being. |
Automysophobia | Fear of being dirty. |
Autophobia | Fear of isolation or being alone or of oneself. |
Aviophobia | Fear of flying. |
Aviatophobia | Fear of flying. |
Bacillophobia | Fear of microbes. |
Bacteriophobia | Fear of bacteria. |
Ballistophobia | Fear of missiles or bullets. |
Barophobia | Fear of gravity. |
Basophobia or Basiphobia | Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling. |
Bathmophobia | Fear of stairs or steep slopes. |
Bathophobia | Fear of depth. |
Batophobia | Fear of heights or being close to high buildings. |
Batrachophobia | Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. |
Belonephobia | Fear of pins and needles. (Aichmophobia) |
Bibliophobia | Fear of books. |
Blennophobia | Fear of slime. |
Bogyphobia | Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman. |
Bolshephobia | Fear of Bolsheviks. |
Botanophobia | Fear of plants. |
Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia | Fear of body smells. |
Brontophobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. Also called Astraphobia |
Bufonophobia | Fear of toads. |
Cacophobia | Fear of ugliness. |
Cainophobia or Cainotophobia | Fear of newness, novelty. |
Caligynephobia | Fear of beautiful women. |
Cancerophobia or Carcinophobia | Fear of cancer. |
Cardiophobia | Fear of the heart. |
Carnophobia | Fear of meat. |
Catagelophobia | Fear of being ridiculed. |
Catapedaphobia | Fear of jumping from high and low places. |
Cathisophobia | Fear of sitting. |
Catoptrophobia | Fear of mirrors. |
Cenophobia or Centophobia | Fear of new things or ideas. |
Keraunophobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. Also called Astraphobia |
Chaetophobia | Fear of hair. |
Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia | Fear of cold.(Frigophobia, Psychophobia) |
Chemophobia | Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals. |
Cherophobia | Fear of gaiety. |
Chionophobia | Fear of snow. |
Chiraptophobia | Fear of being touched. |
Chirophobia | Fear of hands. |
Chiroptophobia | Fear of bats. |
Cholerophobia | Fear of anger or the fear of cholera. |
Chorophobia | Fear of dancing. |
Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia | Fear of money. |
Chromophobia or Chromatophobia | Fear of colors. |
Chronomentrophobia | Fear of clocks. |
Chronophobia | Fear of time. |
Cibophobia | Fear of food.(Sitophobia, Sitiophobia) |
Claustrophobia | Fear of confined spaces. |
Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia | Fear of being locked in an enclosed place. |
Cleptophobia | Fear of stealing. |
Climacophobia | Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs. |
Clinophobia | Fear of going to bed. |
Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia | Fear of being enclosed. |
Cnidophobia | Fear of stings. |
Coimetrophobia | Fear of cemeteries. |
Coitophobia | Fear of coitus. |
Cometophobia | Fear of comets. |
Consecotaleophobia | Fear of chopsticks. |
Contreltophobia | Fear of sexual abuse. |
Coprastasophobia | Fear of constipation. |
Coprophobia | Fear of feces. |
Coulrophobia | Fear of clowns. |
Counterphobia | The preference by a phobic for fearful situations. |
Cremnophobia | Fear of precipices. |
Cryophobia | Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost. |
Crystallophobia | Fear of crystals or glass. |
Cyberphobia | Fear of computers or working on a computer. |
Cyclophobia | Fear of bicycles. |
Cymophobia or Kymophobia | Fear of waves or wave like motions. |
Cynophobia | Fear of dogs or rabies. |
Cypridophobia or Cypriphobia or Cyprianophobia or Cyprinophobia | Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease. |
Decidophobia | Fear of making decisions. |
Defecaloesiophobia | Fear of painful bowels movements. |
Deipnophobia | Fear of dining or dinner conversations. |
Dementophobia | Fear of insanity. |
Demonophobia or Daemonophobia | Fear of demons. |
Demophobia | Fear of crowds. (Agoraphobia) |
Dendrophobia | Fear of trees. |
Dentophobia | Fear of dentists. |
Dermatophobia | Fear of skin lesions. |
Dermatosiophobia or Dermatophobia or Dermatopathophobia | Fear of skin disease. |
Dextrophobia | Fear of objects at the right side of the body. |
Diabetophobia | Fear of diabetes. |
Didaskaleinophobia | Fear of going to school. |
Dikephobia | Fear of justice. |
Dinophobia | Fear of dizziness or whirlpools. |
Diplophobia | Fear of double vision. |
Dipsophobia | Fear of drinking. |
Dishabiliophobia | Fear of undressing in front of someone. |
Disposophobia | Fear of throwing stuff out. Hoarding. |
Domatophobia | Fear of houses or being in a house.(Eicophobia, Oikophobia) |
Doraphobia | Fear of fur or skins of animals. |
Doxophobia | Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise. |
Dromophobia | Fear of crossing streets. |
Dutchphobia | Fear of the Dutch. |
Dysmorphophobia | Fear of deformity. |
Dystychiphobia | Fear of accidents. |
Ecclesiophobia | Fear of church. |
Ecophobia | Fear of home. |
Eicophobia | Fear of home surroundings.(Domatophobia, Oikophobia) |
Eisoptrophobia | Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror. |
Electrophobia | Fear of electricity. |
Eleutherophobia | Fear of freedom. |
Elurophobia | Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia) |
Emetophobia | Fear of vomiting. |
Enetophobia | Fear of pins. |
Enochlophobia | Fear of crowds. |
Enosiophobia or Enissophobia | Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism. |
Entomophobia | Fear of insects. |
Eosophobia | Fear of dawn or daylight. |
Ephebiphobia | Fear of teenagers. |
Epistaxiophobia | Fear of nosebleeds. |
Epistemophobia | Fear of knowledge. |
Equinophobia | Fear of horses. |
Eremophobia | Fear of being by oneself or fear of loneliness. |
Ereuthrophobia | Fear of blushing. |
Ergasiophobia | 1) Fear of work or functioning. 2) Surgeon's fear of operating. |
Ergophobia | Fear of work. |
Erotophobia | Fear of sexual love or sexual questions. |
Erythrophobia or Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia | 1) Fear of redlights. 2) Blushing. 3) Red. |
Euphobia | Fear of hearing good news. |
Eurotophobia | Fear of female genitalia. |
Febriphobia or Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia | Fear of fever. |
Felinophobia | Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia) |
Francophobia | Fear of France or French culture. (Gallophobia, Galiophobia) |
Frigophobia | Fear of cold or cold things.(Cheimaphobia, Cheimatophobia, Psychrophobia) |
Galeophobia or Gatophobia | Fear of cats. |
Gallophobia or Galiophobia | Fear France or French culture. (Francophobia) |
Gamophobia | Fear of marriage. |
Geliophobia | Fear of laughter. |
Gelotophobia | Fear of being laughed at. |
Geniophobia | Fear of chins. |
Genophobia | Fear of sex. |
Genuphobia | Fear of knees. |
Gephyrophobia or Gephydrophobia or Gephysrophobia | Fear of crossing bridges. |
Gerascophobia | Fear of growing old. |
Germanophobia | Fear of Germany or German culture. |
Gerontophobia | Fear of old people or of growing old. |
Geumaphobia or Geumophobia | Fear of taste. |
Glossophobia | Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak. |
Gnosiophobia | Fear of knowledge. |
Graphophobia | Fear of writing or handwriting. |
Gymnophobia | Fear of nudity. |
Gynephobia or Gynophobia | Fear of women. |
Hadephobia | Fear of hell. |
Hagiophobia | Fear of saints or holy things. |
Hamartophobia | Fear of sinning. |
Haphephobia | Fear of touching or of being touched. |
Harpaxophobia | Fear of being robbed. |
Hapnophobia | Fear of touching or of being touched. Also called Haphephobia. |
Hedonophobia | Fear of feeling pleasure. |
Haptephobia | Fear of touching or of being touched. Also called Haphephobia. |
Heliophobia | Fear of the sun. |
Hellenologophobia | Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology. |
Helminthophobia | Fear of being infested with worms. |
Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia | Fear of blood. |
Heresyphobia or Hereiophobia | Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation. |
Herpetophobia | Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things. |
Heterophobia | Fear of the opposite sex. (Sexophobia) |
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia | Fear of the number 666. |
Hierophobia | Fear of priests or sacred things. |
Hippophobia | Fear of horses. |
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia | Fear of long words. |
Hobophobia | Fear of bums or beggars. |
Hodophobia | Fear of road travel. |
Homichlophobia | Fear of fog. |
Homilophobia | Fear of sermons. |
Hominophobia | Fear of men. |
Homophobia | Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual. |
Hoplophobia | Fear of firearms. |
Hormephobia | Fear of shock. |
Hydrargyophobia | Fear of mercurial medicines. |
Hydrophobia | Fear of water or of rabies. |
Hydrophobophobia | Fear of rabies. |
Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia | Fear of glass. |
Hygrophobia | Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture. |
Hylephobia | Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy. |
Hylophobia | Fear of forests. |
Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia | Fear of responsibility. |
Hypnophobia | Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized. |
Hypsiphobia | Fear of height. |
Iatrophobia | Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors. |
Ichthyophobia | Fear of fish. |
Ideophobia | Fear of ideas. |
Illyngophobia | Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down. |
Insectophobia | Fear of insects. |
Iophobia | Fear of poison. |
Isolophobia | Fear of solitude, being alone. |
Isopterophobia | Fear of termites, insects that eat wood. |
Ithyphallophobia | Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis. |
Japanophobia | Fear of Japanese. |
Judeophobia | Fear of Jews. |
Kainolophobia or Kainophobia | Fear of anything new, novelty. |
Kakorrhaphiophobia | Fear of failure or defeat. |
Katagelophobia | Fear of ridicule. |
Kathisophobia | Fear of sitting down. |
Katsaridaphobia | Fear of cockroaches. |
Kenophobia | Fear of voids or empty spaces. |
Keraunophobia or Ceraunophobia | Fear of thunder and lightning.(Astraphobia, Astrapophobia) |
Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia | Fear of movement or motion. |
Kleptophobia | Fear of stealing. |
Koinoniphobia | Fear of rooms. |
Kolpophobia | Fear of genitals, particularly female. |
Koniophobia | Fear of dust. (Amathophobia) |
Kopophobia | Fear of fatigue. |
Kosmikophobia | Fear of cosmic phenomenon. |
Kymophobia | Fear of waves. (Cymophobia) |
Kynophobia | Fear of rabies. |
Kyphophobia | Fear of stooping. |
Lachanophobia | Fear of vegetables. |
Laliophobia or Lalophobia | Fear of speaking. |
Leprophobia or Lepraphobia | Fear of leprosy. |
Leukophobia | Fear of the color white. |
Levophobia | Fear of things to the left side of the body. |
Ligyrophobia | Fear of loud sudden noises, especially in the form of an alarm. |
Lilapsophobia | Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes. |
Limnophobia | Fear of lakes. |
Linonophobia | Fear of string. |
Liticaphobia | Fear of lawsuits. |
Lockiophobia | Fear of childbirth. |
Logizomechanophobia | Fear of computers. |
Logophobia | Fear of words. |
Luiphobia | Fear of lues, syphillis. |
Lutraphobia | Fear of otters. |
Lygophobia | Fear of twilight and can also be considered a fear of darkness also called - Achluophobia |
Lyssophobia | Fear of rabies or of becoming mad. |
Macrophobia | Fear of long waits. |
Mageirocophobia | Fear of cooking. |
Maieusiophobia | Fear of childbirth. |
Malaxophobia | Fear of love play. (Sarmassophobia) |
Maniaphobia | Fear of insanity. |
Mastigophobia | Fear of punishment. |
Mechanophobia | Fear of machines. |
Medomalacuphobia | Fear of losing an erection. |
Medorthophobia | Fear of an erect penis. |
Megalophobia | Fear of large things. |
Melanophobia | Fear of the color black. |
Melissophobia | Fear of bees. |
Melissaphobia | Fear of bees. |
Melophobia | Fear or hatred of music. |
Meningitophobia | Fear of brain disease. |
Menophobia | Fear of menstruation. |
Merinthophobia | Fear of being bound or tied up. |
Metallophobia | Fear of metal. |
Metathesiophobia | Fear of changes. |
Meteorophobia | Fear of meteors. |
Methyphobia | Fear of alcohol. |
Metrophobia | Fear or hatred of poetry. |
Microbiophobia | Fear of microbes. (Bacillophobia) |
Microphobia | Fear of small things. |
Misophobia or Mysophobia | Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs. |
Mnemophobia | Fear of memories. |
Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia | Fear of dirt or contamination. |
Monopathophobia | Fear of definite disease. |
Monophobia | Fear of solitude or being alone. |
Motorphobia | Fear of automobiles. |
Mottephobia | Fear of moths. |
Musophobia or Muriphobia | Fear of mice. |
Mycophobia | Fear or aversion to mushrooms. |
Mycrophobia | Fear of small things. |
Myctophobia | Fear of darkness. |
Myrmecophobia | Fear of ants. |
Mythophobia | Fear of myths or stories or false statements. |
Myxophobia | Fear of slime. (Blennophobia) |
Nebulaphobia | Fear of fog. (Homichlophobia) |
Necrophobia | Fear of death or dead things. |
Nelophobia | Fear of glass. |
Neopharmaphobia | Fear of new drugs. |
Neophobia | Fear of anything new. |
Nephophobia | Fear of clouds. |
Nicaduranaphobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. Also called Astraphobia |
Noctiphobia | Fear of the night. |
Nomatophobia | Fear of names. |
Nosocomephobia | Fear of hospitals. |
Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia | Fear of becoming ill. |
Nostophobia | Fear of returning home. |
Novercaphobia | Fear of your step-mother. |
Nucleomituphobia | Fear of nuclear weapons. |
Nudophobia | Fear of nudity. |
Numerophobia | Fear of numbers. |
Nyctohylophobia | Fear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night |
Nyctophobia | Fear of the dark or of night. Also referred to as Achluophobia |
Obesophobia | Fear of gaining weight.(Pocrescophobia) |
Ochlophobia | Fear of crowds or mobs. |
Ochophobia | Fear of vehicles. |
Octophobia | Fear of the figure 8. |
Odontophobia | Fear of teeth or dental surgery. |
Odynophobia or Odynephobia | Fear of pain. (Algophobia) |
Oenophobia | Fear of wines. |
Oikophobia | Fear of home surroundings, house.(Domatophobia, Eicophobia) |
Olfactophobia | Fear of smells. |
Ombrophobia | Fear of rain or of being rained on. |
Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia | Fear of eyes. |
Omphalophobia | Fear of belly buttons. |
Oneirogmophobia | Fear of wet dreams. |
Oneirophobia | Fear of dreams. |
Onomatophobia | Fear of hearing a certain word or of names. |
Ophidiophobia | Fear of snakes. (Snakephobia) |
Ophthalmophobia | Fear of being stared at. |
Opiophobia | Fear medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients. |
Optophobia | Fear of opening one's eyes. |
Ornithophobia | Fear of birds. |
Orthophobia | Fear of property. |
Osmophobia or Osphresiophobia | Fear of smells or odors. |
Ostraconophobia | Fear of shellfish. |
Ouranophobia or Uranophobia | Fear of heaven. |
Pagophobia | Fear of ice or frost. |
Panophobia or Pantophobia | Fear of everything. |
Panthophobia | Fear of suffering and disease. |
Papaphobia | Fear of the Pope. |
Papyrophobia | Fear of paper. |
Paralipophobia | Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility. |
Paraphobia | Fear of sexual perversion. |
Parasitophobia | Fear of parasites. |
Paraskavedekatriaphobia | Fear of Friday the 13th. |
Parthenophobia | Fear of virgins or young girls. |
Parturiphobia | Fear of childbirth. |
Pathophobia | Fear of disease. |
Patroiophobia | Fear of heredity. |
Peccatophobia | Fear of sinning or imaginary crimes. |
Pediculophobia | Fear of lice. |
Pediophobia | Fear of dolls. |
Pedophobia | Fear of children. |
Peladophobia | Fear of bald people. |
Pellagrophobia | Fear of pellagra. |
Peniaphobia | Fear of poverty. |
Pentheraphobia | Fear of mother-in-law. (Novercaphobia) |
Phagophobia | Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten. |
Phalacrophobia | Fear of becoming bald. |
Phallophobia | Fear of a penis, esp erect. |
Pharmacophobia | Fear of drugs. |
Pharmacophobia | Fear of taking medicine. |
Phasmophobia | Fear of ghosts. |
Phengophobia | Fear of daylight or sunshine. |
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia | Fear of kissing. |
Philophobia | Fear of falling in love or being in love. |
Philosophobia | Fear of philosophy. |
Phobophobia | Fear of phobias. |
Phonophobia | Fear of loud sounds or noises. Can also mean a fear of voices or to fear one's own voice. |
Photoaugliaphobia | Fear of glaring lights. |
Photophobia | Fear of light. |
Phronemophobia | Fear of thinking. |
Phthiriophobia | Fear of lice. (Pediculophobia) |
Phthisiophobia | Fear of tuberculosis. |
Placophobia | Fear of tombstones. |
Plutophobia | Fear of wealth. |
Pluviophobia | Fear of rain or of being rained on. |
Pneumatiphobia | Fear of spirits. |
Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia | Fear of choking of being smothered. |
Pocrescophobia | Fear of gaining weight. (Obesophobia) |
Pogonophobia | Fear of beards. |
Poinephobia | Fear of punishment. |
Poliosophobia | Fear of contracting poliomyelitis. |
Politicophobia | Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians. |
Polyphobia | Fear of many things. |
Ponophobia | Fear of overworking or of pain. |
Porphyrophobia | Fear of the color purple. |
Potamophobia | Fear of rivers or running water. |
Potophobia | Fear of alcohol. |
Proctophobia | Fear of rectums. |
Prosophobia | Fear of progress. |
Psellismophobia | Fear of stuttering. |
Psychophobia | Fear of mind. |
Psychrophobia | Fear of cold. |
Pteromerhanophobia | Fear of flying. |
Pteronophobia | Fear of being tickled by feathers. |
Pupaphobia | Fear of puppets. |
Pyrexiophobia | Fear of Fever. |
Pyrophobia | Fear of fire or flames. Also called Arsonphobia. |
Quadraphobia | fear of the number four. |
Quadriplegiphobia | fear of quadriplegics or fear of becoming a quadriplegic. |
Quintaphobia | fear of the number five. |
Radiophobia | Fear of radiation, x-rays. |
Ranidaphobia | Fear of frogs. |
Rectophobia | Fear of rectum or rectal diseases. |
Rhabdophobia | Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic.(wand) |
Rhypophobia | Fear of defecation. |
Rhytiphobia | Fear of getting wrinkles. |
Rupophobia | Fear of dirt. |
Russophobia | Fear of Russians. |
Samhainophobia | Fear of Halloween. |
Sarmassophobia | Fear of love play. (Malaxophobia) |
Satanophobia | Fear of Satan. |
Scabiophobia | Fear of scabies. |
Scatophobia | Fear of fecal matter. |
Scelerophibia | Fear of bad men, burglars. |
Sciophobia Sciaphobia | Fear of shadows. |
Scoleciphobia | Fear of worms. |
Scolionophobia | Fear of school. |
Scopophobia or Scoptophobia | Fear of being seen or stared at. |
Scotomaphobia | Fear of blindness in visual field. |
Scotophobia | Fear of the night and can also be considered a fear of darkness also called - Achluophobia |
Scriptophobia | Fear of writing in public. |
Selachophobia | Fear of sharks. |
Selaphobia | Fear of light flashes. |
Selenophobia | Fear of the moon. |
Seplophobia | Fear of decaying matter. |
Sesquipedalophobia | Fear of long words. |
Sexophobia | Fear of the opposite sex. (Heterophobia) |
Siderodromophobia | Fear of trains, railroads or train travel. |
Siderophobia | Fear of stars. |
Sinistrophobia | Fear of things to the left or left-handed. |
Sinophobia | Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture. |
Sitophobia or Sitiophobia | Fear of food or eating. (Cibophobia) |
Snakephobia | Fear of snakes. (Ophidiophobia) |
Soceraphobia | Fear of parents-in-law. |
Social Phobia | Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations. |
Sociophobia | Fear of society or people in general. |
Somniphobia | Fear of sleep. |
Sonophobia | Fear of loud sounds. |
Sophophobia | Fear of learning. |
Soteriophobia | Fear of dependence on others. |
Spacephobia | Fear of outer space. |
Spectrophobia | Fear of specters or ghosts. |
Spermatophobia or Spermophobia | Fear of germs. |
Spheksophobia | Fear of wasps. |
Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia | Fear of standing or walking. (Ambulophobia) |
Staurophobia | Fear of crosses or the crucifix. |
Stenophobia | Fear of narrow things or places. |
Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia | Fear of hell. |
Suriphobia | Fear of mice. |
Symbolophobia | Fear of symbolism. |
Symmetrophobia | Fear of symmetry. |
Syngenesophobia | Fear of relatives. |
Syphilophobia | Fear of syphilis. |
Tachophobia | Fear of speed. |
Taeniophobia or Teniophobia | Fear of tapeworms. |
Taphephobia Taphophobia | Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries. |
Tapinophobia | Fear of being contagious. |
Taurophobia | Fear of bulls. |
Technophobia | Fear of technology. |
Teleophobia | 1) Fear of definite plans. 2) Religious ceremony. |
Telephonophobia | Fear of telephones. |
Teratophobia | Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people. |
Testophobia | Fear of taking tests. |
Tetanophobia | Fear of lockjaw, tetanus. |
Teutophobia | Fear of German or German things. |
Textophobia | Fear of certain fabrics. |
Thaasophobia | Fear of sitting. |
Thalassophobia | Fear of the sea. |
Thanatophobia or Thantophobia | Fear of death or dying. |
Theatrophobia | Fear of theatres. |
Theologicophobia | Fear of theology. |
Theophobia | Fear of gods or religion. |
Thermophobia | Fear of heat. |
Thixophobia | Fear of touching or of being touched. Also called Haphephobia. |
Tocophobia | Fear of pregnancy or childbirth. |
Tomophobia | Fear of surgical operations. |
Tonitrophobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. Also called Astraphobia |
Topophobia | Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright. |
Toxiphobia or Toxophobia or Toxicophobia | Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned. |
Traumatophobia | Fear of injury. |
Tremophobia | Fear of trembling. |
Trichinophobia | Fear of trichinosis. |
Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia | Fear of hair. (Chaetophobia, Hypertrichophobia) |
Triskaidekaphobia | Fear of the number thirteen. |
Tropophobia | Fear of moving or making changes. |
Trypanophobia | Fear of injections. |
Trypophobia | Fear of holes, especially repeating patterns of holes. |
Tuberculophobia | Fear of tuberculosis. |
Tyrannophobia | Fear of tyrants. |
Uranophobia or Ouranophobia | Fear of heaven. |
Urophobia | Fear of urine or urinating. |
Vaccinophobia | Fear of vaccination. |
Venustraphobia | Fear of beautiful women. |
Verbophobia | Fear of words. |
Verminophobia | Fear of germs. |
Vestiphobia | Fear of clothing. |
Virginitiphobia | Fear of rape. |
Vitricophobia | Fear of step-father. |
Walloonphobia | Fear of the Walloons. |
Wiccaphobia | Fear of witches and witchcraft. |
Xanthophobia | Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow. |
Xenoglossophobia | Fear of foreign languages. |
Xenophobia | Fear of strangers or foreigners. |
Xerophobia | Fear of dryness. |
Xylophobia | Fear of Forests. |
Xylophobia | Fear of wooden objects. |
Xyrophobia | Fear of razors. |
Zelophobia | Fear of jealousy. |
Zemmiphobia | Fear of the great mole rat. |
Zeusophobia | Fear of God or gods. |
Zoophobia | Fear of animals. |