List of Phobias
What is a phobia
A phobia is an irrational and extreme fear of something that’s unlikely to cause harm. The word 'phobia' comes from the Greek word “phobos,” which means “fear” or “horror.” People with some phobias sometimes experience panic attacks when they encounter the things they fear. There’s also a fear of fears and its called phobophobia
List of Phobias starting with A
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| ablutophobia | fear of washing or bathing |
| acarophobia | fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching |
| acerophobia | fear of sourness |
| achluophobia | fear of darkness |
| acousticophobia | fear of noise |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| aeroacrophobia | fear of open high places |
| aeronausiphobia | fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness |
| aerophobia | fear of aircraft or flying |
| agateophobia | fear of insanity |
| agliophobia | fear of pain |
| agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
| agraphobia | fear of sexual abuse |
| agrizoophobia | fear of wild animals |
| agyrophobia | fear of streets or crossing the street |
| aichmophobia | fear of needles or pointed objects |
| ailurophobia | fear of cats |
| akousticophobia | fear of sound |
| albuminurophobia | fear of kidney disease |
| alektorophobia | fear of chickens or ducks |
| algophobia | fear of pain |
| alliumphobia | fear of garlic |
| allodoxaphobia | fear of opinions |
| altophobia | fear of heights |
| amakaphobia | fear of carriages |
| amathophobia | fear of dust |
| amaxophobia | fear of riding in a car |
| ambulophobia | fear of walking |
| amnesiphobia | fear of amnesia |
| amychophobia | fear of scratches or being scratched |
| anablephobia | fear of looking up |
| anatidaephobia | fear of chickens |
| ancraophobia | fear of wind |
| androphobia | fear of men |
| anemophobia | fear of air drafts or wind |
| anginophobia | fear of angina, choking or narrowness |
| anglophobia | fear of England or English culture |
| angrophobia | fear of anger or of becoming angry |
| ankylophobia | fear of immobility of a joint |
| anthophobia | fear of flowers |
| anthrophobia | fear of flowers |
| anthropophobia | fear of people or society |
| antlophobia | fear of floods |
| anuptaphobia | fear of staying single |
| apeirophobia | fear of infinity |
| aphenphosmphobia | fear of being touched |
| apiphobia | fear of bees |
| apotemnophobia | fear of persons with amputations |
| aquaphobia | fear of water |
| 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 |
| arrhenphobia | fear of men |
| arsonphobia | fear of fire |
| asthenophobia | fear of fainting or weakness |
| astraphobia | fear of thunder and lightning |
| astrapophobia | fear of thunder and lightning |
| astrophobia | fear of stars or celestial space |
| asymmetriphobia | fear of asymmetrical things |
| ataxiophobia | fear of the loss of bodily control or muscular coordination |
| ataxophobia | fear of disorder or untidiness |
| atelophobia | fear of imperfection |
| atephobia | fear of ruin or ruins |
| athazagoraphobia | fear of being forgotten or ignored or forgetting |
| atomosophobia | fear of atomic explosions |
| atychiphobia | fear of failure |
| aulophobia | fear of flutes |
| aurophobia | fear of gold |
| auroraphobia | fear of northern lights |
| autodysomophobia | fear of vile odor |
| automatonophobia | fear of human-like figures |
| automysophobia | fear of being dirty |
| autophobia | fear of being alone or isolation |
| aviatophobia | fear of flying |
| aviophobia | fear of flying |
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List of Phobias starting with B
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| bacillophobia | fear of microbes |
| bacteriophobia | fear of bacteria |
| ballistophobia | fear of missiles or bullets |
| barophobia | fear of gravity |
| basiphobia | fear of walking or falling or inability to stand |
| basophobia | fear of walking or falling or inability to stand |
| bathmophobia | fear of stairs or steep slopes |
| bathophobia | fear of depth |
| batophobia | fear of heights or being close to high buildings |
| batrachophobia | fear of frogs and other amphibians |
| belonephobia | fear of pins and needles |
| bibliophobia | fear of books |
| blennophobia | fear of slime |
| bogyphobia | fear of bogeys or the bogeyman |
| bolshephobia | fear of bolsheviks |
| botanophobia | fear of plants |
| bromidrophobia | fear of body smells |
| bromidrosiphobia | fear of body smells |
| brontophobia | fear of thunder and lightning |
| bufonophobia | fear of toads |
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List of Phobias starting with C
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| cacophobia | fear of ugliness |
| cainophobia | fear of newness or novelty |
| cainotophobia | fear of newness or novelty |
| caligynephobia | fear of beautiful women |
| cancerophobia | fear of cancer |
| 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 | fear of new things or ideas |
| cenotophobia | fear of voids, empty rooms, barren spaces |
| centophobia | fear of new things or ideas. |
| ceraunophobia | fear of thunder and lightning |
| chaetophobia | fear of hair |
| cheimaphobia | fear of cold |
| cheimatophobia | fear of cold |
| chemophobia | fear of chemicals |
| cherophobia | fear of happiness or gaiety |
| chionophobia | fear of snow |
| chiraptophobia | fear of being touched |
| chirophobia | fear of hands |
| chiroptophobia | fear of bats |
| cholerophobia | fear of anger |
| chorophobia | fear of dancing |
| chrematophobia | fear of money |
| chromatophobia | fear of colors |
| chrometophobia | fear of money |
| chromophobia | fear of colors |
| chronomentrophobia | fear of clocks |
| chronophobia | fear of time |
| cibophobia | fear of food |
| claustrophobia | fear of confined spaces |
| cleisiophobia | fear of being locked in an enclosed place |
| cleithrophobia | 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 | fear of being locked in an enclosed place |
| 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 or defecation |
| coulrophobia | fear of clowns |
| counterphobia | fear of not being in fearful situations |
| cremnophobia | fear of precipices or steep cliffs |
| 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 | fear of waves or wave like motions |
| cynophobia | fear of dogs or rabies |
| cyprianophobia | fear of prostitutes or venereal disease |
| cypridophobia | fear of prostitutes or venereal disease |
| cyprinophobia | fear of prostitutes or venereal disease |
| cypriphobia | fear of prostitutes or venereal disease |
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List of Phobias starting with D
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| daemonophobia | fear of demons |
| decidophobia | fear of making decisions |
| defecaloesiophobia | fear of painful bowels movements |
| deipnophobia | fear of dining or dinner conversations |
| dementophobia | fear of insanity |
| demonophobia | fear of demons |
| demophobia | fear of crowds |
| dendrophobia | fear of trees |
| dentophobia | fear of dentists |
| dermatopathophobia | fear of skin disease |
| dermatophobia | fear of skin disease or skin lesions |
| dermatosiophobia | 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 or hoarding |
| domatophobia | fear of houses or being in a house |
| doraphobia | fear of fur or hides 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 |
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List of Phobias starting with E
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| ecclesiophobia | fear of church |
| ecophobia | fear of cataclysmic environmental change |
| eicophobia | fear of home or home surroundings |
| eisoptrophobia | fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror |
| electrophobia | fear of electricity |
| eleutherophobia | fear of freedom |
| elurophobia | fear of cats |
| emetophobia | fear of vomiting |
| enetephobia | fear of pins |
| enetophobia | fear of pins |
| enissophobia | fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism |
| enochlophobia | fear of crowds |
| enosiophobia | fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism |
| entomophobia | fear of insects |
| eosophobia | fear of dawn or daylight |
| ephebiphobia | fear of teenagers or of young people |
| epistaxiophobia | fear of nosebleeds |
| epistemophobia | fear of knowledge |
| equinophobia | fear of horses |
| eremophobia | fear of being alone or lonely |
| ereuthophobia | fear of red lights or blushing or color red |
| ereuthrophobia | fear of blushing |
| ergasiophobia | fear of work or functioning or surgeon’s fear of operating on a patient |
| ergophobia | fear of work |
| erotophobia | fear of sexual love or sexual abuse |
| erythrophobia | fear of red lights or blushing or color red |
| erytophobia | fear of red lights or blushing or color red |
| euphobia | fear of hearing good news |
| eurotophobia | fear of female genitalia |
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List of Phobias starting with F
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| febriphobia | fear of fever |
| fibriphobia | fear of fever |
| fibriophobia | fear of fever |
| felinophobia | fear of cats |
| francophobia | fear of France or French culture |
| friggatriskaidekaphobia | fear of Friday the 13th |
| frigophobia | fear of cold or cold things |
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List of Phobias starting with G
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| galeophobia | fear of cats |
| galiophobia | fear France or French culture |
| gallophobia | fear France or French culture |
| gamophobia | fear of marriage |
| gatophobia | fear of cats |
| geliophobia | fear of laughter |
| gelotophobia | fear of being laughed at |
| geniophobia | fear of chins |
| genophobia | fear of sexual intercourse |
| genuphobia | fear of knees or the act of kneeling |
| gephydrophobia | fear of crossing bridges |
| gephyrophobia | fear of crossing bridges |
| gephysrophobia | fear of crossing bridges |
| gerascophobia | fear of growing old or aging |
| germanophobia | fear of Germany or German culture. |
| gerontophobia | fear of old people or of growing old. |
| geumaphobia | fear of taste |
| geumophobia | fear of taste |
| globophobia | fear of balloons |
| glossophobia | fear of public speaking |
| gnosiophobia | fear of knowledge |
| graphophobia | fear of writing or handwriting |
| gymnophobia | fear of nudity |
| gynephobia | fear of women |
| gynophobia | fear of women |
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List of Phobias starting with H
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| hadephobia | fear of hell |
| hagiophobia | fear of saints or holy things |
| halitophobia | fear of bad breath |
| hamartophobia | fear of sinning |
| haphephobia | fear of being touched |
| haptephobia | fear of being touched |
| harpaxophobia | fear of being robbed |
| hedonophobia | fear of feeling pleasure |
| heliophobia | fear of the sun |
| hellenologophobia | fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology |
| helminthophobia | fear of being infested with worms |
| hematophobia | fear of blood |
| hemophobia | fear of blood |
| heptadecaphobia | fear of the number 17 |
| heptadekaphobia | fear of the number 17 |
| hereiophobia | fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation |
| heresyphobia | fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation |
| herpetophobia | fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things. |
| heterophobia | fear of the opposite gender |
| 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 |
| hyalophobia | fear of glass |
| hydrargyophobia | fear of mercurial medicines |
| hydrophobia | fear of water |
| hydrophobophobia | fear of rabies |
| hyelophobia | fear of glass |
| hygrophobia | fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture |
| hylephobia | fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy |
| hylophobia | fear of forests |
| hypegiaphobia | fear of responsibility |
| hypengyophobia | fear of responsibility |
| hypnophobia | fear of sleep or of being hypnotized |
| hypsiphobia | fear of height |
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List of Phobias starting with I
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| 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 |
| ithyphallophobia | fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis |
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List of Phobias starting with J
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| japanophobia | fear of Japanese |
| judeophobia | fear of Jews |
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List of Phobias starting with K
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| kainophobia | fear of anything new, novelty |
| Kainolophobia | 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 | fear of thunder and lightning |
| kinesophobia | fear of movement or motion |
| kinetophobia | fear of movement or motion |
| kleptophobia | fear of stealing |
| koinoniphobia | fear of rooms or rooms full of people |
| kolpophobia | fear of genitals, particularly female |
| koniophobia | fear of dust |
| kopophobia | fear of fatigue |
| kosmikophobia | fear of cosmic phenomenon |
| koumpounophobia | fear of buttons on clothing |
| kymophobia | fear of waves |
| kynophobia | fear of rabies |
| kyphophobia | fear of stooping |
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List of Phobias starting with L
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| lachanophobia | fear of vegetables |
| laliophobia | fear of speaking |
| lalophobia | fear of speaking |
| lepidopterophobia | fear of butterflies and moths |
| leprophobia | fear of leprosy |
| 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 noises |
| 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 or syphilis |
| lutraphobia | fear of otters |
| lygophobia | fear of darkness |
| lyssophobia | fear of rabies or of becoming mad |
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List of Phobias starting with M
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| macrophobia | fear of long waits |
| mageirocophobia | fear of cooking |
| maieusiophobia | fear of childbirth |
| malaxophobia | fear of love play |
| maniaphobia | fear of insanity |
| masklophobia | fear of people in masks, costumes and mascots |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| microphobia | fear of small things |
| misophobia | fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs. |
| mnemophobia | fear of memories |
| molysmophobia | fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs |
| 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 |
| muriphobia | fear of mice |
| murophobia | fear of mice or rats |
| musophobia | fear of mice |
| mycophobia | fear or aversion to mushrooms |
| mycrophobia | fear of small things |
| myctophobia | fear of darkness |
| myrmecophobia | fear of ants |
| mysophobia | fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs |
| mythophobia | fear of myths, stories, or false statements |
| myxophobia | fear of slime |
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List of Phobias starting with N
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| nebulaphobia | fear of fog |
| 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 |
| noctiphobia | fear of the night |
| nomatophobia | fear of names |
| nomophobia | fear of being out of mobile phone coverage |
| nosemaphobia | fear of becoming ill |
| nosocomephobia | fear of hospitals |
| nosophobia | fear of contracting a disease or 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 darkness or of night |
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List of Phobias starting with O
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| obesophobia | fear of gaining weight |
| ochlophobia | fear of crowds or mobs |
| ochophobia | fear of vehicles |
| octophobia | fear of the figure 8 |
| odontophobia | fear of teeth or dental surgery |
| odynephobia | fear of pain |
| odynophobia | fear of pain |
| oenophobia | fear of wines |
| oikophobia | fear of home surroundings and household appliances |
| olfactophobia | fear of smells |
| ombrophobia | fear of rain or of being rained on |
| ommatophobia | fear of eyes |
| ommetaphobia | 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 |
| ophthalmophobia | fear of being stared at |
| opiophobia | fear of prescribing (opioid) medication to patients |
| optophobia | fear of opening one’s eyes |
| ornithophobia | fear of birds |
| orthophobia | fear of property |
| osmophobia | fear of smells or odors |
| osphresiophobia | fear of smells or odors |
| ostraconophobia | fear of shellfish |
| ouranophobia | fear of heaven |
| ovaphobia | fear of eggs |
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List of Phobias starting with P
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| pagophobia | fear of ice or frost |
| panophobia | fear of everything |
| panthophobia | fear of suffering and disease |
| pantophobia | fear of everything |
| 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 |
| pediaphobia | fear of babies or children |
| 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 |
| phagophobia | fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten |
| phalacrophobia | fear of becoming bald |
| phallophobia | fear of erections or fear of penis |
| pharmacophobia | fear of taking medicine or fear of drugs |
| phasmophobia | fear of ghosts or phantoms |
| phengophobia | fear of daylight or sunshine |
| philemaphobia | fear of kissing |
| philematophobia | fear of kissing |
| philophobia | fear of falling in love or being in love |
| philosophobia | fear of philosophy |
| phobophobia | fear of fear itself or of having a phobia |
| phonophobia | fear of loud noises or voices or phones |
| photoaugliaphobia | fear of glaring lights |
| photophobia | fear of light |
| phronemophobia | fear of thinking |
| phthiriophobia | fear of lice |
| 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 |
| pnigerophobia | fear of choking of being smothered |
| pnigophobia | fear of choking of being smothered |
| pocrescophobia | fear of gaining weight |
| 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 or fear of everything |
| ponophobia | fear of overworking or of pain |
| pornophobia | dislike or fear of pornography |
| 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 |
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List of Phobias starting with Q
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| quadraphobia | fear of the number four |
| quadriplegiphobia | fear of quadriplegics or fear of becoming a quadriplegic |
| quintaphobia | fear of the number five |
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List of Phobias starting with R
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| radiophobia | fear of radiation, x-rays |
| ranidaphobia | fear of frogs |
| rectophobia | fear of rectum or rectal diseases |
| rhabdophobia | fear of being severely punished or of being severely criticized |
| rhypophobia | fear of defecation |
| rhytiphobia | fear of getting wrinkles |
| rupophobia | fear of dirt |
| russophobia | fear of Russia or Russians |
| rypophobia | fear of filth, defecation, or of being soiled |
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List of Phobias starting with S
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| samhainophobia | fear of Halloween |
| sarmassophobia | fear of love play |
| satanophobia | fear of Satan |
| scabiophobia | fear of scabies |
| scatophobia | fear of fecal matter |
| scelerophibia | fear of burglars |
| sciaphobia | fear of shadows |
| sciophobia | fear of shadows |
| scoleciphobia | fear of worms |
| scolionophobia | fear of school |
| scopophobia | fear of being seen or stared at |
| scotomaphobia | fear of blindness in visual field. |
| scotophobia | fear of darkness |
| 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 sexual organs or sexual activities |
| 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 people or Chinese culture |
| sitiophobia | fear of food or eating |
| sitophobia | fear of food or eating |
| soceraphobia | fear of parents-in-law |
| sociophobia | fear of society or social situations |
| somniphobia | fear of sleep |
| sophophobia | fear of learning |
| soteriophobia | fear of dependence on others |
| spacephobia | fear of outer space |
| spectrophobia | fear of mirrors |
| spermatophobia | fear of germs |
| spermophobia | fear of germs |
| spheksophobia | fear of wasps |
| stasiphobia | fear of standing or walking |
| staurophobia | fear of crosses or the crucifix |
| stenophobia | fear of narrow things or places |
| stygiophobia | fear of hell |
| submechanophobia | fear of submerged objects |
| suriphobia | fear of mice |
| symbolophobia | fear of symbolism |
| symmetrophobia | fear of symmetry |
| syngenesophobia | fear of relatives |
| syphilophobia | fear of syphilis |
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List of Phobias starting with T
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| tachophobia | fear of speed |
| taeniophobia | fear of tapeworms |
| taphephobia | fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries |
| taphophobia | fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries |
| tapinophobia | fear of being contagious |
| taurophobia | fear of bulls |
| technophobia | fear of technology |
| teleophobia | fear of definite plans |
| telephonophobia | fear of telephones |
| teratophobia | fear of bearing a deformed child or monster |
| testophobia | fear of taking tests |
| tetanophobia | fear of lockjaw, tetanus |
| teutophobia | fear of Germany or German things. |
| textophobia | fear of certain fabrics |
| thaasophobia | fear of sitting |
| thalassophobia | fear of the sea |
| thanatophobia | fear of death or dying |
| theatrophobia | fear of theatres |
| theologicophobia | fear of theology |
| theophobia | fear of god or religion |
| thermophobia | fear of heat |
| tocophobia | fear of pregnancy or childbirth |
| tokophobia | fear of pregnancy or childbirth |
| tomophobia | fear of surgical operations or medical procedures |
| tonitrophobia | fear of thunder |
| topophobia | fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright |
| toxiphobia | fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned |
| traumatophobia | fear of injury |
| tremophobia | fear of trembling |
| trichopathophobia | fear of hair disorders |
| trichophobia | fear of hair or hair fall |
| triskaidekaphobia | fear of the number 13 |
| tropophobia | fear of moving or making changes |
| trypanophobia | fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles |
| trypophobia | fear of holes or a pattern of holes |
| tuberculophobia | fear of tuberculosis |
| tyrannophobia | fear of tyrants |
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List of Phobias starting with U
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| uranophobia | fear of heaven |
| urophobia | fear of urine or urinating |
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List of Phobias starting with V
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| vaccinophobia | fear of vaccination |
| vehophobia | fear of driving |
| 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 |
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List of Phobias starting with X
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| xanthophobia | fear of the color yellow |
| xenoglossophobia | fear of foreign languages |
| xenophobia | fear of strangers or foreigners |
| xerophobia | fear of dryness |
| xylophobia | fear of wooden objects or fear of forests |
| xyrophobia | fear of razors |
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List of Phobias starting with Z
| Phobia |
Fear of |
| zelophobia | fear of jealousy or of strong emotion |
| zemmiphobia | fear of the mole rat |
| zeusophobia | fear of God |
| zoophobia | fear of animals |
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