PHOBIAS Created by: Will Oestreich 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. Aeroacrophobia Fear of open high places. Aeronausiphobia Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness. Aerophobia Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances. Agliophobia Fear of pain. Agoraphobia Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place. Fear of crowds. 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. Albuminurophobia Fear of kidney disease. Alektorophobia Fear of chickens. Algophobia Fear of pain. Alliumphobia Fear of garlic. Allodoxaphobia Fear of opinions. Altophobia Fear of heights. 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. Ancraophobia Fear of wind. Androphobia Fear of men. Anemophobia Fear of air drafts or wind. Anemophobia Fear of wind. Anginophobia Fear of angina, choking of narrowness. Anglophobia Fear of England, English culture, ect. Angrophobia Fear of becoming angry. Ankylophobia Fear of immobility of a joint. Anthophobia Fear of flowers. Anthrophobia Fear of flowers. Anthropophobia Fear of people of 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. Arachibutyrophobia Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. Arachnephobia Fear of spiders. Arachnophobia Fear of spiders. Arithmophobia Fear of numbers. Arrhenophobia Fear of men. Arsonphobia Fear of fire. Ashenophobia Fear of fainting or weakness. Astraphobia Fear of thunder and lightning. Astrapophobia Fear of thunder and lightning. Astrophobia Fear of stars and celestial space. Asymmetriphobia Fear of asymmetrical things. Ataxiophobia Fear of ataxia (muscular incoordination) 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 that one has a vile odor. Automatonophobia Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues-anything that falsly represents a sentient being. Automysophobia Fear of being dirty. Autophobia Fear of being alone or of oneself. Aviatophobia Fear of flying. Aviophobia Fear of flying. Bacillophobia Fear of microbes. Bacteriophobia Fear of bacteria. Balenephobia Fear of pins and needles. Ballistophobia Fear of missles or bullets. Barophobia Fear of gravity. Basiphobia Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling. Basophobia Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling. Bathophobia Fear of depth. Batonophobia Fear of plants. Batophobia Fear of heights or being close to high buildings. Batrachophobia Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. Bibliophobia Fear of books. Blennophobia Fear of slime. Bogyphobia Fear of bogies or the bogeyman. Bolshephobia Fear of Bulsheviks. Bromidrophobia Fear of body smells. Bromidrosiphobia Fear of body smells. Brontophobia Fear of thunder and lightning. Bufonophobia Fear of toads. Cacophobia Fear of ugliness. Cainophobia Fear of newness, novelty. Cainotophobia Fear of newness, 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. Centophobia Fear of new things or ideas. Ceraunophobia Fear of thunder. Chaetophobia Fear of hair. Cheimaphobia Fear of cold. Cheimatophobia Fear of cold. chemophobia Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals. Cherophobia Fear of gaiety. Chionophobia Fear of snow. Chiraptophobia Fear of being touched. Cholerophobia Fear of anger or the fear of cholera. 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 enclosed. 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 enclosed. Cnidophobia Fear of strings. Coimetrophobia Fear of cemeteries. Coitophobia Fear of coitus. Cometophobia Fear of comets. Contreltophobia Fear fo 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 fo 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. Daemonophobia Fear of demons. Decidophobia Fear of making decisions. Defecaloesiphobia Fear of painful bowels movements. Deipnophobia Fear of dining and dinner conversation. Dematophobia Fear of skin lesions. Dementophobia Fear of insanity. Demonophobia Fear of demons. Demophobia Fear of crowds. Dendrophobia Fear of trees. Dentophobia Fear of dentist. Dermatophathophobia Fear of skin disease. Dermatophobia Fear of skin disease. 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. Diderodromophobia Fear of trains, railroads or train travel. Dikephobia Fear of justice. Dinophobia Fear of dizziness or whirlpools. Diplophobia Fear of double vision. Dipsophobia Fear drinking. Dishabiliophobia Fear of undressing in front of someone. Domatophobia Fear of houses or being in a home. Doraphobia Fear of fur or skins of animals. 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. 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. 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. Epistaxiophobia Fear of nosebleeds. Epistemphobia Fear of knowledge. Equinophobia Fear of hourse. Eremophobia Fear of being oneself or of lonliness. Ereuthophobia Fear of redlights. Fear of blushing. Fear of red. Ereuthrophobia Fear of blushing. Ergasiophobia Fear of work or functioning. Surgeon's fear of operating. Ergophobia Fear of work. Erotophobia Fear of sexual love or sexual questions. Erythrophobia Fear of redlights. Fear of blushing. Fear of red. Erytophobia Fear of redlights. Fear of blushing. Fear of red. Euphobia Fear of hearing good news. Eurotophobia Fear of female genitalia. Febriphobia Fear of fever. Felinophobia Fear of cats. Fibriophobia Fear of fever. Fibriphobia Fear of fever. Francophobia Fear of France, French culture. Galeophobia Fear of cats. Galiophobia Fear of France, French culture. Gallophobia Fear of France, French culture. Gamophobia Fear of marriage. Gatophobia Fear of cats. Geliophobia Fear of laughter. Geniophobia Fear of chins. Genophobia Fear of sex. Genuphobia Fear of knees. Gephydrophobia Fear of crossing bridges. Gephyrophobia Fear of crossing bridges. Gephysrophobia Fear of crossing bridges. Gerascophobia Fear of growing old. Germanophobia Fear of Germany, German culture, etc. Gerontophobia Fear of old people or of growing old. Geumaphobia Fear of taste. Geumophobia Fear of taste. Glossophobia Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak. Gnosiophobia Fear of knowledge. Graphophobia Fear of writing or handwritting. Gymnophobia Fear of nudity. Gynephobia Fear of women. Gynophobia Fear of women. Hadephobia Fear of hell. Hagiophobia Fear of saints or holy things. 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. Hemaphobia Fear of blood. Hematophobia Fear of blood. Hemophobia Fear of blood. Hereiophobia Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation. Heresyphobia Fear of challenges to official doctrine or radical deviation. Herpetophobia Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things. Heterophobia Fear of the opposite sex. Hierophobia Fear of priest or sacred things. Hippophobia Fear of horses. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia 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 mercuial medicines. Hydrophobia Fear of water of of rabies. Hydrophobophobia Fear or 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. Hynophobia Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized. Hypegiaphobia Fear of responsibility. Hypengyophobia Fear of responsibility. Hypsiphobia Fear of height. Iatrophobia Fear fo going to the doctor or 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 Fear of novelty. Kainophobia Fear of anything new, novelty. Kakorrhaphiophobia Fear of failure or defeat. Katagelophobia Fear of ridicule. Kathisophobia Fear of sitting down. 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 movement or motion. Koinoniphobia Fear of rooms. Kolpophobia Fear of genitals, particulary female. Koniophobia Fear of dust. Kopophobia Fear of fatigue. Kosmikophobia Fear of cosmic phenomenon. Kymophobia Fear of waves. Kynophobia Fear of rabies. Kyphophobia Fear of stooping. Lachanophobia Fear of vegitables. Laliophobia Fear of speaking. Lalophobia Fear of speaking. Lepraphobia Fear of leprosy. Leprophobia 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 fo childbirth. Logizomechanophobia Fear of computers. Logophobia Fear of words. Luiphobia Fear of lues, syphillis. Lutraphobia Fear of otters. Lygophobia Fear of darkness. Lysssophobia 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. 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. Melophobia Fear of hatred or music. Meningitiophobia Fear of brain disease. Merinthophobia Fear of being bound or tied up. Mertophobia Fear or hatred of poetry. Metallophobia Fear of metal. Metathesiophobia Fear of changes. Meterorophobia Fear of Meteors. Methyphobia Fear of alcohol. 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 dirt or contamination. Molysomophobia Fear of dirt or contamination. Monopathophobia Fear of difinite disease. Monophobia Fear of solitude or being alone. Monophobia Fear of menstruation. Motorphobia Fear of automobiles. Mottophobia Fear of moths. Murophobia Fear of mice. 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 germs or contamination or dirt. Mythophobia Fear of myths or stories or false statements. Myxophobia Fear of slime. Namatophobia Fear of names. Nebulaphobia Fear of fog. Necrophobia Fear of death or 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. Nosemaphobia Fear of becoming ill. Nosocomephobia Fear of hospitals. Nosophobia 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. Nyctohlophobia Fear of dark wooded areas, of forest at night. Nyctophobia Fear of the dark or of the night. 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, house. Oikophobia Fear of houses or being in a house. Oikophobia Fear of home surroundings. Olfactophobia Fear of smells. Ombrophobia Fear of rain or being rained on. Ommatophobia Fear of eyes. Ommetaphobia Fear of eyes. Oneirogmophobia Fear of wet dreams. Oneirophobia Fear of dreams. Onomatophobia Fear of hearing a certain word or names. Ophidiophobia Fear of snakes. Opthalmophobia Fear of being stared at. Optophobia Fear of opening one's eyes. Ornithophobia Fear of birds. Orthophobia Fear of property. Osmophobia Fear of smells or odors. Osphesiophobia Fear of smells or odors. Ostraconophobia Fear of shellfish. Ouranophobia Fear of heaven. Pagophobia Fear of ice or frost. Panophobia Fear of everything. Panthophobia Fear of suffering and disease. Pantophobia Fear of everything. Papaphobia Fear fo 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. (imaginary crime) Pediculophobia Fear of lice. Pediophobia Fear of dolls. Pedophobia Fear of children. Peladophobia Fear of bald people. Pellagrophobia Fear of pellagra. Peniaphobioa Fear of poverty. Pentheraphobia Fear of mother-in-law. Phagophobia Fear of swallowing or eating or of being eaten. Phalacrophobia Fear of becoming bald. Phallophobia Fear of penis, esp erect. Pharmacophobia Fear of taking medicine. Pharmacophobia Fear of drugs. Phasmophobia Fear of ghost. 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 phobias. Phonophobia Fear of noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones. 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 or of being smothered. Pnigophobia Fear of choking or of being smothered. Pocrescophobia Fear of gaining weight. Pocresophobia 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. 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 or rectum. 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. 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. Sarmassophobia Fear of love play. Satanophobia Fear of Satin. Scabiophobia Fear of scabies. Scatophobia Fear of fecal matter. Scelerophobia Fear of bad men, burglars. Sciaphobia Fear of shadows. Sciophobia Fear of shadows. Scoionophobia Fear of school. Scoleciphobia Fear of worms. Scopophobia Fear of being seen or stared at. Scoptophobia Fear of being seen or stared at. Scotomaphobia Fear of blindness in visual field. Scotophobia Fear of darkness. Scriptophobia Fear of writing in public. Selaphobia Fear of light flashes. Selenophobia Fear of the moon. Seplophobia Fear of decaying matter. Sesquipedalophobia Fear of long words. Sexophobia Fear of the opposit sex. Sexophobia Fear of the opposite sex. Siderophobia Fear of stars. Sinistrophobia Fear of things to the left, left-handed. Sinophobia Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture. Sitiophobia Fear of food. Sitiophobia Fear of food or eating. Sitophobia Fear of food or eating. Sitophobia Fear of food. Snakephobia Fear of snakes. Snakephobia Fear of snakes. 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. Sophophobia Fear of learning. Soteriophobia Fear of dependence on others. Spacephobia Fear of outer space. Spectrophobia Fear of specters or ghosts. Spermatophobia Fear of germs. Spermophobia Fear of germs. Spheksophobia Fear of wasps. Stasibasiphobia Fear fo standing or walking. Stasiphobia Fear of standing or walking. Staurophobia Fear of crosses or the crucifix. Stenophobia Fear of narrow things or places. Stigiophobia Fear of hell. Stygiophobia 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 Fear of tapeworms. Teniophobia 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 fo difinite plans. Fear of Religious ceremony. Telephonophobia Fear of telephones. Teratophobia Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people. Testaphobia Fear of taking test. Tetanophobia Fear of lockjaw, tetnus. Teutophobia Fear of German or German things. Textophobia Fear of certain fabrics. Thaasophobia Fear of sitting. Thalassophobia Fear of the sea. Thanatophobia Fear of death or dying. Thantophobia Fear of death or dying. Theatrophobia Fear of theaters Theophobia Fear of gods or religion. Theologicophobia Fear of theology. Thermophobia Fear of heat. Tocophobia Fear of pregnancy or childbirth. Tomophobia Fear of surgical operations. Tonitrophobia Fear of thunder. Topophobia Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright. Toxiphobia Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned. Toxophobia Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned. Toxicophobia Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned. Traumatophobia Fear of injury. Tremophobia Fear of trembling. Trichinophobia Fear of trichinosis. Trichopathophobia Fear of hair. Trichophobia Fear of hair. Hypertrichophobia Fear of hair. Triskaidekaphobia Fear of the number 13. Tropophobia Fear of moving or making changes. Trypanophobia Fear of injections. Tuberculophobia Fear of tuberculosis. Tyrannophobia Fear of tyrants. Uranophobia 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 Walloons. Wiccaphobia Fear of witches and witchcraft. Xanthophobia Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow. Xenophobia Fear of strangers or foreigners. Xerophobia Fear of dryness. Xylophobia Fear of wooden objects. Forests. Zelophobia Fear of jelousy. Zeusophobia Fear of God or gods. Zemmiphobia Fear of the great mole rat. Zoophobia Fear of animals.