List of all 521 Phobias

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May 23, 2021
December 1, 2023
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Phobia word comes from the Greek word ‘Phobos’, meaning fear or dread. Phobia is beyond normal fear that could be triggered by a particular object, animal, place, or situation. The source of the fear poses no real danger, but the person is swept over, sometimes by extreme fear. People with specific phobias do it all to avoid it as it causes intense nervousness, which is sometimes intolerable. Here’s the list of phobias that anyone can experience in life. Classic symptoms of phobias are nervousness, trembling, rapid heartbeat, nausea, and being constantly worried about the object of fear. Some people are aware of their phobias while some take time to realize what is making them uneasy while coming across some particular things or situations. If you also have a phobia, you should know how to cope with it and ultimately cure it. You should be aware of symptoms and stay cautious about them.

Aquaphobia

Aquaphobia is an irrational fear of water.

Agoraphobia

Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations where the person perceives their environment to be unsafe with no easy way to escape. These situations can include open spaces, public transit, shopping centers, or simply being outside their home. Being in these situations may result in a panic attack. The symptoms occur nearly every time the situation is encountered and last for more than six months. Those affected will go to great lengths to avoid these situations. In severe cases people may become completely unable to leave their homes.

Agrizoophobia

Agrizoophobia is the Fear Of Wild Animals

Athazagoraphobia

Athazagoraphobia is the fear of being forgotten,ignored or abandoned.

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Achievemephobia

The fear of success is also known as achievemephobia. Achievemephobia means having excessive anxiety about achieving success. It can simply be regarded as the fear of being successful. Most people who struggle with the fear of success are actually afraid of the results and changes that follow success.

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Antlophobia

Antlophobia is the Fear Of Floods

Achondroplasiaphobia

Achondroplasiaphobia is the The Fear Of Little People As They Look Differently

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Atelophobia

Wikipedia has more on Atelophobia Atelophobia is the fear of not good enough or imperfection.

Coulrophobia

Wikipedia has more on Coulrophobia Coulrophobia is the fear of clowns.

Ataxophobia

Ataxophobia is the Fear Of Disorder Or Untidiness

Agraphobia

Agraphobia is the fear of sexual abuse or assault, whether it is of the past or present.

Atychiphobia

Atychiphobia is the fear of failure or defeat.

Pediophobia

Pediophobia is the fear of dolls, a branch of automatonophobia.

Anginophobia

Anginophobia is the Fear Of Angina; Choking Or Narrowness

Anthrophobia

Other Name(s): Anthophobia.
Anthrophobia is the Fear Of Flowers

Ablutophobia

Wikipedia has more on Ablutophobia Ablutophobia is the fear of bathing, washing, and cleaning.

Allodoxaphobia

Allodoxaphobia is the The Fear Of Opinions Being Afraid Of Hearing What Others Are Thinking Of You

Anuptaphobia

Anuptaphobia is the Fear Of Staying Single

Arithmophobia

Arithmophobia is the Fear Of Numbers

Arrhenphobia

Arrhenphobia is the Fear Of Men

Apeirophobia

Apeirophobia is the Fear Of Infinity

Amathophobia

Other Name(s): Koniophobia.
Amathophobia is the Fear Of Dust

Alektorophobia

Alektorophobia is the The Fear Of Chickens You May Have This Phobia If Chickens Make You Panic

Algophobia

Other Name(s): Odynophobia Or Odynephobia.
Algophobia or algiophobia is a phobia of pain – an abnormal and persistent fear of pain that is far more powerful than that of a normal person. It can be treated with behavioral therapy and anti-anxiety medication. The term comes from the Greek: ἄλγος, álgos, “pain” and φόβος, phóbos, “fear”.

Alliumphobia

Alliumphobia is the Fear Of Garlic

Myctophobia

Myctophobia is the Fear Of Darkness

Arachnephobia

Other Name(s): Arachnophobia.
Arachnophobia is the intense and irrational fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions.

Acidophobia

Acidophobia/acidophobic is the Fear of Acidic Conditions

Thanatophobia

Other Name(s): Thantophobia.
Wikipedia has more on Thanatophobia Thanatophobia is the fear of death.

Hypsiphobia

Hypsiphobia is the Fear Of Height

Albuminurophobia

Albuminurophobia is the Fear Of Kidney Disease

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Aviophobia

Other Name(s): Aviatophobia.
Wikipedia has more on Aviophobia Aviophobia or aviatophobia, is the fear of flying or being on an airplane and other flying vehicles.

Nucleomituphobia

Nucleomituphobia is the Fear Of Nuclear Weapons

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Amaxophobia

Amaxophobia, ochophobia, motorphobia, or hamaxophobia is an abnormal or persistent fear of being in, or riding in, a vehicle.

Iatrophobia

Iatrophobia is a phobia where people are scared of seeing a doctor, no matter how urgently they need it, putting their lives at risk.

Iophobia

Iophobia is the Fear Of Poison

Poinephobia

Poinephobia is the Fear Of Punishment

Philophobia

Philophobia is the fear of love, being in love, or falling in love.

Tomophobia

Tomophobia is the Fear Of Surgical Operations

Nosocomephobia

Nosocomephobia is defined as the excessive fear of hospitals.

Roller Coaster Phobia

Roller coaster phobia is a colloquial and slang term describing an individual’s fear of roller coasters and other rides which involve excessive heights, restraints or g-forces on the body. While roller coasters are a popular theme park attraction, certain people feel nauseated, afraid, dizzy, or unsafe when riding roller coasters. In many cases, this fear is related to other phobias – such as acrophobia, claustrophobia or emetophobia – a condition like vertigo, or to a traumatic event. While not an officially recognized phobia, some cases have been treated successfully with a specialized therapy program.

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Insectophobia

Insectophobia is the Fear Of Insects

Hadephobia

Hadephobia is the Fear Of Hell

Asymmetriphobia

Asymmetriphobia is the Fear Of Asymmetrical Things

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Ideophobia

Ideophobia is the Fear Of Ideas

Anglophobia

Anglophobia is the Fear/dislike Of England Or English Culture

Equinophobia

Other Name(s): Hippophobia.
Equinophobia or hippophobia is a psychological fear of horses. Equinophobia is derived from the Greek word φόβος (phóbos), meaning “fear” and the Latin word equus, meaning “horse”. The term hippophobia is also derived from the Greek word phóbos with the prefix derived from the Greek word for horse, ἵππος (híppos).

Claustrophobia

Claustrophobia is the fear of confined spaces. It can be triggered by many situations or stimuli, including elevators, especially when crowded to capacity, windowless rooms, and hotel rooms with closed doors and sealed windows. Even bedrooms with a lock on the outside, small cars, and tight-necked clothing can induce a response in those with claustrophobia. It is typically classified as an anxiety disorder, which often results in panic attacks. The onset of claustrophobia has been attributed to many factors, including a reduction in the size of the amygdala, classical conditioning, or a genetic predisposition to fear small spaces.

Parasitophobia

Parasitophobia is the Fear Of Parasites

Ecophobia

Ecophobia is the feeling of powerlessness to prevent cataclysmic environmental change, it is part of climate anxiety. The term was coined by environmental educator David Sobel in 1996, he described it as “[I]nstead of developing a sense of agency … [some feel] a helpless sense of dread about the future.”. A study with 10-12 year olds found 82% of the children expressed fear, sadness, and anger about environmental problems.

Atomosophobia

Atomosophobia is the fear of atomic explosions, a branch of ekrixiphobia.

Enochlophobia

Enochlophobia describes people who get nervous in/of crowds or fearful in/of crowds.

Altophobia

Altophobia is the Fear Of Heights

Pupaphobia

Pupaphobia is the Fear Of Puppets

Basophobia

Other Name(s): Basiphobia.
Basophobia is the Fear Associated With Astasia-abasia (fear Of Walking/standing Erect) And A Fear Of Falling

Maniaphobia

Maniaphobia is the Fear Of Insanity

Mastigophobia

Mastigophobia is the Fear Of Punishment

Ankylophobia

Ankylophobia is the Fear Of Immobility Of A Joint

Urophobia

Urophobia is the Fear Of Urine Or Urinating

Androphobia

Wikipedia has more on Androphobia Androphobia is the fear of men.

Ecclesiophobia

Ecclesiophobia is the fear of churches, a branch of agoraphobia.

Agateophobia

Agateophobia , is the fear of insanity or of becoming insane.

Agliophobia

Agliophobia is the Fear Of Pain

Anatidaephobia

Anatidaephobia is a very common phobia of ducks watching you.

Emetophobia

Emetophobia is a phobia that causes overwhelming, intense anxiety pertaining to vomit. This specific phobia can also include subcategories of what causes the anxiety, including a fear of vomiting or seeing others vomit. It is common for emetophobics to be underweight or malnourished due to strict diets and restrictions they make for themselves. The thought of someone possibly vomiting can cause the phobic person to engage in extreme behaviors to escape the perceived threat of that particular situation, in which the phobic person will go to great lengths to avoid even potential situations that could even be perceived as “threatening”.

Erythrophobia

Other Name(s): Erytophobia Or Ereuthophobia.
Erythrophobia is the Fear Of Redlights, Read Colour and Blushing. Fear Of The Color Red; Or Fear Of Blushing

Eleutherophobia

Wikipedia has more on Eleutherophobia Eleutherophobia is the fear of freedom.

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Gerascophobia

Gerascophobia is an abnormal or incessant fear of growing older or ageing (senescence).

Topophobia

Topophobia is the fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.

Pseudodysphagia

Wikipedia has more on Pseudodysphagia Pseudodysphagia is the fear of chokings.

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Astraphobia

Other Name(s): Astrapophobia Or Ceraunophobia Or Keraunophobia Or Brontophobia Or Tonitrophobia.
Astraphobia, also known as astrapophobia, brontophobia, keraunophobia, or tonitrophobia is an abnormal fear of thunder and lightning or an unwarranted fear of scattered and/or isolated thunderstorms, a type of specific phobia. It is a treatable phobia that both humans and animals can develop. The term astraphobia is composed of the Greek words ἀστραπή and φόβος.

Asthenophobia

Asthenophobia is the Fear Of Fainting Or Weakness

Kakorrhaphiophobia

Kakorrhaphiophobia is the Fear Of Failure Or Defeat

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Kinemortophobia

Kinemortophobia is the The Fear Of Zombies Being Afraid That Zombies Attack And Turn You Into Them

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Kenophobia

Kenophobia is the Fear Of Voids Or Empty Spaces

Coasterphobia

Coasterphobia is the The Fear Of Roller Coasters.

Taphephobia

Other Name(s): Taphophobia.
Taphophobia is an abnormal (psychopathological) fear of being buried alive as a result of being incorrectly pronounced dead.

Trypanophobia

Trypanophobia is an extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles.

Dishabiliophobia

Dishabiliophobia is the fear of undressing in front of someone.

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Polyphobia

Polyphobia is the Fear Of Many Things

Ephebiphobia

Ephebiphobia is the fear of youth. First coined as the “fear or loathing of teenagers”, today the phenomenon is recognized as the “inaccurate, exaggerated and sensational characterization of young people” in a range of settings around the world. Studies of the fear of youth occur in sociology and youth studies. It is distinguished from pedophobia by being more so focused on adolescents than prepubescent children.

Acrophobia

Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort, that share both similar causes and options for treatment.

Ailurophobia

Other Name(s): Felinophobia Or Elurophobia.
Ailurophobia is a type of specific phobia characterized by the persistent and excessive fear of cats.
The name comes from the Greek words αἴλουρος, ‘cat’ and φόβος, ‘fear’. Other names for ailurophobia include: felinophobia, elurophobia, gatophobia, galeophobia, and cat phobia. A person with this phobia is known as an ailurophobe.

Autodysomophobia

Autodysomophobia is the Fear Of One That Has A Vile Odor

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Ophthalmophobia

Ophthalmophobia is the Fear Of Being Stared At

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Catapedaphobia

Catapedaphobia is the fear of jumping from high and low places.

Trypophobia

Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps. It is not officially recognized as a mental disorder, but may be diagnosed as a specific phobia if excessive fear and distress occur. People may express only disgust to trypophobic imagery.

Astrophobia

Astrophobia is the fear of celestial objects or others surrounding it.

Counterphobia

Counterphobia is the fear of not being in fearful situations.

Nyctophobia

Other Name(s): Achluophobia Or Lygophobia Or Scotophobia.
Nyctophobia is the Fear Of The Dark Or Of Night

Blood Phobia

Blood phobia is an extreme irrational fear of blood, a type of specific phobia. Severe cases of this fear can cause physical reactions that are uncommon in most other fears, specifically vasovagal syncope (fainting). Similar reactions can also occur with trypanophobia and traumatophobia. For this reason, these phobias are categorized as “blood-injection-injury phobia” by the DSM-IV. Some early texts refer to this category as “blood-injury-illness phobia.”

Hypnophobia

Other Name(s): Somniphobia Or Clinophobia.
Hypnophobia or clinopholbia, is the fear of going to sleep.

Amychophobia

Amychophobia is the fear of scratches or of being scratched, clawed or lacerated.

Aichmophobia

Other Name(s): Belonephobia Or Enetophobia.
Aichmophobia is a kind of specific phobia, the morbid fear of sharp things, such as pencils, needles, knives, darts, a pointing finger, or even the sharp end of an umbrella and different sorts of protruding corners or sharp edges in furnitures and building constructions/materials. It is derived from the Greek aichmē (point) and phobos (fear). This fear may also be referred to as belonephobia or enetophobia.

Oenophobia

Oenophobia is the Fear Of Wines

Octophobia

Cakiouyioupoeruimonotingophobia Octophobia is fear of the number eight, a branch of numerophobia.

Ouranophobia

Other Name(s): Uranophobia.
Ouranophobia is the Fear Of Heaven

Disposophobia

Wikipedia has more on Disposophobia Disposophobia is the fear of getting rid of or losing things, resulting in an act of hoarding.

Nosophobia

Other Name(s): Nosemaphobia.
Nosophobia is the irrational fear of contracting a disease, a type of specific phobia. Primary fears of this kind are fear of contracting COVID-19, HIV, pulmonary tuberculosis, venereal diseases, cancer, heart diseases, and catching the cold or flu.

Ombrophobia

Ombrophobia is the Fear Of Rain Or Of Being Rained On

Caligynephobia

Caligynephobia is the Fear Of Beautiful Women

Taeniophobia

Other Name(s): Teniophobia.
Taeniophobia is the Fear Of Tapeworms

Tocophobia

Tocophobia is an intense anxi- ety or fear of pregnancy and childbirth, with some women avoiding pregnancy and child- birth altogether

Pnigophobia

Other Name(s): Pnigerophobia.
Pnigophobia or pnigerophobia is the fear of choking or of being smothered.

Nudophobia

Fear of nudity Mainly when your in your in public or when someone can see you.

Ballistophobia

Ballistophobia is the Fear Of Missiles Or Bullets

Batophobia

Batophobia is the fear of being in or close to tall buildings.

Scopophobia

Other Name(s): Scoptophobia Or Ophthalmophobia.
Scopophobia, scoptophobia, or ophthalmophobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by a morbid fear of being seen or stared at by others.

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear of the number 666.

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Islamophobia

Islamophobia is the fear of, hatred of, or prejudice against the religion of Islam or Muslims in general, especially when seen as a geopolitical force or the source of terrorism.

Acerophobia

Acerophobia is the Fear Of Sourness

Ophidiophobia

Other Name(s): Snakephobia.
Ophidiophobia is a particular type of specific phobia, the abnormal fear of snakes. It is sometimes called by a more general term, herpetophobia, fear of reptiles. The word comes from the Greek words “ophis” (ὄφις), snake, and “phobia” (φοβία) meaning fear.

Chiraptophobia

Chiraptophobia is the Fear Of Being Touched

Chiroptophobia

Wikipedia has more on Chiroptophobia Chiroptophobia is the fear of bats.

Carnophobia

Carnophobia is the Fear Of Meat

Koumpounophobia

Koumpounophobia is the term used to describe the phobia of buttons on clothing. This phobia regularly leads to feelings of fear and disgust when sufferers are exposed to buttons either visually or physically. It is estimated that less than one percent of the U.S. suffers from this phobia. The most common forms of treatment for koumpounophobia are behavioral therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy.

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Coprastasophobia

Coprastasophobia is the Fear Of Constipation

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Xyrophobia

Xyrophobia is the Fear Of Razors

Dinophobia

Dinophobia is the fear of dizziness or whirlpools.

Dementophobia

Dementophobia is the Fear Of Insanity

Peccatophobia

Peccatophobia is the Fear Of Sinning Or Imaginary Crimes

Bathophobia

Bathophobia is the The Fear Of Depths Can Be Anything Associated With Depth (lakes; Tunnels; Caves)

Hylophobia

Hylophobia is the abnormal fear of forests; it may only apply to deep forests , or to any wooded area regardless of size.

Arsonphobia

Arsonphobia is the Fear Of Fire

Amnesiphobia

Amnesiphobia is the Fear Of Amnesia

Aeroacrophobia

Aeroacrophobia is the Fear Of Open High Places

Autophobia

Other Name(s): Monophobia Or Isolophobia Or Eremophobia.
Autophobia, also called monophobia, isolophobia, or eremophobia, is the specific phobia of isolation; a morbid fear of being egotistical, or a dread of being alone or isolated. Sufferers need not be physically alone, but just to believe that they are ignored or unloved. Contrary to what would be inferred by a literal reading of the term, autophobia does not describe a “fear of oneself” nor is it the fear of cars. It typically develops from and is associated with other anxiety disorders.

Ochlophobia

Ochlophobia is the Fear Of Crowds Or Mobs

Cryophobia

Cryophobia is the Fear Of Extreme Cold, Ice Or Frost

Chromophobia

Other Name(s): Chromatophobia.
Chromophobia is a persistent, irrational fear of, or aversion to, colors and is usually a conditioned response. While actual clinical phobias to color are rare, colors can elicit hormonal responses and psychological reactions.

Gamophobia

Gamophobia is the Fear Of Marriage . The Fear Of Commitment Or Sticking With Someone To The End

Geniophobia

Geniophobia is the Fear Of Chins

Globophobia

Globophobia is the Fear Of Balloons

Xenophobia

Xenophobia is the fear or hatred of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange. It is an expression of perceived conflict between an ingroup and an outgroup and may manifest in suspicion by the one of the other’s activities, a desire to eliminate their presence, and fear of losing national, ethnic or racial identity.

Zelophobia

Zelophobia is the Fear Of Jealousy

Pteronophobia

Pteronophobia is the Fear Of Being Tickled By Feathers

Pteromerhanophobia

Pteromerhanophobia is the Fear Of Flying

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Teutophobia

Teutophobia is the Fear Of German Or German Things

Decidophobia

Wikipedia has more on Decidophobia Decidophobia is a fear of making decisions.

Thalassophobia

Thalassophobia is the persistent and intense fear of deep bodies of water such as the sea, oceans, pools, or lakes. Though very closely related, thalassophobia should not be mistaken with aquaphobia which is classified as the fear of water itself. Thalassophobia can include fear of being in deep bodies of water, fear of the vast emptiness of the sea, of sea waves, sea creatures, and fear of distance from land. The causes of thalassophobia are not clear and are a subject of research by medical professionals as they can vary greatly between individuals. Researchers have proposed that the fear of large bodies of water is partly a human evolutionary response, and may also related to popular culture influences which induce fright and distress. The severity of thalassophobia and the signs and symptoms associated with it are quite fluid and complex. Those who suffer from thalassophobia go through numerous episodes of emotional and physical anguish caused by a variety of triggers. Treatment may comprise a combination of therapy and anxiolytics, and is most effective when administered to patients during childhood, when thalassophobia is generally at its peak.

Pathophobia

Pathophobia is the Fear Of Disease

Paraskevidekatriaphobia

Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.

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Ponophobia

Ponophobia is the Fear Of Overworking Or Of Pain

Papaphobia

Papaphobia is the Fear Of The Pope

Pornophobia

Pornophobia is the fear of porn, it is known for causing soccermoms.

Philophobia

Philophobia is the fear of falling in love. Not included in the DSM-5. The risk is usually when a person has confronted any emotional turmoil relating to love but also can be a chronic phobia. This affects the quality of life and pushes a person away from commitment. A negative aspect of this fear of being in love or falling in love is that it keeps a person in solitude. It can also evolve out of religious and cultural beliefs that prohibit love. It represents certain guilt and frustration towards the reaction coming from inside.

Phalacrophobia

Peladophobia is the phobia of bald people.

Mechanophobia

Wikipedia has more on Mechanophobia Mechanophobia is the fear of machines.

Macrophobia

Macrophobia is the Fear Of Long Waits

Merinthophobia

Merinthophobia is the fear of being bound or tied up.

Ligyrophobia

Ligyrophobia is the The Fear Of Loud Noises More Than The Instinctive Noise Fear

Cyclophobia

Cyclophobia or bicyclophobia is the fear of being on a bicycle.

Xerophobia

Xerophobia is the Fear Of Dryness

Hypochondria

Hypochondria is the Fear Of Illness

Heterophobia

Other Name(s): Sexophobia.
Heterophobia is the fear of sexual organs or sexual activities and, in a larger sense, the fear of sexuality. As such, it can be applied to the attitude of a person based on their educational background, personal experience, and psyche, or to general stigmatization from collective entities like religious groups, institutions and/or states.

Hoplophobia

Wikipedia has more on Hoplophobia Hoplophobia is the fear of weapons, specifically firearms.

Angrophobia

Angrophobia is the Fear Of Anger Or Of Becoming Angry

Ergophobia

Other Name(s): Ergasiophobia.
Ergophobia, is an abnormal and persistent fear of work or fear of finding employment. It may be considered a form of social phobia or performance anxiety. The condition is recognised as a derivative of Occupational burnout, derived from a persisting sense of pressure or excessive expectations in a workplace.

Automatonophobia

Automatonophobia is the fear of things that false represent a sentient being, including ventriloquist dummies, animatronic creatures, mannequins, and wax statues.

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Oneirophobia

Oneirophobia is the fear of dreams. It is discussed in The Dream Frontier, a book by Mark Blechner, a neuro-psychoanalyst at the William Alanson White Institute.

Ommetaphobia

Other Name(s): Ommatophobia.
Ommetaphobia is an irrational fear of eyes. The phobia may be related to traumatophobia, or fear of having an injury.

Aurophobia

Aurophobia is the Fear Of Gold

Ochophobia

Ochophobia is the Fear Of Vehicles

Obesophobia

Other Name(s): Pocrescophobia.
Obesophobia or pocrescophobia is the fear of becoming fat.

Cacophobia

Other Name(s): Aschimophobia.
Cacophobia is the fear of ugliness and things that are ugly.

Cacomorphobia

Cacomorphobia is the fear of fat people.

Kynophobia

Kynophobia is the Fear Of Rabies

Kopophobia

Kopophobia is the fear of becoming fatigue or exhausted, either mentally or physically.

Chorophobia

Chorophobia is the Fear Of Dancing

Cremnophobia

Cremnophobia is the Fear Of Precipices

Clithrophobia

Other Name(s): Cleithrophobia Or Cleisiophobia.
Clithrophobia is the Fear Of Being Locked In An Enclosed Place

Cleptophobia

Cleptophobia is the Fear Of Stealing

Geliophobia

Geliophobia is the Fear Of Laughter

Gnosiophobia

Gnosiophobia is the Fear Of Knowledge

Testophobia

Wikipedia has more on Testophobia Testophobia is the fear of taking tests.

Tropophobia

Tropophobia is the fear of moving or making changes.

Diabetophobia

Diabetophobia is the Fear Of Diabetes

Dystychiphobia

Dystychiphobia is the Fear Of Accidents

Dysmorphophobia

Other Name(s): Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
Dysmorphophobia is the Fear of a Real Or Imaginary Body Defect

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Dentophobia

Other Name(s): Odontophobia.
Dentophobia is the Fear Of Dentists

Dendrophobia

Dendrophobia is the Fear Of Trees

Demonophobia

Other Name(s): Daemonophobia.
Demonophobia is a fear of demons, a type of specific phobia. It was first described in the 13th century and common in the 16th century but has since mostly disappeared.

Demophobia

Demophobia is the Fear Of Crowds. Part of and similar to agoraphobia.

Nyctohylophobia

Nyctohylophobia is the Fear Of Dark Wooded Areas Or Of Forests At Night

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Necrophobia

Necrophobia is a specific phobia which is the irrational fear of dead things as well as things associated with death. With all types of emotions, obsession with death becomes evident in both fascination and objectification. In a cultural sense, necrophobia may also be used to mean a fear of the dead by a cultural group, e.g., a belief that the spirits of the dead will return to haunt the living.

Noctiphobia

Wikipedia has more on Noctiphobia Noctiphobia is the fear of night.

Parturiphobia

Parturiphobia is the Fear Of Childbirth

Pentheraphobia

Pentheraphobia is the Fear Of Mother-in-law

Potophobia

Potophobia is the Fear Of Alcohol

Phasmophobia

Phasmophobia is the Fear Of Ghosts

Philemaphobia

Other Name(s): Philematophobia.
Philemaphobia or philematophobia is the fear of kissing.

Balloon Phobia

Balloon phobia or globophobia is a fear of balloons. The source of fear may be the sound of balloons popping.

Bolshephobia

Bolshephobia is the Fear Of Bolsheviks

Blood-injection-injury Type Phobia

Blood-injection-injury (BII) type phobia is a type of specific phobia characterized by the display of excessive, irrational fear in response to the sight of blood, injury, or injection, or in anticipation of an injection, injury, or exposure to blood. Blood-like stimuli may also cause a reaction. This is a common phobia with an estimated 3-4% prevalence in the general population, though it has been found to occur more often in younger and less educated groups.

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Maieusiophobia

Maieusiophobia is the Fear Of Childbirth

Megalophobia

Megalophobia is the Fear Of Large Things

Metrophobia

Metrophobia is the Fear Or Hatred Of Poetry

Lyssophobia

Lyssophobia is the Fear Of Rabies Or Of Becoming Mad

Laliophobia

Other Name(s): Lalophobia.
Laliophobia is the Fear Of Speaking

Limnophobia

Limnophobia is the Fear Of Lakes

Lilapsophobia

Lilapsophobia is an abnormal fear of twisters aka tornadoes or hurricanes. Lilapsophobia is considered the more severe type of astraphobia, which is a fear of thunder and lightning.

Levophobia

Levophobia is the Fear Of Things To The Left Side Of The Body

Lachanophobia

Lachanophobia is the Fear Of Vegetables

Vaccinophobia

Vaccinophobia is the Fear Of Vaccination

Submechanophobia

Submechanophobia is a fear of submerged man-made objects, either partially or entirely underwater.

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Sidonglobophobia

Sidonglobophobia is the The Fear Of Cotton Balls Or Plastic Foams Oh That Sound

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Cibophobia

Other Name(s): Sitophobia Or Sitiophobia.
Cibophobia is the Fear Of Food . The Fear Of Food The Phobia May Come From A Bad Episode While Eating; Like Choking

Selachophobia

Selachophobia is the Fear Of Sharks

Social Phobia

Social Phobia is the Fear Of Being Evaluated Negatively In Social Situations

Scotomaphobia

Scotomaphobia is the fear of blindness in visual field.

Scriptophobia

Scriptophobia is the Fear Of Writing In Public

Stenophobia

Stenophobia is the fear of narrow things or places.

Rhabdophobia

Rhabdophobia is the Fear Of Being Severely Punished Or Beaten By A Rod, Or Of Being Severely Criticized Also Fear Of Magic(wand)

Haphephobia

Other Name(s): Aphephobia Or Haphophobia Or Hapnophobia Or Haptephobia Or Haptophobia Or Thixophobia Or Aphenphosmphobia.
Haphephobia is a rare specific phobia that involves the fear of touching or of being touched. This is often associated with a fear of sexual assault. Michell Dorais reports that many who have been the victims of sexual abuse have a fear of being touched, quoting one victim who describes being touched as something that “burns like fire”, causing him to freeze up or lash out.

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

Other Name(s): Sesquipedalophobia.
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the Fear Of Long Words

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Vermiphobia

Other Name(s): Helminthophobia Or Scoleciphobia.
Helminthophobia, scoleciphobia or vermiphobia is a specific phobia, the fear of worms, especially parasitic worms. The sight of a worm, or anything that looks like a worm, may cause someone with this phobia to have extreme anxiety or even panic attacks.

Phallophobia

Other Name(s): Medorthophobia Or Ithyphallophobia.
Phallophobia in its narrower sense is a fear of the erect penis and in a broader sense an excessive aversion to masculinity.

Agyrophobia

Agyrophobia is a case of specific phobia, the irrational fear that crossing roads will cause bodily harm to oneself, even if no actual threat is posed. This phobia is considered independent from the fear of cars, as even crossing a deserted intersection still initiates the fear reaction.

Ataxiophobia

Ataxiophobia is the Fear Of Ataxia (muscular Incoordination)

Apotemnophobia

Apotemnophobia is the Fear Of Persons With Amputations

Arachibutyrophobia

Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one’s mouth.

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Isopterophobia

Isopterophobia is the Fear Of Termites, Insects That Eat Wood

Indophobia

Indophobia is the fear of Indians or South Asians.

Ichthyophobia

Wikipedia has more on Ichthyophobia Ichthyophobia is the fear of fish, either as an animal or a food.

Enosiophobia

Other Name(s): Enissophobia.
Enosiophobia is the Fear Of Having Committed An Unpardonable Sin Or Of Criticism

Illyngophobia

Illyngophobia is the Fear Of Vertigo Or Feeling Dizzy When Looking Down

Iranophobia

Iranophobia is the Fear/dislike Of Iran Or Iranian Culture

Atephobia

Atephobia is the Fear Of Ruin Or Ruins

Anablephobia

Anablephobia is the Fear Of Looking Up

Anemophobia

Other Name(s): Ancraophobia.
Ancraophobia, also known as anemophobia, is an extreme fear of wind or drafts. It is rather uncommon, and can be treated. It has many different effects on the human brain. It can cause panic attacks for those who have the fear, and can make people miss out on regular everyday activities such as going outside.

Epistaxiophobia

Epistaxiophobia is the Fear Of Nosebleeds

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Epistemophobia

Epistemophobia, also called gnosiophobia, is a fear of knowledge.

Afrophobia

Afrophobia, Afroscepticism, or Anti-African sentiment is a perceived fear and hatred of the cultures of peoples of Africa and the African diaspora.

Ereuthrophobia

Ereuthrophobia is the Fear Of Blushing

Erotophobia

Erotophobia is a term coined by a number of researchers in the late 1970s and early 1980s to describe one pole on a continuum of attitudes and beliefs about sexuality. The model of the continuum is a basic polarized line, with erotophobia at one end and erotophilia at the other end.

Aerophobia

Wikipedia has more on Aerophobia Aerophobia is the fear of air.

Electrophobia

Wikipedia has more on Electrophobia Electrophobia is the fear of electricity.

Albanophobia

Albanophobia is the Fear/dislike Of Albanians

Acarophobia

Other Name(s): Entomophobia Or Insectophobia.
Acarophobia is a specific phobia characterized by an excessive or unrealistic fear of one or more classes of insect, and classified as a phobia by the DSM-5. More specific cases included katsaridaphobia, apiphobia, myrmecophobia, and lepidopterophobia. One book claims 6% of all US inhabitants have this phobia.

Aeronausiphobia

Aeronausiphobia is the Fear Of Vomiting Secondary To Airsickness

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Automysophobia

Automysophobia is the Fear Of Being Dirty

Onomatophobia

Onomatophobia is the fear of certain words or names, a branch of logophobia.

Optophobia

Optophobia is the Fear Of Opening One’s Eyes

Omphalophobia

Omphalophobia is the Fear Of Belly Buttons

Ostraconophobia

Ostraconophobia is the fear of shellfish.

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Opiophobia

Opiophobia is the Fear of Medical Doctors to Prescribe Needed Pain Medications For Patients

Orthophobia

Orthophobia is the Fear Of Property

Ornithophobia

Ornithophobia, the abnormal and irrational fear of birds, is a type of specific phobia. The prefix ornitho- signifies “of or pertaining to birds”, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις.

Aulophobia

Aulophobia is the Fear Of Flutes

Oneirogmophobia

Oneirogmophobia is the Fear Of Wet Dreams

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Chaetophobia

Other Name(s): Trichopathophobia Or Trichophobia Or Hypertrichophobia.
Chaetophobia is the fear of people with long curling naturally brown hair.

Katagelophobia

Katagelophobia is the Fear Of Ridicule

Catagelophobia

Catagelophobia or katagelophobia is the fear of being ridiculed.

Cardiophobia

Cardiophobia is the Fear Of The Heart

Contreltophobia

Contreltophobia is the Fear Of Sexual Abuse

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Coimetrophobia

Coimetrophobia is the fear of cemeteries and it is a common phobia.

Koinoniphobia

Koinoniphobia is the Fear Of Rooms

Consecotaleophobia

Consecotaleophobia is the Fear Of Chopsticks

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Kolpophobia

Kolpophobia is the fear of genitals, particularly female.

Cholerophobia

Cholerophobia is the Fear Of Anger Or The Fear Of Cholera

Christianophobia

Christianophobia is the Fear/dislike Of Christians

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Chrometophobia

Other Name(s): Chrematophobia.
Chrometophobia or chrematophobia is the fear of money.

Galeophobia

Galeophobia is the The Fear Of Sharks In The Ocean Or Even In Swimming Pools

Gynephobia

Other Name(s): Gynophobia.
Gynophobia or gynephobia is an abnormal fear of women, a type of specific social phobia. In the past, the Latin term horror feminae was used.

Glossophobia

Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the fear of public speaking. The word glossophobia derives from the Greek γλῶσσα glossa, meaning tongue, and φόβος phobos, fear or dread. Speech is the action of speaking out loud and anxiety is the feeling of worry, tension or concern that manifests when thinking that negative things will occur, and physically by increased blood pressure, sweating and shaking. Thus, speech anxiety is the feeling of worry and physical reactions caused when speaking to others, specially to larger groups.

Geumaphobia

Other Name(s): Geumophobia.
Geumaphobia , or geumophobia, is the fear of taste.

Zoophobia

Zoophobia is the The Fear Of Animals Applies To Both Vile And Harmless Animals

Tuberculophobia

Tuberculophobia is the Fear Of Tuberculosis

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Telephone Phobia

Telephone phobia is reluctance or fear of making or taking phone calls, literally, “fear of telephones”. It is considered to be a type of social phobia or social anxiety. It may be compared to glossophobia, in that both arise from having to engage with an audience, and the associated fear of being criticized, judged or made a fool of.

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Toxiphobia

Other Name(s): Toxophobia Or Toxicophobia.
Toxiphobia in non-human animals is rejection of foods with tastes, odors, or appearances which are followed by illness resulted from toxins found in these foods. In human animals, toxiphobia is fear of poisons and being poisoned.

Deipnophobia

Deipnophobia is the fear of dining or dinner conversations, a branch of sociophobia.

Dextrophobia

Dextrophobia is the fear of objects at the right side of the body.

Doxophobia

Doxophobia is the fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise.

Domatophobia

Other Name(s): Eicophobia Or Oikophobia.
Oikophobia is an aversion to a home environment, or an abnormal fear (phobia) of one’s home.

Driving Phobia

A driving phobia is a pathological fear of driving. It is also referred to as amaxophobia or vehophobia. Amaxophobia is an intense, persistent fear of participating in car traffic that affects a person’s lifestyle, including aspects such as an inability to participate in the workforce due to the pathological avoidance of driving. The fear of driving may be triggered by specific driving situations, such as expressway driving or dense traffic. Driving anxiety can range from a mild cautious concern to a phobia.

Dromophobia

Dromophobia is the Fear Of Crossing Streets

Thaasophobia

Thaasophobia is the Fear Of Sitting

Theatrophobia

Theatrophobia is the Fear Of Theatres

Theophobia

Theophobia is the Fear Of Gods Or Religion

Nomatophobia

Nomatophobia is the Fear Of Names

Nomophobia

Nomophobia is a word for the fear of, or anxiety caused by, not having a working mobile phone. It has been considered a symptom or syndrome of problematic digital media use in mental health, the definitions of which are not standardized.

Paraphobia

Paraphobia is the Fear Of Sexual Perversion

Pedophobia

Fear of children, hatred of children, or occasionally called pedophobia, is fear triggered by the presence or thinking of children or infants. It is an emotional state of fear, disdain, aversion, or prejudice toward children or youth. Pedophobia is in some usages identical to ephebiphobia.The fear of children has been diagnosed and treated by psychiatrists, with studies examining the effects of multiple forms of treatment. Studies have identified the fear of children as a factor affecting biological conception in humans.

Peniaphobia

Peniaphobia is the Fear Of Poverty

Peladophobia

Peladophobia is the fear of bald people or of becoming bald.

Panphobia

Other Name(s): Omniphobia Or Pantophobia Or Panophobia.
Panphobia, omniphobia, pantophobia, or panophobia is a vague and persistent dread of some unknown evil. Panphobia is not registered as a type of phobia in medical references.

Paralipophobia

Paralipophobia is the Fear Of Neglecting Duty Or Responsibility

Pogonophobia

Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.

Potamophobia

Potamophobia is the fear of rivers or running water.

Podophobia

Podophobia is the The Fear Of Feet

Porphyrophobia

Porphyrophobia is the Fear Of The Color Purple

Placophobia

Placophobia is the Fear Of Tombstones

Pluviophobia

Pluviophobia is the Fear Of Rain Or Of Being Rained On

Plutophobia

Plutophobia is the Fear Of Wealth

Phronemophobia

Phronemophobia is the Fear Of Thinking

Phobophobia

Phobophobia is a phobia defined as the fear of phobias, or the fear of fear, including intense anxiety and unrealistic and persistent fear of the somatic sensations and the feared phobia ensuing. Phobophobia can also be defined as the fear of phobias or fear of developing a phobia. Phobophobia is related to anxiety disorders and panic attacks directly linked to other types of phobias, such as agoraphobia. When a patient has developed phobophobia, their condition must be diagnosed and treated as part of anxiety disorders.

Frigophobia

Other Name(s): Cheimaphobia Or Cheimatophobia Or Psychrophobia.
Frigophobia is a phobia pertaining to the fear of becoming too cold. Frigophobia is a condition that appears mainly in the Chinese culture. Sufferers of this problem bundle up in heavy clothes and blankets, regardless of the ambient air temperature. This disorder has been linked to other psychological disorders such as hypochondriasis and obsessive-compulsive disorder. In a 1975 study among ethnic Chinese in Taiwan, it was noted that frigophobia may be culturally linked to koro. Where that disorder causes male sufferers to feel that their penis is retracting into the body due to an insufficiency of “male element”, male frigophobia sufferers correlate coldness with an over-abundance of “female element”.

Biphobia

Biphobia is aversion toward bisexuality and bisexual people as individuals. It can take the form of denial that bisexuality is a genuine sexual orientation, or of negative stereotypes about people who are bisexual. Other forms of biphobia include bisexual erasure. Specific people of any sexual orientation can experience or perpetuate biphobia.

Bogyphobia

Bogyphobia is the Fear Of Bogeys Or The Bogeyman

Botanophobia

Botanophobia is the Fear Of Plants

Masklophobia

Masklophobia, is a specific phobia used to classify a general and in some cases an irrational fear of masks, people in costumed clothing and mascots which is common among toddlers and young children. The common cause for masklophobia is not known. Coulrophobia can sometimes be associated with masklophobia.

Mythophobia

Mythophobia is the fear of myths, story or making false statements.

Myrmecophobia

Myrmecophobia is the inexplicable fear of ants. It is a type of specific phobia. It is common for those who suffer from myrmecophobia to also have a wider fear of insects in general. Such a condition is known as entomophobia. This fear can manifest itself in several ways, such as a fear of ants contaminating a person’s food supply, or fear of a home invasion by large numbers of ants. The term myrmecophobia comes from the Greek μύρμηξ, myrmex, meaning “ant” and φόβος, phóbos, “fear”.

Musophobia

Other Name(s): Murophobia Or Suriphobia.
Musophobia is the Fear Of Mice

Medomalacuphobia

Medomalacuphobia or medomalacophobia is the fear of losing an erection.

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Menophobia

Menophobia is the Fear Of Menstruation

Motorphobia

Motorphobia is the Fear Of Automobiles

Eurotophobia

Eurotophobia is the aversion to or dislike of female genitalia.

Euphobia

Euphobia is the Fear Of Hearing Good News

Rhytiphobia

Rhytiphobia is the Fear Of Getting Wrinkles

Russophobia

Wikipedia has more on Russophobia Russophobia is the fear of Russia.

Lutraphobia

Lutraphobia is the Fear Of Otters

Lusophobia

Lusophobia or Anti-Portuguese sentiment is a irrational hostility, racism or hatred toward Portugal, the Portuguese people or the Portuguese language and culture.

Lesbophobia

Lesbophobia comprises various forms of negativity towards lesbians as individuals, as couples, or as a social group. Based on the categories of sex, sexual orientation, identity, and gender expression, this negativity encompasses prejudice, discrimination, hatred, and abuse; with attitudes and feelings ranging from disdain to hostility. Lesbophobia is misogyny that intersects with homophobia, and vice versa.

Vitricophobia

Vitricophobia is the Fear Of Step-father

Psychophobia

Psychophobia is the Fear/dislike Of Mental Illness Or The Mentally Ill

Cynophobia

Cynophobia is the fear of dogs and canines in general. Cynophobia is classified as a specific phobia, under the subtype “animal phobias”. According to Dr. Timothy O. Rentz of the Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders at the University of Texas, animal phobias are among the most common of the specific phobias and 36% of patients who seek treatment report being afraid of dogs or cats. Although snakes and spiders are more common animal phobias, cynophobia is especially debilitating because of the high prevalence of dogs and the general ignorance of dog owners to the phobia. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) reports that only 12% to 30% of those suffering from a specific phobia will seek treatment.

Cypridophobia

Other Name(s): Cypriphobia Or Cyprianophobia Or Cyprinophobia.
Cypridophobia is the fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.

Soceraphobia

Soceraphobia is the Fear Of Parents-in-law

Scatophobia

Scatophobia is the Fear Of Fecal Matter

Scabiophobia

Scabiophobia is the Fear Of Scabies

Scelerophobia

Scelerophobia is the fear of criminals, including robbers and burglars.

Staurophobia

Staurophobia is the fear of crosses or the crucifix.

Spectrophobia

Other Name(s): Eisoptrophobia Or Catoptrophobia.
Spectrophobia or catoptrophobia is a kind of specific phobia involving an abnormal and persistent fear of mirrors, and an anxiety about seeing one’s own face reflected in them. It is sometimes related to the fear of ghosts or the undead.

Spermatophobia

Other Name(s): Spermophobia.
Spermatophobia is the Fear Of Germs

Spacephobia

Spacephobia is the Fear Of Outer Space

Spheksophobia

Spheksophobia is the fear of wasps, a branch of entomophobia, fear of insects.

Hydrophobia

Hydrophobia is the Fear Of Water

Harpaxophobia

Harpaxophobia is the Fear Of Being Robbed

Hydrargyophobia

Hydrargyophobia is the fear of mercurial medicines.

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Hypengyophobia

Other Name(s): Hypegiaphobia.
Hypengyophobia or hypegiaphobia is the fear of responsibility.

Hierophobia

Hierophobia is the Fear Of Priests Or Sacred Things

Hispanophobia

Other Name(s): Latinophobia.
Hispanophobia or anti-Spanish sentiment is a fear, distrust, hatred of; aversion to, or discrimination against the Spanish language, Hispanic, Latino and/or Spanish people, and/or Hispanic culture. The historical phenomenon has had three main stages by originating in 16th-century Europe, reawakening during 19th-century disputes over Spanish and Mexican territory such as the Spanish–American War and the Mexican–American War, and finally in tandem with politically-charged controversies such as bilingual education and illegal immigration to the United States.

Hylephobia

Hylephobia is the Fear Of Materialism Or The Fear Of Epilepsy

Hedonophobia

Hedonophobia is an excessive fear or aversion to obtaining pleasure. The purported background of some such associated feelings may be due to an egalitarian-related sentiment, whereby one feels a sense of solidarity with individuals in the lowest Human Development Index countries. For others, a recurring thought that some things are too good to be true has resulted in an ingrainedness that they are not entitled to feel too good. Sometimes, it can be triggered by a religious upbringing wherein asceticism is propounded.

Hemophobia

Other Name(s): Haemophobia Or Hemaphobia Or Hematophobia.
Hemophobia is the Fear Of Blood

Heresyphobia

Other Name(s): Hereiophobia.
Heresyphobia is the fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation.

Herpetophobia

Herpetophobia is a common specific phobia, which consists of fear or aversion to reptiles, commonly lizards and snakes, and similar vertebrates as amphibians. It is one of the most diffused animal phobias, very similar and related to ophidiophobia. This condition causes a slight to severe emotional reaction, as for example anxiety, panic attack or most commonly nausea.

Heliophobia

Heliophobia is the fear of the sun, sunlight, or any bright light. It is a type of specific phobia.

Hellenologophobia

Hellenologophobia is the fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.

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Halitophobia

Halitophobia is the Fear Of Bad Breath

Hodophobia

Hodophobia is an irrational fear, or phobia, of travel. Hodophobia is also referred to as travel phobia or fear of travel. Hodophobia should not to be confused with travel aversion.

Hobophobia

Hobophobia is the Fear Of Bums Or Beggars

Hominophobia

Hominophobia is the Fear Of Men

Homilophobia

Homilophobia is the Fear Of Sermons

Homophobia

Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, hatred or antipathy, may be based on irrational fear and ignorance, and is often related to religious beliefs.

Hormephobia

Hormephobia is the Fear Of Shock

Hygrophobia

Hygrophobia is the fear of liquids, dampness, and moisture.

Hyelophobia

Other Name(s): Hyalophobia.
Hyelophobia is the Fear Of Glass

Zemmiphobia

Zemmiphobia is the Fear Of The Great Mole Rat

Mysophobia

Mysophobia, also known as verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia and bacteriophobia, is a pathological fear of contamination and germs. The term was coined by William A. Hammond in 1879 when describing a case of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) exhibited in repeatedly washing one’s hands. Mysophobia has long been related to compulsive hand washing. Names pertaining directly to the abnormal fear of dirt and filth include molysmophobia or molysomophobia, rhypophobia, and rupophobia, whereas the terms bacillophobia and bacteriophobia specifically refer to the fear of bacteria and microbes in general.

Virginitiphobia

Virginitiphobia is the Fear Of Rape

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Sciophobia

Other Name(s): Sciaphobia.
Sciophobia, or sciaphobia, is the fear of shadows.

Scolionophobia

Other Name(s): Didaskaleinophobia.
Scolionophobia is the Fear Of School

Olfactophobia

Olfactophobia is the Fear Of Smells

Osmophobia

Other Name(s): Osphresiophobia Or Olfactophobia.
Osmophobia or olfactophobia refers to a fear, aversion, or psychological hypersensitivity to odors. The phobia generally occurs in chronic migraine sufferers who may have odor triggered migraines. Such migraines are most frequently triggered by foul odors, but the hypersensitivity may extend to all odors. One study found as many as 25% of migraine sufferers had some degree of osmophobia. The condition may also be present in individuals in substance withdrawal, specifically opioid withdrawal syndrome, where it is usually associated with nausea and/or vomiting.

Auroraphobia

Auroraphobia is the Fear Of Northern Lights

Cymophobia

Other Name(s): Kymophobia.
Cymophobia or kymophobia is the fear of waves or wave-like motions.

Chirophobia

Chirophobia is the fear of hands and is often triggered due to traumatic experiences in the past while being afraid of washing hands.

Kinetophobia

Other Name(s): Kinesophobia.
Kinetophobia, or kinesophobia, is a fear of movement, either of oneself or other things.

Chemophobia

Chemophobia is an aversion to or prejudice against chemicals or chemistry. The phenomenon has been ascribed both to a reasonable concern over the potential adverse effects of synthetic chemicals, and to an irrational fear of these substances because of misconceptions about their potential for harm, particularly the possibility of certain exposures to some synthetic chemicals elevating an individual’s risk of cancer. Consumer products with labels such as “natural” and “chemical-free” appeal to chemophobic sentiments by offering consumers what appears to be a safer alternative.

Kyphophobia

Kyphophobia is the Fear Of Stooping

Cancerophobia

Other Name(s): Carcinophobia.
Cancer phobia, also known as carcinophobia, is a common phobia and an anxiety disorder characterized by the chronic fear of developing cancer. It can manifest in tremendous feelings of sadness, fear, panic, and distress. In some cases, the phobia can be so extreme that it prevents the individual from living a normal life.

Katsaridaphobia

Katsaridaphobia is the Fear Of Cockroaches

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Cathisophobia

Cathisophobia or Kathisophobia is the fear of sitting.

Coprophobia

Coprophobia is fear of or aversion to feces or defecation.

Cometophobia

Cometophobia is the Fear Of Comets

Koryophobia

Koryophobia is the Fear/dislike Of The Koreans

Kosmikophobia

Kosmikophobia is the Fear Of Cosmic Phenomenon

Crystallophobia

Crystallophobia is the Fear Of Crystals Or Glass

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Chronophobia

Wikipedia has more on Chronophobia Chronophobia is the fear of time.

Chronomentrophobia

Wikipedia has more on Chronomentrophobia Chronomentrophobia is the fear of clocks.

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Climacophobia

Climacophobia is the fear of climbing, especially using stairs.

Quadriplegiphobia

Quadriplegiphobia is the Fear Of Quadriplegics Or Fear Of Becoming A Quadriplegic

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Quintaphobia

Quintaphobia is the Fear Of The Number Five

Gymnophobia

Gymnophobia is a fear (phobia) of nudity.

Genophobia

Other Name(s): Coitophobia.
Genophobia or coitophobia is the physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse. The word comes from the Greek nouns γένος genos, meaning “offspring”, and φόβος phobos, meaning “fear”. This word is also formed from the Greek noun phobos and the term coitus, referring to the act of copulation in which a male reproductive organ penetrates a female reproductive tract. The term erotophobia can also be used when describing genophobia. It comes from the name of the Greek god of erotic love, Eros. Genophobia can induce panic and fear in individuals, much like panic attacks. People who suffer from the phobia can be intensely affected by attempted sexual contact or just the thought of it. The extreme fear can lead to trouble in romantic relationships. Those afflicted by genophobia may stay away from getting involved in relationships to avoid the possibility of intimacy. This can lead to feelings of loneliness. Genophobic people may also feel lonely because they may feel embarrassed or ashamed of their personal fears.

Gerontophobia

Gerontophobia is the fear of age-related self-degeneration, or a hatred or fear of the elderly due to memento mori. The term comes from the Greek γέρων – gerōn, “old man” and φόβος – phobos, “fear”.

Gelotophobia

Gelotophobia is a fear of being laughed at, a type of social phobia. While most people do not like being laughed at, there is a sub-group of people that exceedingly fear it, and without obvious reasons, they relate laughter they hear to be directed at themselves. Since 2008, this phenomenon has attracted attention from scholars in psychology, sociology, and psychiatry, and has been studied intensively.

Graphophobia

Graphophobia , is the fear of writing or handwriting, especially when writing to the public.

Chionophobia

Chionophobia is the Fear Of Snow

Cherophobia

Cherophobia is the Fear Of Happiness. Fear Of Gaiety

Japanophobia

Japanophobia is the Fear Of Japanese

Gephyrophobia

Other Name(s): Gephydrophobia Or Gephysrophobia.
Gephyrophobia is the anxiety disorder or specific phobia characterized by the fear of bridges and tunnels. As a result, sufferers of gephyrophobia may avoid routes that will take them over bridges, or if they are a passenger, will act very apprehensively when passing over a bridge. The term gephyrophobia comes from the Greek γέφυρα (gephura), meaning “bridge”, and φόβος (phobos), meaning “fear”.

Germanophobia

Germanophobia is the Fear/dislike Of Germans

Judeophobia

Judeophobia is the Fear/dislike Of Jews

Genuphobia

Genuphobia is the fear of one’s own knees or someone else’s knees or the act of kneeling.

Xanthophobia

Xanthophobia is the Fear Of The Color Yellow Or The Word Yellow

Xenoglossophobia

Xenoglossophobia is the fear of foreign languages.

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Zeusophobia

Zeusophobia is the Fear Of God Or Gods

Tyrannophobia

Tyrannophobia is the Fear Of Tyrants

Tetanophobia

Tetanophobia is the Fear Of Lockjaw, Tetanus

Technophobia

Other Name(s): Cyberphobia Or Logizomechanophobia.
Technophobia, also known as technofear, is the fear or dislike of advanced technology or complex devices, especially computers. Although there are numerous interpretations of technophobia, they become more complex as technology continues to evolve. The term is generally used in the sense of an irrational fear, but others contend fears are justified. It is the opposite of technophilia.

Tetraphobia

Other Name(s): Quadraphobia.
Tetraphobia is the practice of avoiding instances of the digit 4. It is a superstition most common in East Asian nations.

Teleophobia

Teleophobia is the fear of definite plans.

Textophobia

Textophobia is the Fear Of Certain Fabrics

Transphobia

Transphobia is a collection of ideas and phenomena that encompass a range of negative attitudes, feelings or actions towards transgender people or transness in general. Transphobia can include fear, aversion, hatred, violence, anger, or discomfort felt or expressed towards people who do not conform to social gender expectations. It is often expressed alongside homophobic views and hence is often considered an aspect of homophobia. Transphobia is a type of prejudice and discrimination, similar to racism and sexism, and transgender people of color are often subjected to all three forms of discrimination at once.

Trichinophobia

Trichinophobia is the Fear Of Trichinosis

Tremophobia

Tremophobia is the Fear Of Trembling

Traumatophobia

According to the DSM-IV classification of mental disorders, the injury phobia is a specific phobia of blood/injection/injury type. It is an abnormal, pathological fear of having an injury.

Dutchphobia

Dutchphobia is the Fear Of The Dutch

Dermatosiophobia

Other Name(s): Dermatophobia Or Dermatopathophobia.
Dermatosiophobia is the Fear Of Skin Disease

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Dikephobia

Dikephobia is the Fear Of Justice

Diplophobia

Wikipedia has more on Diplophobia Diplophobia is the fear of double vision.

Dipsophobia

Dipsophobia is the Fear Of Drinking

Defecaloesiophobia

Defecaloesiophobia is the Fear Of Painful Bowels Movements

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Doraphobia

Doraphobia is the Fear Of Fur Or Skins Of Animals

Tachophobia

Tachophobia is the Fear Of Speed

Tapinophobia

Tapinophobia is the Fear Of Being Contagious

Turcophobia

Turcophobia is the Fear/dislike Of Turks

Teratophobia

Teratophobia is the Fear Of Bearing A Deformed Child Or Fear Of Monsters Or Deformed People

Tokophobia

Tokophobia is a significant fear of childbirth. It is a common reason why some women request an elective cesarean section. The fear often includes fear of injury to the baby, genital tract, or death. Treatment may occur via counselling.

Taurophobia

Taurophobia is the Fear Of Bulls

Triskaidekaphobia

Other Name(s): Terdekaphobia.
Triskaidekaphobia is fear or avoidance of the number 13. It is also a reason for the fear of Friday the 13th, called paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia.

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Thermophobia

Thermophobia is intolerance for high temperatures by either inorganic materials or organisms. The term has a number of specific usages.

Theologicophobia

Theologicophobia is the Fear Of Theology

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Cnidophobia

Wikipedia has more on Cnidophobia Cnidophobia is the fear of stings or of getting stung by it.

Nipponophobia

Nipponophobia is the Fear/dislike Of The Japanese

Neopharmaphobia

Neopharmaphobia is the Fear Of New Drugs

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Neophobia

Other Name(s): Cainophobia Or Cainotophobia Or Cenophobia Or Centophobia Or Kainolophobia Or Kainophobia Or Metathesiophobia Or Prosophobia.
Neophobia is the fear of anything new, especially a persistent and abnormal fear. In its milder form, it can manifest as the unwillingness to try new things or break from routine. In the context of children the term is generally used to indicate a tendency to reject unknown or novel foods. Food neophobia, as it may be referred to, is an important concern in pediatric psychology.

Negrophobia

Negrophobia is characterized by a fear, hatred or extreme aversion to black people and black culture worldwide. Caused amongst other factors by racism, traumatic events and circumstances, symptoms of this phobia include but are not limited to the attribution of negative characteristics to black, the fear and strong dislike of black men and the objectification of black women.

Pneumatiphobia

Wikipedia has more on Pneumatiphobia Pneumatiphobia is the fear of spirits.

Numerophobia

Numerophobia, arithmophobia or mathematics anxiety is an anxiety disorder, where the condition is fear of dealing with numbers or mathematics. Sometimes numerophobia refers to fear of particular numbers.

Nephophobia

Nephophobia is the Fear Of Clouds

Nebulaphobia

Other Name(s): Homichlophobia.
Nebulaphobia is the Fear Of Fog

Mnemophobia

Mnemophobia is the fear of memories, either by remembering past events or fearing memory loss during mental diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Nelophobia

Nelophobia is the Fear Of Glass

Novercaphobia

Novercaphobia is the Fear Of Your Step-mother

Nostophobia

Nostophobia is repugnance or dislike of the past, the antithesis of nostalgia. Nostophobic reactions are often encouraged to reduce resistance to workplace or similar changes. The fear of returning to one’s childhood home is nostophobia combined with its comorbidity ecophobia: fear of house.

Pagophobia

Pagophobia is the Fear Of Ice Or Frost

Pyrophobia

Pyrophobia is a fear of fire, which can be considered irrational if beyond what is considered normal. This phobia is ancient and primordial, perhaps since mankind’s discovery of fire. Usually pertaining to man’s comprehendable reaction of fire itself, the fear of fire by animals cannot be considered pyrophobic, as animals are thought not to understand its purpose beyond general danger.

Parthenophobia

Parthenophobia is the Fear Of Virgins Or Young Girls

Patroiophobia

Patroiophobia is the Fear Of Heredity

Papyrophobia

Papyrophobia is an abnormal or persistent fear of papers.

Pyrexiophobia

Pyrexiophobia is the fear of fire beyond what is considered normal.

Pediculophobia

Other Name(s): Phthiriophobia.
Pediculophobia is the Fear Of Lice

Pellagrophobia

Pellagrophobia is the Fear Of Pellagra

Politicophobia

Politicophobia is the fear/extreme dislike of a politician/politicians and can be caused by things the politician says or does in public,

Poliosophobia

Poliosophobia is the fear of contracting poliomyelitis.

Polonophobia

Polonophobia is the Fear/dislike Of The Polish

Pharmacophobia

Pharmacophobia is fear of drugs, taking medicine, or medications.

Phengophobia

Other Name(s): Eosophobia.
Phengophobia is the Fear Of Daylight Or Sunshine

Febriphobia

Other Name(s): Fibriphobia Or Fibriophobia.
Febriphobia is the Fear Of Fever

Phagophobia

Phagophobia is a psychogenic dysphagia, a fear of swallowing. It is expressed in various swallowing complaints without any apparent physical reason detectable by physical inspection and laboratory analyses. An obsolete term for this condition is choking phobia, but it was suggested that the latter term is confusing and it is necessary to distinguish the fear of swallowing from fear of choking.

Photoaugliaphobia

Photoaugliaphobia is the fear of glaring lights, a branch of photophobia.

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Photophobia

Photophobia is a medical symptom of abnormal intolerance to visual perception of light. As a medical symptom, photophobia is not a morbid fear or phobia, but an experience of discomfort or pain to the eyes due to light exposure or by presence of actual physical sensitivity of the eyes, though the term is sometimes additionally applied to abnormal or irrational fear of light such as heliophobia. The term photophobia comes from the Greek φῶς (phōs), meaning “light”, and φόβος (phóbos), meaning “fear”. Photophobia is a common symptom of visual snow.

Phonophobia

Other Name(s): Ligyrophobia Or Sonophobia Or Acousticophobia.
Phonophobia, also called ligyrophobia or sonophobia, is a fear of or aversion to loud sounds —a type of specific phobia. It is a very rare phobia which is often the symptom of hyperacusis. Sonophobia can refer to the hypersensitivity of a patient to sound and can be part of the diagnosis of a migraine.
Occasionally it is called acousticophobia.

Francophobia

Other Name(s): Gallophobia Or Galiophobia.
Francophobia is the Fear Of France Or French Culture

Bathmophobia

Bathmophobia is the Fear Of Stairs Or Steep Slopes

Bananaphobia

The fear of bananas falls under the phobia of fruit which is known as Fructophobia. The specific fear of bananas is simply known as Bananaphobia.

Barophobia

Barophobia is the Fear Of Gravity

Bibliophobia

Bibliophobia is the fear or hatred of books. Such fear often arises from fear of the effect books can have on society or culture. Bibliophobia is a common cause of censorship and book burning. Bibliophobia and bibliophilia are antonyms.

Bufonophobia

Bufonophobia is the Fear Of Toads

Bacteriophobia

Bacteriophobia is the Fear Of Bacteria

Bromidrosiphobia

Other Name(s): Bromidrophobia.
Bromidrosiphobia is the Fear Of Body Smells

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Myxophobia

Other Name(s): Blennophobia.
Myxophobia is the Fear Of Slime

Mageirocophobia

Mageirocophobia is the fear of cooking. It is spectral and can take on several forms, although it is not considered severe enough for treatment unless a person is severely afraid or impacted. Most frequently, it is a common social anxiety disorder caused by negative reactions to common culinary mishaps, post-traumatic stress episodes from cooking or the fear of others’ cooking for the phobic person that either prevents them from eating, eating only pre-prepared foods and snacks, or causes them to eat away or take away foods that can result in unhealthy diets associated with hypertension, obesity, and diabetes.

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Mycophobia

Mycophobia is the Fear Or Aversion To Mushrooms

Malaxophobia

Other Name(s): Sarmassophobia.
Malaxophobia is the Fear Of Love Play

Mycrophobia

Mycrophobia is the Fear Of Small Things

Microbiophobia

Other Name(s): Bacillophobia.
Microbiophobia is the Fear Of Microbes

Mysophobia

Other Name(s): Misophobia Or Germophobia Or Bacteriophobia Or Verminophobia Or Germaphobia Or Bacillophobia.
Mysophobia, also known as verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia and bacteriophobia, is a pathological fear of contamination and germs. The term was coined by William A. Hammond in 1879 when describing a case of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) exhibited in repeatedly washing one’s hands. Mysophobia has long been related to compulsive hand washing. Names pertaining directly to the abnormal fear of dirt and filth include molysmophobia or molysomophobia, rhypophobia, and rupophobia, whereas the terms bacillophobia and bacteriophobia specifically refer to the fear of bacteria and microbes in general.

Metallophobia

Metallophobia is the fear of metal objects, especially sharp metal objects.

Meteorophobia

Meteorophobia is the Fear Of Meteors

Medication Phobia

Medication phobia, also known as pharmacophobia, is a fear of the use of pharmacological treatments. In severe, excessive and irrational cases it may be a type of specific phobia.

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Methyphobia

Methyphobia is a fear of alcohol, such as beer and wine.

Meningitophobia

Meningitophobia is the Fear Of Brain Disease

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Melanophobia

Melanophobia is the Fear Of The Color Black

Melissophobia

Other Name(s): Apiphobia.
Melissophobia , is the fear of Honey bee or of getting stinger by a bee.

Melophobia

Melophobia is the Fear Or Hatred Of Music

Mottephobia

Mottephobia is the Fear Of Moths

Monopathophobia

Monopathophobia is the Fear Of Definite Disease

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Molysmophobia

Other Name(s): Molysomophobia.
Molysmophobia is the Fear Of Dirt Or Contamination

Ranidaphobia

Other Name(s): Batrachophobia.
Ranidaphobia is the Fear/dislike Of Frogs; A Zoophobia

Rhypophobia

Rhypophobia , or defecaloesiophobia, is the fear of defecation.

Rupophobia

Rupophobia is the Fear Of Dirt

Rectophobia

Other Name(s): Proctophobia.
Rectophobia is the Fear Of Rectum Or Rectal Diseases

Radiophobia

Radiophobia is a fear of ionizing radiation. Given that significant doses of radiation are harmful, even deadly, every threat of the radiation exposure may cause significant fear. The term is also used to describe the opposition to the use of nuclear technology arising from concerns disproportionately greater than actual risks would merit.

Latinophobia

Latinophobia is the Fear/dislike Of Latin People

Liticaphobia

Liticaphobia is the Fear Of Lawsuits

Linonophobia

Linonophobia is the Fear Of String

Lipophobia

Wikipedia has more on Lipophobia Lipophobia is the fear of fats.

Luiphobia

Luiphobia is the Fear Of Lues, Syphillis

Lepidopterophobia

Wikipedia has more on Lepidopterophobia Lepidopterophobia is the fear of butterflies.

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Leprophobia

Other Name(s): Lepraphobia.
Leprophobia is the Fear Of Leprosy

Lockiophobia

Lockiophobia is the fear of pregnancy and childbirth.

Logophobia

Logophobia is the Fear Of Words

Leukophobia

Leukophobia is fear of the color white, subclass of Chromophobia, fear of colors.

Workplace Phobia

Workplace Phobia is the Fear Of The Workplace

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Verbophobia

Verbophobia is the Fear Of Words

Walloonphobia

Walloonphobia is the Fear Of The Walloons

Wiccaphobia

Wiccaphobia is the fear of witches and witchcraft.

Venustraphobia

Venustraphobia is the Fear Of Beautiful Women

Vestiphobia

Vestiphobia is the Fear Of Clothing

Vehophobia

Wikipedia has more on Vehophobia Vehophobia is the fear of driving.

Shiaphobia

Shiaphobia is the Fear/dislike Of Shiites

Syngenesophobia

Syngenesophobia is the Fear Of Relatives

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Siderodromophobia

Siderodromophobia is the fear of trains or railways.

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Siderophobia

Siderophobia is the morbid phobia of celestial stars.

Sinistrophobia

Sinistrophobia is the fear of things to the left or left-handed.

Sinophobia

Sinophobia is the Fear/dislike Of Chinese People

Syphilophobia

Syphilophobia is the Fear Of Syphilis

Symmetrophobia

Symmetrophobia is the Fear Of Symmetry

Xylophobia

Xylophobia is the Fear Of Wooden Objects Forests

Sunniphobia

Sunniphobia is the Fear/dislike Of Sunnis

Seplophobia

Seplophobia is the Fear Of Decaying Matter

Samhainophobia

Samhainophobia is the The Fear Of Halloween

Selaphobia

Selaphobia is the fear of flashing lights, a branch of photophobia.

Psellismophobia

Psellismophobia is the Fear Of Stuttering

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Selenophobia

Selenophobia is the fear of the moon or even darkness on a moonless night.

Satanophobia

Satanophobia is the Fear Of Satan

Soteriophobia

Soteriophobia is the fear of dependence on others.

Sophophobia

Sophophobia is the Fear Of Learning

Sociophobia

Wikipedia has more on Sociophobia Sociophobia, also called “social phobia” or “social anxiety disorder” is an intense, excessive, and irrational fear in social situations.

Stasibasiphobia

Other Name(s): Stasiphobia Or Ambulophobia.
Stasibasiphobia is the Fear Of Standing Or Walking

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Stygiophobia

Other Name(s): Stigiophobia.
Stygiophobia, also called stigiophobia or hadephobia, is the fear of Hell.

Symbolophobia

Symbolophobia is the Fear Of Symbolism

Hamartophobia

Hamartophobia is the Fear Of Sinning

Hydrophobophobia

Hydrophobophobia is the Fear Of Rabies

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Hagiophobia

Hagiophobia is the Fear Of Saints Or Holy Things

Hinduphobia

Hinduphobia is the Fear/dislike Of Hindus

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