Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.

 

Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia- Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.
Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia- Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of others opinions.
Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia.
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society.
Antlophobia- Fear of floods.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.
Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with amputations.
Astrapophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.
Astrophobia- Fear of stars or celestial space.
Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things.
Ataxiophobia- Fear of ataxia. (muscular incoordination)
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection
Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atomosophobia- Fear of atomic explosions.
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure
Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
Bacteriophobia- Fear of bacteria.
Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
Bathophobia- Fear of depth.
Batophobia- Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
Bromidrophobia- Fear of body smells.
Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Cancerophobia or Carcinophobia- Fear of cancer.
Cardiophobia- Fear of the heart.
Carnophobia- Fear of meat.
Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed.
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors.
Centophobia- Fear of new things or ideas.
Chronophobia- Fear of time.
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces.
Cleisiophobia- Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
Coimetrophobia- Fear of cemeteries.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.
Decidophobia- Fear of making decisions.
Daemonophobia- Fear of demons.
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.
Dikephobia- Fear of justice.
Dishabiliophobia- Fear of undressing in front of someone.
Dysmorphophobia- Fear of deformity.
Eosophobia- Fear of dawn or daylight.
Erotophobia- Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Frigophobia- Fear of cold or cold things.
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage.
Gephysrophobia- Fear of crossing bridges.
Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old.
Hadephobia- Fear of hell.
Hamartophobia- Fear of sinning.
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun.
Hellenologophobia- Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.
Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with worms.
Hematophobia- Fear of blood.
Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666.
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
Hobophobia- Fear of bums or beggars.
Hodophobia- Fear of road travel.
Hormephobia- Fear of shock.
Homichlophobia- Fear of fog.
Homophobia- Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
Hylephobia- Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy.
Hylophobia- Fear of forests.
Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia- Fear of responsibility.
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
Iophobia- Fear of poison.
Insectophobia - Fear of insects.
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.
Kenophobia- Fear of voids or empty spaces.
Kosmikophobia- Fear of cosmic phenomenon.
Levophobia- Fear of things to the left side of the body.
Ligyrophobia- Fear of loud noises.
Lilapsophobia- Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
Limnophobia- Fear of lakes.
Linonophobia- Fear of string.
Liticaphobia- Fear of lawsuits.
Lockiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers.
Lygophobia- Fear of darkness.
Merinthophobia- Fear of being bound or tied up.
Necrophobia- Fear of death or dead things.
Noctiphobia- Fear of the night.
Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes.
Onomatophobia- Fear of hearing a certain word or of names.
Optophobia- Fear of opening one's eyes.
Panthophobia- Fear of suffering and disease.
Pantophobia- Fear of everything.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th.
Parthenophobia- Fear of virgins or young girls.
Pathophobia- Fear of disease.
Patroiophobia- Fear of heredity.
Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.
Phasmophobia- Fear of ghosts.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Philosophobia- Fear of philosophy.
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.
Photoaugliaphobia- Fear of glaring lights.
Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking.
Placophobia- Fear of tombstones.
Rhabdophobia- Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic
Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles.
Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween.
Satanophobia- Fear of Satan.
Scoptophobia- Fear of being seen or stared at.
Selachophobia- Fear of sharks.
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon.
Siderophobia- Fear of stars.
Sinistrophobia- Fear of things to the left or left-handed.
Sociophobia- Fear of society or people in general.
Somniphobia- Fear of sleep.
Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
Spacephobia- Fear of outer space.
Spectrophobia- Fear of specters or ghosts.
Staurophobia- Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
Symmetrophobia- Fear of symmetry.
Taphophobia- Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Tapinophobia- Fear of being contagious.
Technophobia- Fear of technology.
Teleophobia- 1) Fear of definite plans. 2) Religious ceremony.
Teratophobia- Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people.
Tetanophobia- Fear of lockjaw, tetanus.
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea.
Tomophobia- Fear of surgical operations.
Topophobia- Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
Tropophobia- Fear of moving or making changes.
Trypanophobia- Fear of injections.
Vaccinophobia- Fear of vaccination.
Vitricophobia- Fear of step-father.
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.
Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Xenoglossophobia- Fear of foreign languages.
Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Zeusophobia- Fear of God or gods.
Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat

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