List of phobias (A to Z)

A

1. Ablutophobia - Fear of washing or bathing.
2. Acarophobia - Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
3. Acerophobia - Fear of sourness.
4. Achluophobia - Fear of darkness.
5. Acousticophobia - Fear of noise.
6. Acrophobia - Fear of heights.
7. Aeroacrophobia - Fear of open high places.
8. Aeronausiphobia - Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
9. Aerophobia - Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
10. Agateophobia - Fear of insanity.
11. Agliophobia - Fear of pain.
12. Agoraphobia - Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
13. Agraphobia - Fear of sexual abuse.
14. Agrizoophobia - Fear of wild animals.
15. Agyrophobia - Fear of streets or crossing the street.
16. Aichmophobia - Fear of needles or pointed objects.
17. Albuminurophobia - Fear of kidney disease.
18. Alektorophobia - Fear of chickens.
19. Alliumphobia - Fear of garlic.
20. Allodoxaphobia - Fear of opinions.
21. Amathophobia - Fear of dust.
22. Amaxophobia - Fear of riding in a car.
23. Ambulophobia - Fear of walking.
24. Amnesiphobia - Fear of amnesia.
25. Amychophobia - Fear of scratches or being scratched.
26. Anablephobia - Fear of looking up.
27. Androphobia - Fear of men.
28. Anemophobia - Fear of air drafts or wind.
29. Anginophobia - Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
30. Anglophobia - Fear of England or English culture, etc.
31. Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
32. Ankylophobia - Fear of immobility of a joint.
33. Anthophobia - Fear of flowers.
34. Anthropophobia - Fear of people or society.
35. Antlophobia - Fear of floods.
36. Anuptaphobia - Fear of staying single.
37. Apeirophobia - Fear of infinity.
38. Apiphobia - Fear of bees.
39. Apotemnophobia - Fear of persons with amputations.
40. Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
41. Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders.
42. Arithmophobia - Fear of numbers.
43. Arsonphobia - Fear of fire.
44. Asthenophobia - Fear of fainting or weakness.
45. Astrophobia - Fear of stars or celestial space.
46. Asymmetriphobia - Fear of asymmetrical things.
47. Ataxiophobia - Fear of ataxia.
48. Ataxophobia - Fear of disorder or untidiness.
49. Atelophobia - Fear of imperfection.
50. Atephobia - Fear of ruin or ruins.
51. Athazagoraphobia - Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
52. Atomosophobia - Fear of atomic explosions.
53. Atychiphobia - Fear of failure.
54. Aulophobia - Fear of flutes.
55. Aurophobia - Fear of gold.
56. Auroraphobia - Fear of Northern lights.
57. Autodysomophobia - Fear of one that has a vile odor.
58. Automatonophobia -Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
59. Automysophobia - Fear of being dirty.
60. Autophobia - Fear of being alone or of oneself.
61. Aviophobia - Fear of flying.

B

1. Bacillophobia - Fear of microbes.
2. Bacteriophobia - Fear of bacteria.
3. Ballistophobia - Fear of missiles or bullets.
4. Barophobia - Fear of gravity.
5. Basophobia - Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.
6. Bathmophobia - Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
7. Bathophobia - Fear of depth.
8. Batophobia - Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
9. Batrachophobia - Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.
10. Belonephobia - Fear of pins and needles.
11. Bibliophobia - Fear of books.
12. Blennophobia - Fear of slime.
13. Bogyphobia - Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman.
14. Bolshephobia - Fear of Bolsheviks.
15. Botanophobia - Fear of plants.
16. Bromidrophobia - Fear of body smells.
17. Brontophobia - Fear of thunder and lightning.
18. Bufonophobia - Fear of toads.

C

1. Cacophobia - Fear of ugliness.
2. Cainophobia - Fear of newness, novelty.
3. Caligynephobia - Fear of beautiful women.
4. Carcinophobia - Fear of cancer.
5. Cardiophobia - Fear of the heart.
6. Carnophobia - Fear of meat.
7. Catagelophobia - Fear of being ridiculed.
8. Catapedaphobia - Fear of jumping from high and low places.
9. Cathisophobia - Fear of sitting.
10. Catoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors.
11. Cenophobia - Fear of new things or ideas.
12. Chaetophobia - Fear of hair.
13. Chemophobia - Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals.
14. Cherophobia - Fear of gaiety.
15. Chionophobia - Fear of snow.
16. Chiraptophobia - Fear of being touched.
17. Chirophobia - Fear of hands.
18. Chiroptophobia - Fear of bats.
19. Cholerophobia - Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.
20. Chorophobia - Fear of dancing.
21. Chrometophobia - Fear of money.
22. Chromophobia - Fear of colors.
23. Chronomentrophobia - Fear of clocks.
24. Chronophobia - Fear of time.
25. Cibophobia - Fear of food.
26. Claustrophobia - Fear of confined spaces.
27. Cleithrophobia - Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
28. Cleptophobia - Fear of stealing.
29. Climacophobia - Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs.
30. Clinophobia - Fear of going to bed.
31. Cnidophobia - Fear of stings.
32. Coimetrophobia - Fear of cemeteries.
33. Coitophobia - Fear of coitus.
34. Cometophobia - Fear of comets.
35. Consecotaleophobia - Fear of chopsticks.
36. Coprastasophobia - Fear of constipation.
37. Coprophobia - Fear of feces.
38. Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns.
39. Counterphobia - The preference by a phobic for fearful situations.
40. Cremnophobia - Fear of precipices.
41. Cryophobia - Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost.
42. Crystallophobia - Fear of crystals or glass.
43. Cyberphobia - Fear of computers or working on a computer.
44. Cyclophobia - Fear of bicycles.
45. Cymophobia - Fear of waves or wave like motions.
46. Cynophobia - Fear of dogs or rabies.
47. Cypriphobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.

D

1. Decidophobia - Fear of making decisions.
2. Defecaloesiophobia - Fear of painful bowels movements.
3. Deipnophobia - Fear of dining or dinner conversations.
4. Demonophobia - Fear of demons.
5. Demophobia - Fear of crowds.
6. Dendrophobia - Fear of trees.
7. Dentophobia - Fear of dentists.
8. Dermatophobia - Fear of skin lesions.
9. Dermatophobia - Fear of skin disease.
10. Dextrophobia - Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
11. Diabetophobia - Fear of diabetes.
12. Didaskaleinophobia - Fear of going to school.
13. Dikephobia - Fear of justice.
14. Dinophobia - Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.
15. Diplophobia - Fear of double vision.
16. Dipsophobia - Fear of drinking.
17. Dishabiliophobia - Fear of undressing in front of someone.
18. Disposophobia - Fear of throwing stuff out. Hoarding.
19. Domatophobia - Fear of houses or being in a house.
20. Doraphobia - Fear of fur or skins of animals.
21. Doxophobia - Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise.
22. Dromophobia - Fear of crossing streets.
23. Dutchphobia - Fear of the Dutch.
24. Dysmorphophobia - Fear of deformity.
25. Dystychiphobia - Fear of accidents.

E

1. Ecclesiophobia - Fear of church.
2. Ecophobia - Fear of home.
3. Eicophobia - Fear of home surroundings.
4. Eisoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
5. Electrophobia - Fear of electricity.
6. Eleutherophobia - Fear of freedom.
7. Elurophobia - Fear of cats.
8. Emetophobia - Fear of vomiting.
9. Enetophobia - Fear of pins.
10. Enosiophobia - Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
11. Entomophobia - Fear of insects.
12. Eosophobia - Fear of dawn or daylight.
13. Ephebiphobia - Fear of teenagers.
14. Epistaxiophobia - Fear of nosebleeds.
15. Epistemophobia - Fear of knowledge.
16. Equinophobia - Fear of horses.
17. Eremophobia - Fear of being oneself or of lonliness.
18. Ereuthophobia - 1) Fear of redlights. 2) Blushing. 3) Red.
19. Ereuthrophobia - Fear of blushing.
20. Ergasiophobia - 1) Fear of work or functioning. 2) Surgeon's fear of operating.
21. Ergophobia - Fear of work.
22. Erotophobia - Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
23. Euphobia - Fear of hearing good news.
24. Eurotophobia - Fear of female genitalia.

F

1. Febriphobia - Fear of fever.
2. Francophobia - Fear of France or French culture.

G

1. Gamophobia - Fear of marriage.
2. Geliophobia - Fear of laughter.
3. Gelotophobia - Fear of being laughed at.
4. Geniophobia - Fear of chins.
5. Genophobia - Fear of sex.
6. Genuphobia - Fear of knees.
7. Gephyrophobia - Fear of crossing bridges.
8. Gerascophobia - Fear of growing old.
9. Germanophobia - Fear of Germany or German culture.
10. Gerontophobia - Fear of old people or of growing old.
11. Geumaphobia - Fear of taste.
12. Glossophobia - Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
13. Graphophobia - Fear of writing or handwriting.
14. Gymnophobia - Fear of nudity.
15. Gynophobia - Fear of women.

H

1. Hadephobia - Fear of hell.
2. Hagiophobia - Fear of saints or holy things.
3. Hamartophobia - Fear of sinning.
4. Harpaxophobia - Fear of being robbed.
5. Hedonophobia - Fear of feeling pleasure.
6. Heliophobia - Fear of the sun.
7. Hellenologophobia - Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.
8. Helminthophobia - Fear of being infested with worms.
9. Hemophobia - Fear of blood.
10. Heresyphobia - Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation.
11. Herpetophobia - Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
12. Heterophobia - Fear of the opposite sex.
13. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - Fear of the number 666.
14. Hierophobia - Fear of priests or sacred things.
15. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - Fear of long words.
16. Hobophobia - Fear of bums or beggars.
17. Hodophobia - Fear of road travel.
18. Homichlophobia - Fear of fog.
19. Homilophobia - Fear of sermons.
20. Homophobia - Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
21. Hoplophobia - Fear of firearms.
22. Hormephobia - Fear of shock.
23. Hydrargyophobia - Fear of mercurial medicines.
24. Hydrophobia - Fear of water or of rabies.
25. Hydrophobophobia - Fear of rabies.
26. Hyelophobia - Fear of glass.
27. Hygrophobia - Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.
28. Hylephobia - Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy.
29. Hylophobia - Fear of forests.
30. Hypengyophobia - Fear of responsibility.
31. Hypnophobia - Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
32. Hypsiphobia - Fear of height.

I

1. Iatrophobia - Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
2. Ichthyophobia - Fear of fish.
3. Ideophobia - Fear of ideas.
4. Illyngophobia - Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
5. Iophobia - Fear of poison.
6. Isolophobia - Fear of solitude, being alone.
7. Isopterophobia - Fear of termites, insects that eat wood.
8. Ithyphallophobia - Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

J

1. Japanophobia - Fear of Japanese.
2. Judeophobia - Fear of Jews.

K

1. Kainolophobia - Fear of anything new, novelty.
2. Kakorrhaphiophobia - Fear of failure or defeat.
3. Katagelophobia - Fear of ridicule.
4. Kathisophobia - Fear of sitting down.
5. Katsaridaphobia - Fear of cockroaches.
6. Kenophobia - Fear of voids or empty spaces.
7. Kinetophobia - Fear of movement or motion.
8. Koinoniphobia - Fear of rooms.
9. Kolpophobia - Fear of genitals, particularly female.
10. Kopophobia - Fear of fatigue.
11. Kosmikophobia - Fear of cosmic phenomenon.
12. Kyphophobia - Fear of stooping.

L

1. Lachanophobia - Fear of vegetables.
2. Lalophobia - Fear of speaking.
3. Lepraphobia - Fear of leprosy.
4. Leukophobia - Fear of the color white.
5. Levophobia - Fear of things to the left side of the body.
6. Ligyrophobia - Fear of loud noises.
7. Lilapsophobia - Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
8. Limnophobia - Fear of lakes.
9. Linonophobia - Fear of string.
10. Liticaphobia - Fear of lawsuits.
11. Lockiophobia - Fear of childbirth.
12. Logizomechanophobia - Fear of computers.
13. Logophobia - Fear of words.
14. Luiphobia - Fear of lues, syphillis.
15. Lutraphobia - Fear of otters.
16. Lyssophobia - Fear of rabies or of becoming mad.

M

1. Macrophobia - Fear of long waits.
2. Mageirocophobia - Fear of cooking.
3. Malaxophobia - Fear of love play.
4. Mastigophobia - Fear of punishment.
5. Mechanophobia - Fear of machines.
6. Medomalacuphobia - Fear of losing an erection.
7. Medorthophobia - Fear of an erect penis.
8. Megalophobia - Fear of large things.
9. Melanophobia - Fear of the color black.
10. Melophobia - Fear or hatred of music.
11. Meningitophobia - Fear of brain disease.
12. Menophobia - Fear of menstruation.
13. Merinthophobia - Fear of being bound or tied up.
14. Metallophobia - Fear of metal.
15. Metathesiophobia - Fear of changes.
16. Meteorophobia - Fear of meteors.
17. Methyphobia - Fear of alcohol.
18. Metrophobia - Fear or hatred of poetry.
19. Microphobia - Fear of small things.
20. Mnemophobia - Fear of memories.
21. Molysmophobia - Fear of dirt or contamination.
22. Monopathophobia - Fear of definite disease.
23. Monophobia - Fear of solitude or being alone.
24. Motorphobia - Fear of automobiles.
25. Mottephobia - Fear of moths.
26. Musophobia - Fear of mice.
27. Mycophobia - Fear or aversion to mushrooms.
28. Myrmecophobia - Fear of ants.
29. Mysophobia - Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs.
30. Mythophobia - Fear of myths or stories or false statements.

N

1. Necrophobia - Fear of death or dead things.
2. Neopharmaphobia - Fear of new drugs.
3. Neophobia - Fear of anything new.
4. Nephophobia - Fear of clouds.
5. Noctiphobia - Fear of the night.
6. Nomatophobia - Fear of names.
7. Nosocomephobia - Fear of hospitals.
8. Nosophobia - Fear of becoming ill.
9. Nostophobia - Fear of returning home.
10. Novercaphobia -Fear of your step-mother.
11. Nucleomituphobia - Fear of nuclear weapons.
12. Nyctohylophobia - Fear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night.
13. Nyctophobia - Fear of the dark or of night.

O

1. Obesophobia - Fear of gaining weight.
2. Ochlophobia - Fear of crowds or mobs.
3. Ochophobia - Fear of vehicles.
4. Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
5. Odontophobia - Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
6. Oenophobia - Fear of wines.
7. Oikophobia - Fear of home surroundings, house.
8. Olfactophobia - Fear of smells.
9. Ombrophobia - Fear of rain or of being rained on.
10. Ommatophobia - Fear of eyes.
11. Omphalophobia - Fear of belly buttons.
12. Oneirogmophobia - Fear of wet dreams.
13. Oneirophobia - Fear of dreams.
14. Onomatophobia - Fear of hearing a certain word or of names.
15. Ophidiophobia - Fear of snakes.
16. Ophthalmophobia - Fear of being stared at.
17. Opiophobia - Fear medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients.
18. Optophobia - Fear of opening one's eyes.
19. Ornithophobia - Fear of birds.
20. Orthophobia - Fear of property.
21. Osmophobia - Fear of smells or odors.
22. Ostraconophobia - Fear of shellfish.
23. Ouranophobia - Fear of heaven.

P

1. Pagophobia - Fear of ice or frost.
2. Panthophobia - Fear of suffering and disease.
3. Pantophobia - Fear of everything.
4. Papaphobia - Fear of the Pope.
5. Papyrophobia - Fear of paper.
6. Paralipophobia - Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.
7. Paraphobia - Fear of sexual perversion.
8. Parasitophobia - Fear of parasites.
9. Paraskavedekatriaphobia - Fear of Friday the 13th.
10. Parthenophobia - Fear of virgins or young girls.
11. Pathophobia - Fear of disease.
12. Patroiophobia - Fear of heredity.
13. Peccatophobia - Fear of sinning or imaginary crimes.
14. Pediculophobia - Fear of lice.
15. Pediophobia - Fear of dolls.
16. Pedophobia - Fear of children.
17. Peladophobia - Fear of bald people.
18. Pellagrophobia - Fear of pellagra.
19. Peniaphobia - Fear of poverty.
20. Pentheraphobia - Fear of mother
21. Phagophobia - Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten.
22. Phalacrophobia - Fear of becoming bald.
23. Phallophobia - Fear of a penis, esp erect.
24. Pharmacophobia - Fear of taking medicine.
25. Pharmacophobia - Fear of drugs.
26. Phasmophobia - Fear of ghosts.
27. Phengophobia - Fear of daylight or sunshine.
28. Philematophobia - Fear of kissing.
29. Philophobia - Fear of falling in love or being in love.
30. Philosophobia - Fear of philosophy.
31. Phobophobia - Fear of phobias.
32. Phonophobia - Fear of noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones.
33. Photoaugliaphobia - Fear of glaring lights.
34. Photophobia - Fear of light.
35. Phronemophobia - Fear of thinking.
36. Phthisiophobia - Fear of tuberculosis.
37. Placophobia - Fear of tombstones.
38. Plutophobia - Fear of wealth.
39. Pneumatiphobia - Fear of spirits.
40. Pnigophobia - Fear of choking of being smothered.
41. Pogonophobia - Fear of beards.
42. Poliosophobia - Fear of contracting poliomyelitis.
43. Politicophobia - Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians.
44. Polyphobia - Fear of many things.
45. Ponophobia - Fear of overworking or of pain.
46. Porphyrophobia - Fear of the color purple.
47. Potamophobia - Fear of rivers or running water.
48. Proctophobia - Fear of rectums.
49. Prosophobia - Fear of progress.
50. Psellismophobia - Fear of stuttering.
51. Psychophobia - Fear of mind.
52. Pteronophobia - Fear of being tickled by feathers.
53. Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets.

R

1. Radiophobia -Fear of radiation, x-rays.
2. Ranidaphobia - Fear of frogs.
3. Rectophobia - Fear of rectum or rectal diseases.
4. Rhabdophobia - Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic.
5. Rhypophobia - Fear of defecation.
6. Rhytiphobia - Fear of getting wrinkles.
7. Rupophobia - Fear of dirt.
8. Russophobia - Fear of Russians.

S

1. Samhainophobia - Fear of Halloween.
2. Satanophobia - Fear of Satan.
3. Scabiophobia - Fear of scabies.
4. Scatophobia - Fear of fecal matter.
5. Scelerophibia - Fear of bad men, burglars.
6. Sciophobia - Fear of shadows.
7. Scoleciphobia - Fear of worms.
8. Scolionophobia - Fear of school.
9. Scopophobia - Fear of being seen or stared at.
10. Scotomaphobia - Fear of blindness in visual field.
11. Scriptophobia - Fear of writing in public.
12. Selachophobia - Fear of sharks.
13. Selaphobia - Fear of light flashes.
14. Selenophobia - Fear of the moon.
15. Seplophobia - Fear of decaying matter.
16. Siderodromophobia - Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
17. Siderophobia - Fear of stars.
18. Sinistrophobia - Fear of things to the left or left
19. Sinophobia - Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.
20. Sitophobia - Fear of food or eating.
21. Soceraphobia - Fear of parents
22. Social Phobia - Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
23. Sociophobia - Fear of society or people in general.
24. Somniphobia - Fear of sleep.
25. Sophophobia - Fear of learning.
26. Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
27. Spacephobia - Fear of outer space.
28. Spectrophobia - Fear of specters or ghosts.
29. Spermatophobia - Fear of germs.
30. Spheksophobia - Fear of wasps.
31. Stasibasiphobia - Fear of standing or walking.
32. Staurophobia - Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
33. Stenophobia - Fear of narrow things or places.
34. Symbolophobia - Fear of symbolism.
35. Symmetrophobia - Fear of symmetry.
36. Syngenesophobia - Fear of relatives.
37. Syphilophobia - Fear of syphilis.

T

1. Tachophobia - Fear of speed.
2. Taeniophobia - Fear of tapeworms.
3. Taphephobia - Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
4. Tapinophobia - Fear of being contagious.
5. Taurophobia - Fear of bulls.
6. Technophobia - Fear of technology.
7. Teleophobia - 1) Fear of definite plans. 2) Religious ceremony.
8. Telephonophobia - Fear of telephones.
9. Teratophobia - Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people.
10. Testophobia - Fear of taking tests.
11. Tetanophobia - Fear of lockjaw, tetanus.
12. Teutophobia - Fear of German or German things.
13. Textophobia - Fear of certain fabrics.
14. Thalassophobia - Fear of the sea.
15. Thanatophobia - Fear of death or dying.
16. Theatrophobia - Fear of theatres.
17. Theologicophobia - Fear of theology.
18. Theophobia - Fear of gods or religion.
19. Thermophobia - Fear of heat.
20. Tocophobia - Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
21. Tomophobia - Fear of surgical operations.
22. Tonitrophobia - Fear of thunder.
23. Topophobia -Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
24. Toxicophobia - Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned.
25. Traumatophobia - Fear of injury.
26. Tremophobia - Fear of trembling.
27. Trichinophobia - Fear of trichinosis.
28. Triskaidekaphobia - Fear of the number 13.
29. Tropophobia - Fear of moving or making changes.
30. Trypanophobia - Fear of injections.
31. Tyrannophobia - Fear of tyrants.

U

1. Urophobia - Fear of urine or urinating.

V

1. Vaccinophobia - Fear of vaccination.
2. Vestiphobia - Fear of clothing.
3. Virginitiphobia - Fear of rape.
4. Vitricophobia - Fear of step

W

1. Walloonphobia - Fear of the Walloons.
2. Wiccaphobia - Fear of witches and witchcraft.

X

1. Xanthophobia - Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
2. Xenoglossophobia - Fear of foreign languages.
3. Xenophobia - Fear of strangers or foreigners.
4. Xerophobia - Fear of dryness.
5. Xylophobia - 1) Fear of wooden objects. 2) Forests.
6. Xyrophobia -Fear of razors.

Z

1. Zelophobia - Fear of jealousy.
2. Zemmiphobia - Fear of the great mole rat.
3. Zeusophobia - Fear of God or gods.
4. Zoophobia - Fear of animals.