- Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning.
- Acrophobia, Altophobia – fear of heights.
- Agoraphobia, Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder – fear of places or events where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable.
- Agraphobia – fear of sexual abuse.
- Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects (such as a needle or knife).
- Algophobia – fear of pain.
- Agyrophobia – fear of crossing roads.
- Aibohphobia - fear of palindromes. Recognized as a palindromic version of the word "phobia."
- Androphobia – fear of men.
- Anemomenophobia - fear of windmills.
- Anthropophobia – fear of people or being in a company, a form of social phobia.
- Anthophobia – fear of flowers.
- Aquaphobia – fear of water. Distinct from Hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies.
- Arachnophobia- fear of spiders.
- Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia – fear of thunder, lightning and storms; especially common in young children.
- Atychiphobia, fear of failure
- Aviophobia, Aviatophobia – fear of flying.
- Bacillophobia, Bacteriophobia, Microbiophobia – fear of microbes and bacteria.
- Blood-injection-injury type phobia – a DSM-IV subtype of specific phobias
- Chorophobia - fear of dancing.
- Cibophobia, Sitophobia – aversion to food, synonymous to Anorexia nervosa.
- Claustrophobia – fear of having no escape and being closed in.
- Coulrophobia – fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns).
- Decidophobia – fear of making decisions.
- Dental phobia, Dentophobia, Odontophobia – fear of dentists and dental procedures
- Disposophobia, better known as "compulsive hoarding" – the fear of getting rid of or losing things.
- Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder – a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect.
- Emetophobia – fear of vomiting.
- Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating.
- Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning.
- Eremophobia - fear of being alone
- Erotophobia – fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
- Erythrophobia – pathological blushing.
- Fragariaphobia - fear of strawberries
- Gelotophobia - fear of being laughed at.
- Gephyrophobia – fear of bridges.
- Genophobia, Coitophobia – fear of sexual intercourse.
- Gerascophobia – fear of growing old or aging.
- Gerontophobia – fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly
- Geterophobia, Bambakophobia - fear of cotton balls, q-tips, or cotton based products
- Glossophobia – fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
- Gymnophobia – fear of nudity.
- Gynophobia – fear of women.
- Halitophobia - fear of bad breath.
- Haptephobia – fear of being touched.
- Heliophobia – fear of sunlight.
- Hemophobia, Haemophobia – fear of blood.
- Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666.
- Hoplophobia – fear of weapons, specifically firearms (Generally a political term but the clinical phobia is also documented).
- Koumpounophobia - fear of sewing buttons.
- Ligyrophobia – fear of loud noises.
- Lipophobia – fear/avoidance of fats in food.
- Medication phobia - fear of medications.
- Megalophobia - fear of large/oversized objects.
- Mycophobia - fear of mushrooms.
- Mysophobia – fear of germs, contamination or dirt.
- Necrophobia – fear of death and/or the dead.
- Neophobia, Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia – fear of newness, novelty.
- Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact.
- Nosophobia – fear of contracting a disease.
- Nosocomephobia - fear of hospitals.
- Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia – fear of darkness.
- Oikophobia - fear of home surroundings and household appliances
- Osmophobia, Olfactophobia – fear of smells.
- Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Friggatriskaidekaphobia – fear of Friday the 13th.
- Panniophobia - fear of sticky objects.
- Panphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause.
- Phasmophobia - fear of ghosts, spectres or phantasms.
- Phagophobia – fear of swallowing.
- Pharmacophobia – same as medication phobia.
- Phobophobia – fear of having a phobia.
- Phonophobia – fear of loud sounds.
- Pyrophobia – fear of fire.
- Radiophobia – fear of radioactivity or X-rays.
- Sociophobia – fear of people or social situations.
- Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at.
- Somniphobia – fear of sleep.
- Spectrophobia – fear of mirrors and one's own reflections.
- Taphophobia – fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive.
- Technophobia – fear of technology
- Telephone phobia, fear or reluctance of making or taking phone calls.
- Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4.
- Thanatophobia – fear of death.
- Tokophobia – fear of childbirth.
- Tomophobia – fear or anxiety of surgeries/surgical operations (from the Greek tómos "cutting")
- Traumatophobia – a synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury.
- Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia – fear of the number 13.
- Trypanophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia – fear of needles or injections.
- Trypophobia - fear of clusters of circles
- Workplace phobia – fear of the workplace.
- Xenophobia – fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens.
Animal phobias
- Ailurophobia – fear/dislike of cats.
- Apiphobia – fear/dislike of bees (also known as melissophobia, from the Greek melissa "bee").
- Arachnophobia – fear/dislike of spiders and other arachnids.
- Cetaphobia - fear of whales
- Chiroptophobia – fear/dislike of bats.
- Cynophobia – fear/dislike of dogs.
- Entomophobia – fear/dislike of insects.
- Equinophobia – fear/dislike of horses (also known as hippophobia).
- Herpetophobia - fear/dislike of reptiles and/or amphibians.
- Katsaridaphobia - fear of cockroaches
- Ichthyophobia – fear/dislike of fish.
- Lepidopterophobia – fear/dislike of butterflies, moths and related insects.
- Musophobia – fear/dislike of mice and/or rats.
- Ophidiophobia – fear/dislike of snakes.
- Ornithophobia – fear/dislike of birds.
- Scoleciphobia – fear of worms.
- Scyphozophobia – fear/dislike of jellyfish.
Non-psychological conditions
- Hydrophobia – fear of water (a symptom of rabies).
- Photophobia – hypersensitivity to light causing aversion to light
- Phonophobia – hypersensitivity to sound causing aversion to sounds.
- Osmophobia – hypersensitivity to smells causing aversion to odors.
Biology, chemistry
Biologists use a number of -phobia/-phobic terms to describe predispositions by plants and animals against certain conditions.
- Acidophobia/Acidophobic – preference for non-acidic conditions.
- Heliophobia/Heliophobic – aversion to sunlight.
- Hydrophobia/Hydrophobic – a property of being repelled by water.
- Lipophobicity – a property of fat rejection
- Ombrophobia – avoidance of rain
- Photophobia (biology) a negative phototaxis or phototropism response, or a tendency to stay out of the light
- Superhydrophobe – the property given to materials that are extremely difficult to get wet.
- Thermophobia – aversion to heat.
Prejudices and discrimination
The suffix -phobia is used to coin terms that denote a particular anti-ethnic or anti-demographic sentiment, such as Americanophobia,Europhobia, Francophobia, Hispanophobia, and Indophobia. Often a synonym with the prefix "anti-" already exists (e.g., Polonophobia vs.anti-Polonism). Anti-religious sentiments are expressed in terms such as Christianophobia and Islamophobia. Sometimes the terms themselves could even be considered racist, such as with "Negrophobia."
Other prejudices include:
- Biphobia – fear/dislike of bisexuals.
- Christianophobia - fear/dislike of Christians
- Ephebiphobia – fear/dislike of youth.
- Gerontophobia, Gerascophobia – fear/dislike of aging or the elderly.
- Heterophobia – fear/dislike of heterosexuals.
- Homophobia – fear/dislike of homosexuality or homosexuals.
- Islamophobia - fear/dislike of Muslims
- Judeophobia – fear/dislike of Jews.
- Lesbophobia – fear/dislike of lesbians.
- Pedophobia, Pediophobia – fear/dislike of children.
- Psychophobia – fear/dislike of mental illness or the mentally ill.
- Transphobia – fear/dislike of transgender or transsexual people.
- Xenophobia – fear/dislike of foreigners.
- Xenoglossophobia – fear/dislike of foreign languages.
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