List of phobias

The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g. acidophobia), and in medicine to describe hypersensitivity to a stimulus, usually sensory (e.g. photophobia). In common usage, they also form words that describe dislike or hatred of a particular thing or subject. The suffix is antonymic to -phil-.

For more information on the psychiatric side, including how psychiatry groups phobias such as agoraphobia, social phobia, or simple phobia, see phobia. The following lists include words ending in -phobia, and include fears that have acquired names. In some cases, the naming of phobias has become a word game, of notable example being a 1998 humorous article published by BBC News.^[1] In some cases, a word ending in -phobia may have an antonym with the suffix -phil-, e.g. Germanophobe / Germanophile.

A large number of -phobia lists circulate on the Internet, with words collected from indiscriminate sources, often copying each other. Also, a number of psychiatric websites exist that at the first glance cover a huge number of phobias, but in fact use a standard text to fit any phobia and reuse it for all unusual phobias by merely changing the name. Sometimes it leads to bizarre results, such as suggestions to cure "prostitute phobia".^[2] Such practice is known as content spamming and is used to attract search engines.

Psychological conditions

Specialists may prefer to avoid the suffix -phobia and use more descriptive terms such as personality disorders, anxiety disorders, and avoidant personality disorder.

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A

Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning
Acousticophobia – fear of noise – a branch of phonophobia
Acrophobia – fear of heights
Agoraphobia – fear of open places
Agraphobia – fear of sexual abuse
Agrizoophobia – fear of wild animals, a branch of zoophobia
Agyrophobia – fear of crossing the street
Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects (such as a needle or knife)
Ailurophobia – fear of cats
Algophobia – fear of pain
Amaxophobia, ochophobia, motorphobia, hamaxophobia – fear of riding in a car
Amychophobia – fear of being scratched
Anthophobia – fear of flowers
Anthropophobia – fear of people or the company of people, a form of social phobia
Antlophobia – fear of floods
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 – fear of thunder and lightning
Atelophobia – fear of not being good enough or imperfection^{[citation needed]}
Atychiphobia, kakorrhaphiophobia – fear of failure
Automatonophobia – fear of anything that falsely represents a sentient being
Autophobia – fear of isolation^[3]
Aviophobia, aviatophobia – fear of flying

B

Barophobia – fear of gravity
Bathmophobia – fear of stairs or slopes
Blood-injection-injury type phobia – a DSM-IV subtype of specific phobias

C

Chaetophobia – fear of hair
Chemophobia – fear of chemicals
Cherophobia – fear of happiness
Chiroptophobia – fear of bats
Chlorophobia – fear of the color green^[4]
Chromophobia, chromatophobia – fear of colors
Chronophobia – fear of time and time moving forward
Chrysophobia – fear of the color orange^[4]
Cibophobia, sitophobia – aversion to food, synonymous to anorexia nervosa
Claustrophobia – fear of having no escape and being closed in
Cleithrophobia – fear of being trapped^[5]
Climacophobia – fear of climbing
Coimetrophobia – fear of cemeteries
Coulrophobia – fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns)
Cyanophobia – fear of the color blue^[4]
Cyberphobia – fear of or aversion to computers and of learning new technologies
Cynophobia – fear of dogs

D

Decidophobia – fear of making decisions
Demonophobia, daemonophobia – fear of demons
Dendrophobia – see hylophobia
Dentophobia, odontophobia – fear of dentists and dental procedures
Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder – a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect

E

Ecclesiophobia – fear of churches
Emetophobia – fear of vomiting
Enochlophobia – fear of crowds
Ergophobia, ergasiophobia – fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating
Erotophobia – fear of sexual love or sexual abuse
Erythrophobia, erytophobia, ereuthophobia – fear of the color red, or fear of blushing

F

Frigophobia – fear of becoming too cold

G

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
Globophobia – fear of balloons
Glossophobia – fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
Gymnophobia – fear of nudity
Gynophobia – fear of women

H

Halitophobia – fear of bad breath
Haphephobia – fear of being touched
Harpaxophobia – fear of being robbed
Heliophobia – fear of the sun or sunlight
Hemophobia, haemophobia – fear of blood
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666
Hoplophobia – fear of firearms
Hylophobia, dendrophobia – fear of trees, forests or wood
Hypnophobia, somniphobia – fear of sleep

I

Ichthyophobia – fear of fish, including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish

K

Kinetophobia, kinesophobia – fear of movement
Kleptophobia, cleptophobia – fear of stealing or being robbed
Koinoniphobia – fear of rooms or shared spaces
Koumpounophobia – fear of buttons^[6]

L

Leukophobia – fear of the color white
Lilapsophobia – fear of tornadoes or hurricanes

M

Mechanophobia – fear of machines
Melanophobia – fear of the color black
Melissophobia – fear of bees
Methyphobia – fear of alcohol
Monophobia – fear of being alone or isolated or of one's self
Musophobia, murophobia, suriphobia – fear of mice or rats
Myrmecophobia – fear of ants
Mysophobia – fear of germs, contamination or dirt

N

Necrophobia – fear of death or the dead
Neophobia, cainophobia, cainotophobia, centophobia, kainolophobia, kainophobia – fear of newness, novelty
Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact
Nosocomephobia – fear of hospitals
Nosophobia – fear of contracting a disease
Nostophobia, ecophobia – fear of returning home
Nyctophobia, achluophobia, lygophobia, scotophobia – fear of darkness

O

Obesophobia – fear of obesity
Oikophobia – fear of home surroundings and household appliances
Omphalophobia – fear of navels
Oneirophobia – fear of dreams
Ophthalmophobia – fear of being stared at
Osmophobia, olfactophobia – fear of odors

P

Panphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause
Pediophobia – fear of dolls (a branch of automatonophobia: fear of humanoid figures)
Phagophobia – fear of swallowing
Pharmacophobia – fear of medications
Phasmophobia – fear of ghosts or phantoms
Philophobia – fear of love
Phobophobia – fear of fear itself or of having a phobia
Phonophobia – fear of loud sounds or voices
Pogonophobia – fear of beards
Pornophobia – fear of pornography
Porphyrophobia – fear of the color purple
Prosophobia – fear of progress
Pupaphobia – fear of puppets
Pyrophobia – fear of fire

R

Radiophobia – fear of radioactivity or X-rays

S

Sanguivoriphobia – fear of vampires
Scriptophobia – fear of writing in public or of trying to write
Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at
Sesquipedalophobia – fear of long words^[7]
Sexophobia – fear of sexual organs or sexual activities
Siderodromophobia – fear of trains or railroads
Sociophobia – fear of people or social situations
Spectrophobia – fear of mirrors
Stasiphobia – fear of standing or walking
Stygiophobia, stigiophobia, hadephobia – fear of Hell

T

Taphophobia, taphephobia – fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive
Technophobia – fear of advanced technology (see also Luddite)
Telephone phobia – fear or reluctance of making or taking telephone calls
Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4
Thalassophobia – fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean
Thanatophobia – fear of dying
Theophobia – fear of religion or gods
Thermophobia – fear of heat
Tokophobia – fear of childbirth or pregnancy
Toxiphobia – fear of being poisoned
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 holes or textures with a pattern of holes^[8]
Turophobia – fear of cheese^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

U

Uranophobia, ouranophobia – fear of Heaven

W

Workplace phobia – fear of the workplace

X

Xanthophobia – fear of the color yellow
Xenophobia – fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens
Xylophobia, hylophobia, ylophobia – fear of trees, forests or wood

Animal phobias

Agrizoophobia – fear of wild animals
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
Batrachophobia – fear/dislike of frogs and other amphibians
Chiroptophobia – fear/dislike of bats
Cynophobia – fear/dislike of dogs
Entomophobia – fear/dislike of insects
Equinophobia, hippophobia – fear/dislike of horses
Herpetophobia – fear/dislike of reptiles or amphibians
Ichthyophobia – fear/dislike of fish
Mottephobia – fear/dislike of butterflies or moths
Murophobia – fear/dislike of mice or rats
Ophidiophobia – fear/dislike of snakes
Ornithophobia – fear/dislike of birds
Ranidaphobia – fear/dislike of frogs
Scoleciphobia – fear of worms
Selachophobia – fear of sharks
Zoophobia – fear of animals

Non-psychological conditions

Bibliophobia – fear or hatred of books, as a cultural phenomenon^[13]
Hoplophobia – a political term for fear of weapons, specifically firearms
Lipophobia – avoidance of fats in food^[14]^[15]^[16] (see also Lipophobicity)
Osmophobia – hypersensitivity to smells causing aversion to odors
Phonophobia – hypersensitivity to sound causing aversion to sounds
Photophobia – hypersensitivity to light causing aversion to light

Biology, chemistry

Biologists use a number of -phobia/-phobic terms to describe predispositions by plants and animals against certain conditions. For antonyms, see here

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 (sometimes also called lipophobia)
Oleophobicity – a property of oil rejection
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.

Other prejudices include:

Albanophobia - fear/dislike of Albanians
Anglophobia – fear/dislike of England or English culture
Atheophobia – fear/dislike of atheists
Biphobia – fear/dislike of bisexuality or bisexuals
Christianophobia – fear/dislike of Christians
Ephebiphobia – fear/dislike of youth
Germanophobia – fear/dislike of Germans
Gerontophobia, gerascophobia – fear/dislike of aging or the elderly
Heterophobia – fear/dislike of heterosexuals
Hinduphobia - fear/dislike of Hindus
Hispanophobia – fear/dislike of Hispanic people, Hispanic culture and the Spanish language
Homophobia – fear/dislike of homosexuality, homosexuals, or gays (as opposed to lesbians)
Indophobia - fear/dislike of India or Indian culture
Islamophobia – fear/dislike of Muslims
Judeophobia – fear/dislike of Jews
Lesbophobia – fear/dislike of lesbians
Negrophobia – fear/dislike of black people
Nipponophobia – fear/dislike of the Japanese
Koryophobia – fear/dislike of the Koreans
Pedophobia – fear/dislike of children
Polonophobia – fear/dislike of the Polish
Psychophobia – fear/dislike of mental illness or the mentally ill
Russophobia – fear/dislike of Russians
Shiaphobia - fear/dislike of Shiites
Sinophobia – fear/dislike of Chinese people
Sunniphobia - fear/dislike of Sunnis
Transphobia – fear/dislike of transgender people
Turcophobia – fear/dislike of Turks
Xenophobia – fear/dislike of foreigners or extraterrestrials

References

^ The A- Z of Fear, an 30 October 1998 BBC News unsigned article in the "Entertainment" section
^ "Content Spammers Help You Overcome Prostitute Phobia". Webpronews.com. 25 August 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ Gould, Dr. George Milbry (1910). The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: P. Blackiston's Son & Co. p. 100.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Absolutely Scariest Colors Imaginable". Colour Lover. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
^ Lisa Fritscher (7 January 2013). "Cleithrophobia". About.com. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
^ Moye, David (29 June 2012). "Hannah Matthews Suffers From Koumpounophobia Or 'Button Phobia' (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
^ "Medicine (S)". Probertencyclopaedia.com. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ Thomas, Gregory (15 October 2012). "Do holes make you queasy or even fearful". The Daily Herald (Arlington, IL). Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ Schoenborn, Barry; Snyder, Richard (2012). Physician Assistant Exam For Dummies. For Dummies. p. 238. ISBN 1118115562.
^ Kesterton, Michael (17 April 2009). "Social Studies". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
^ "This woman is deathly afraid of cheese, so keep the Brie at bay". MSN. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
^ Laudan, Rachel; Hayes, Dayle (2009). Food and Nutrition: Calories to energy drinks. Marshall Cavendish. p. 201. ISBN 0761478213.
^ Jackson, Holbrook (1932). The Fear of Books. University of Illinois. ISBN 9780252070402.
^ Fischler, C. "From lipophilia to lipophobia. Changing attitudes and behaviors towards fat: a socio-historical approach", in: Dietary fats determinants of preference, selection, and consumption / edited by DJ Mela. London : New York : Elsevier Applied Science, c1992. p. 103-115.
^ Askegaard, S. Ostberg, J. "Consumers' Experience of Lipophobia: A Swedish Study", Advances in Consume Research, 2003, vol. 30, p. 161
^ Askegaard, Søren, Holt, Douglas B. Jensen, Anne F. "Lipophobia: A Transatlantic Concept?" Advances in Consume Research, 1999, vol. 26, issue 1 p. 331-336.

External links

The Phobia List

[bbc-1] The A- Z of Fear, an 30 October 1998 BBC News unsigned article in the "Entertainment" section

[2] "Content Spammers Help You Overcome Prostitute Phobia". Webpronews.com. 25 August 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[3] Gould, Dr. George Milbry (1910). The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: P. Blackiston's Son & Co. p. 100.

[lovescare-4] "The Absolutely Scariest Colors Imaginable". Colour Lover. Retrieved 7 July 2014.

[5] Lisa Fritscher (7 January 2013). "Cleithrophobia". About.com. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

[6] Moye, David (29 June 2012). "Hannah Matthews Suffers From Koumpounophobia Or 'Button Phobia' (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

[7] "Medicine (S)". Probertencyclopaedia.com. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[8] Thomas, Gregory (15 October 2012). "Do holes make you queasy or even fearful". The Daily Herald (Arlington, IL). Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[9] Schoenborn, Barry; Snyder, Richard (2012). Physician Assistant Exam For Dummies. For Dummies. p. 238. ISBN 1118115562.

[10] Kesterton, Michael (17 April 2009). "Social Studies". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

[11] "This woman is deathly afraid of cheese, so keep the Brie at bay". MSN. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

[12] Laudan, Rachel; Hayes, Dayle (2009). Food and Nutrition: Calories to energy drinks. Marshall Cavendish. p. 201. ISBN 0761478213.

[13] Jackson, Holbrook (1932). The Fear of Books. University of Illinois. ISBN 9780252070402.

[14] Fischler, C. "From lipophilia to lipophobia. Changing attitudes and behaviors towards fat: a socio-historical approach", in: Dietary fats determinants of preference, selection, and consumption / edited by DJ Mela. London : New York : Elsevier Applied Science, c1992. p. 103-115.

[15] Askegaard, S. Ostberg, J. "Consumers' Experience of Lipophobia: A Swedish Study", Advances in Consume Research, 2003, vol. 30, p. 161

[16] Askegaard, Søren, Holt, Douglas B. Jensen, Anne F. "Lipophobia: A Transatlantic Concept?" Advances in Consume Research, 1999, vol. 26, issue 1 p. 331-336.

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