| Word |
Definition |
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Word |
Definition |
| Acarophobia |
fear of itching or of insects causing itching |
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Kakorrhaphiophobia |
fear of failure |
| Acrophobia |
fear of heights |
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Kenophobia |
fear of empty spaces |
| Aerophobia |
fear of flying or draughts |
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Ligyrophobia |
fear of loud noises |
| Agoraphobia |
fear of open spaces |
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Linonophobia |
fear of string |
| Agyiophobia |
fear of crossing busy streets |
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Lygophobia |
fear of darkness |
| Aichmophobia |
fear of sharp or pointed objects |
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Lyssophobia |
fear of hydrophobia |
| Ailurophobia |
fear of cats |
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Macrophobia |
fear of prolonged waiting |
| Algophobia |
fear of pain |
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Metrophobia |
fear of poetry |
| Amathophobia |
fear of dust |
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Monophobia |
fear of being alone |
| Amaxophobia |
fear of riding in a car |
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Muriphobia |
fear of mice |
| Ambulophobia |
fear of walking |
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Myophobia |
fear of mice |
| Anglophobia |
fear of England or the English |
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Mysophobia |
fear of contamination or dirt |
| Anthrophobia |
fear of humans |
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Nebulaphobia |
fear of fog |
| Anuptaphobia |
fear of staying single |
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Necrophobia |
fear of corpses |
| Aquaphobia |
fear of water |
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Negrophobia |
fear of blacks |
| Arachibutyrophobia |
fear of peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth |
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Neophobia |
fear of novelty |
| Arachnophobia |
fear of spiders |
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Nosophobia |
fear of disease |
| Astraphobia |
fear of being struck by lightning |
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Novercaphobia |
fear of one's stepmother |
| Astrapophobia |
fear of thunder and lightning |
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Nyctophobia |
fear of the night or darkness |
| Automysophobia |
fear of being dirty |
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Ochlophobia |
fear of crowds |
| Autophobia |
fear of solitude |
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Oenophobia |
fear or hatred of wine |
| Ballistophobia |
fear of missiles |
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Ombrophobia |
fear of rain |
| Bathophobia |
fear of falling from a high place |
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Onomatophobia |
fear of hearing a certain word |
| Batophobia |
fear of heights or being close to tall buildings |
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Ophidiophobia |
fear of snakes |
| Batrachophobia |
fear of frogs and toads |
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Ophthalmophobia |
fear of being stared at |
| Belonephobia |
fear of pins and needles |
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Optophobia |
fear of opening one’s eyes |
| Bibliophobia |
fear of books |
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Ornithophobia |
fear of birds |
| Blennophobia |
fear of slime |
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Paedophobia |
fear of children; fear of dolls |
| Brontophobia |
fear of thunder and lightning |
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Panophobia |
melancholia marked by groundless fears |
| Cancerophobia |
fear of cancer |
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Pantophobia |
fear of everything |
| Cathisophobia |
fear of sitting |
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Parthophobia |
fear of virgins |
| Cenophobia |
fear of empty spaces |
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Pathophobia |
fear of disease |
| Chrematophobia |
fear of money |
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Pediculophobia |
fear of lice |
| Cibophobia |
fear of or distaste for food |
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Pentheraphobia |
fear or hatred of one’s mother-in-law |
| Claustrophobia |
fear of closed spaces |
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Phagophobia |
fear of eating |
| Climacophobia |
fear of falling down stairs |
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Phengophobia |
fear of daylight |
| Clinophobia |
fear of staying in bed |
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Phonophobia |
fear of noise or of speaking aloud |
| Cremnophobia |
fear of cliffs and precipices |
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Photophobia |
fear of light |
| Cyberphobia |
fear of computers |
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Pogonophobia |
fear of beards |
| Cynophobia |
fear of dogs |
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Psychrophobia |
fear of the cold |
| Dromophobia |
fear of crossing streets |
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Pteronophobia |
fear of being tickled by feathers |
| Dysmorphophobia |
fear of physical deformities |
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Pyrophobia |
fear of fire |
| Ecophobia |
fear of home |
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Russophobia |
fear of Russia or Russians |
| Eleutherophobia |
fear of freedom |
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Satanophobia |
fear of the devil |
| Eosophobia |
fear of dawn |
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Sciaphobia |
fear of shadows |
| Ergasiophobia |
fear of work |
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Scopophobia |
fear of being looked at |
| Ergophobia |
fear of work |
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Scoptophobia |
fear of being looked at |
| Erotophobia |
fear of sex |
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Scotophobia |
fear of the dark |
| Erythrophobia |
fear of red lights or of blushing |
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Sitiophobia |
fear of food |
| Euphobia |
fear of good news |
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Sitophobia |
fear of food or eating |
| Francophobia |
fear of France or the French |
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Spectrophobia |
fear of looking in a mirror |
| Gallophobia |
fear of France or the French |
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Symmetrophobia |
fear of symmetry |
| Gamophobia |
fear of marriage |
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Syphilophobia |
fear of syphilis |
| Geniophobia |
fear of chins |
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Taphephobia |
fear of being buried alive |
| Genophobia |
fear of sex |
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Technophobia |
fear of technology |
| Gerascophobia |
fear of growing old |
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Thalassophobia |
fear of the sea |
| Graphophobia |
fear of writing |
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Thanatophobia |
fear of death |
| Gymnophobia |
fear of nudity |
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Theophobia |
fear of God |
| Heliophobia |
fear of sunlight |
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Tocophobia |
fear of pregnancy or childbirth |
| Herpetophobia |
fear of snakes |
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Tonitrophobia |
fear of thunder |
| Hierophobia |
fear of sacred things |
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Topophobia |
fear of performing; fear of certain places |
| Homichlophobia |
fear of fog |
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Toxicophobia |
fear of poisoning |
| Homophobia |
fear of homosexuals |
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Toxiphobia |
fear of poison or being poisoned |
| Hydrophobia |
fear of water |
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Triskaidekaphobia |
fear of the number thirteen |
| Hypsophobia |
fear of high places |
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Uranophobia |
fear of heaven |
| Iatrophobia |
fear of going to the doctor |
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Xenophobia |
fear of foreigners |
| Iconophobia |
fear or hatred of images |
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Zelophobia |
fear of jealousy |
| Kainotophobia |
fear of change |
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Zoophobia |
fear of animals |