What is Phobia?

What is a phobia?

1) An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

2) Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of a specified thing or group.

1) Ablutophobia:– Fear of washing or bathing.

2) Acarophobia:- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.

3) Acrophobia:– Fear of sourness.

4) Achluophobia:– Fear of darkness.

 

 

5) Acousticophobia – Fear of noise.

6) Acrophobia:– Fear of heights.

7) Aerophobia:– Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airborne noxious substances.

8) Aeroacrophobia:– Fear of open high places.

9) Aeronausiphobia:– Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.

10) Aftokinitophobia:– Fear of automobiles (cars).

11) Agateophobia:– Fear of insanity.

12) Agliophobia:– Fear of pain.

 

 

13) Agoraphobia – Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets.

14) Agoraphobia – Fear of sexual abuse.

15) Agrizoophobia – Fear of wild animals.16) Agyrophobia – Fear of streets or crossing the street.

17) Aichmophobia – Fear of needles or pointed objects.

18) Ailurophobia – Fear of cats.

19) Aimaphobia – Fear of blood.

 

20) Albuminurophobia – Fear of kidney disease.

21) Alektorophobia – Fear of chickens.

22) Algophobia – Fear of pain.

23) Alliumphobia – Fear of garlic.

24) Allodoxaphobia – Fear of opinions.

25) Altophobia – Fear of heights.

26) Alysidophobia – Fear of a chain or chains.

 

27) Amathophobia – Fear of dust.

28) Amaxophobia – Fear of riding in a car.

29) Ambulophobia – Fear of walking.

30) Amfisbitophobia – Fear of arguing.

31) Amnesiphobia – Fear of amnesia.

32) Amychophobia – Fear of scratches or being scratched.

 

32) Anablephobia – Fear of looking up.

33) Ancraophobia or Anemophobia – Fear of wind.

34) Androphobia – Fear of men.

34) Anemophobia – Fear of air drafts or wind.

35) Anginophobia – Fear of angina, choking, or narrowness.

36) Anglophobia – Fear of England, English culture, etc.

37) Anglophobia – Fear of anger or of becoming angry.

 

38) Ankylophobia – Fear of immobility of a joint.

39) Anthrophobia or Anthophobia  – Fear of flowers.

40) Anthropoiophobia or Anthophobia  – Fear of people.

41) Anthropophobia – Fear of people or society.

42) Atelophobia  – Fear of floods.

43) Anuptaphobia  – Fear of staying single.

 

44) Apeirophobia  – Fear of infinity.

45) Aphenphosmphobia – Fear of being touched.

46) Apiphobia  – Fear of bees.

47) Apolithomaphobia – The fear of a  fossil,  fossils, or Paleontology.

48) Apotemnophobia – Fear of persons with amputations.

49) Arachibutyrophobia – Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

 

50) Arachnophobia or Arachnophobia –  Fear of spiders.

51) Arithmophobia  – Fear of numbers.

52) Arrhenphobia – Fear of men.

53) Arsonphobia  – Fear of fire.

54) Arythmophobia – Fear of not having rhythm.

55) Asanserophobia  – Fear of an elevator or elevators.

56) Asthenophobia –  Fear of fainting or weakness.

57) Astraphobia or Astrapophobia  – Fear of thunder and lightning.

 

58) Astrophobia – Fear of stars and celestial space.

59) Astynomiaphobia  – Fear of police.

60) Asymmetriphobia – Fear of asymmetrical things.

61) Ataxiophobia – Fear of ataxia  (muscular  incoordination)

62) Ataxophobia  – Fear of disorder or untidiness.

63) Atelophobia – Fear of imperfection.

64) Atephobia – Fear of ruin or ruins.

 

65) Athazagoraphobia – Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.

66) Atomosophobia  – Fear of atomic explosions.

67) Atychiphobia  – Fear of failure.

68) Aulophobia –  Fear of flutes.

69) Aurophobia  – Fear of gold.

70) Auroraphobia –  Fear of Northern lights.

 

71) Autodysomophobia  – Fear of one that has a  vile odor.

72) Automatonophobia –  Fear of ventriloquist’s dummies,  animatronic creatures, wax statues – anything that falsely represents a sentient being.

73) Automysophobia  – Fear of being dirty.

74) Autophobia  – Fear of being alone or of oneself.

 

75) Aviophobia or Aviatophobia – Fear of flying.

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