PHOBIAS

Ablutophobia: It is a persistent and irrational fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning.

The phobia is more common in women and children, especially with people who are
extremely emotional.
Acarophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of mites, small insects, or
worms that cause itching.
Acerophobia: It is an intense fear of sourness or things that are sour in taste.
Achluophobia: It is a morbid fear associated with darkness, that can create a
catastrophic situation for a person especially at night; also called lygophobia,
myctophobia, and scotophobia.
Acousticophobia: It is an exaggerated or irrational fear of noise and sounds,
including one's own sound.
Acrophobia: It is an extreme or irrational fear of heights. Also known as altophobia,
batophobia or hypsiphobia, the person having acrophobia may get a pain attack
when at a high place, and can become too agitated to get himself down safely.
Aerophobia: It is an abnormal fear associated with drafts of air, air swallowing, fresh
air, or airborne noxious substances that can cause severe anxiety in the sufferers.
Aeroacrophobia: It is a persistent and intense fear related to open and high places.
Aeronausiphobia: It is an unusual and irrational fear of being sick or vomiting in a
plane. The phobia is mainly related to people who experience sickness while
traveling, especially through aircraft.
Agateophobia: It is a persistent and abnormal fear of insanity or loss of mental
health. Also known by terms like dementophobia, maniaphobia, feared madness,
this phobia causes distress and sudden pain attacks in the sufferers.
Agliophobia: It is an irrational fear of pain, getting hurt or being injured. The victims
of this phobia avoid situations that can cause any kind of physical confrontation or
opposition.
Agoraphobia: It is an irrational fear of crowded/public places or even leaving a safe
place. Also known as demophobia and enochlophobia, the agoraphobic situations
may include shopping, crowded places, traveling, standing in line, social gatherings,
and even being alone.
Agraphobia: It is a persistent fear of sexual abuse, attack, rape, or any abusive
relationship. Also known as contreltophobia, the person having this phobia may be
frightened of any kind of sexual intimacy, and would eventually stay away from the
outside world and keep himself relatively housebound.
Agrizoophobia: It is an abnormal and immense fear of wild animals. The phobia is
caused by over-estimating the danger due to the wild or jungle animals.
Agyrophobia: It is a persistent and intense fear of crossing streets, highways and
other thoroughfares. Also termed as dromophobia, the person may have a phobia of
being attacked on the street and unable to protect or defend himself while crossing
the street.
Aibohphobia: It is the fear of palindromes.
Aichmophobia: It is an extreme and irrational fear of sharp or pointed objects like
needles, knives or even a pointed finger. It is also known by terms, like,
belonephobia, trypanophobia, enetophobia or just needle phobia.
Ailurophobia: It is an abnormal fear of cats. Also known as felinophobia,
elurophobia, and gatophobia, the person suffering from ailurophobia may fear
physical injuries through bites, scratches or even perceived supernatural nature of
cats.
Albuminurophobia: It is a persistent and irrational fear of any kind of kidney disease.
The phobia is caused by overestimating the dangers due to the disease and
believing that it may be life-threatening, which in reality may not be.
Alektorophobia: It is an intense and strange fear of chickens, in which the person
may be frightened of every small thing related to a chicken, like, feathers, eggs or
any other body part. The person suffering from this phobia gets terrified by the
sight of a chicken or becomes scared even when people utter the word 'chicken'.
Algophobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of pain. Also known as
odynophobia or odynephobia, it's an anxiety disorder where the sufferer is scared of
experiencing pain or seeing others experiencing it.
Alliumphobia: It is an extraordinary and irrational fear of garlic. Victims usually
experience an eccentric reaction whenever they see or smell garlic. It is also
believed that vampires are notoriously alliumphobic.
Allodoxaphobia: It is an unjustified and irrational fear of the opinions,
confrontations, arguments and even praise from others; also known as doxophobia.
Amathophobia: It is a strange and persistent fear of dust, in which the sufferers
experience anxiety even though they know dust poses no major threat or harm to
them. The phobia is also called koniophobia.
Amaxophobia: It is an intense and irrational fear of sitting or traveling in any type of
moving vehicle. Also called hamaxophobia or ochophobia, people suffering from
amaxophobia are often confined to home or restrict their movements to places that
are within easy walking distance from their home.
Ambulophobia: It is an unusual fear of walking or standing, in which people may
prefer to crawl on their hands and knees rather than walking. The phobia is also
known by terms like basophobia, basiphobia, stasibasiphobia or stasiphobia and is
more common in people who had been through a leg injury, and are recovering from
a fracture or severe paralysis which might have made them motionless for some
time.
Amnesiphobia: It is an intense and severe fear of amnesia, a memory loss condition
in which the person is unable to recall anything, ranging from names to daily life
activities.
Amychophobia: It is an abnormal and morbid fear of being scratched, lacerated, or
clawed particularly by cats, dogs, puppies, and kittens.
Anablephobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of looking up; not necessarily
the sky, could be ceilings, tall buildings, etc.
Ancraophobia: It is an unusual fear of wind that causes anxiety in the person. Also
known as anemophobia, this phobia is attributed to some incident in the past which
makes the person fear wind and its tremendous power.
Androphobia: It is an abnormal or morbid fear of men. Also known as arrhenphobia
or hominophobia, people suffering from this phobia experience anxiety and avoid
situations or places where men are present.
Anginophobia: It is a persistent and irrational fear of angina, choking, suffocating, or
narrowness of the throat. Also known as pnigophobia or pnigerophobia, this phobia
is more common in people who have a history of heart diseases, cardiac arrest or
choking, etc.
Anglophobia: It is an unusual fear or hatred of England, its people, language or
culture. The phobia may develop in people due to past human rights abuses, wars,
racial or religious hatred, or a good-natured rivalry.
Angrophobia: It is an overwhelming and aberrant fear of anger and/or of becoming
angry. The person suffering from this phobia may fear that his/her anger can hurt
another person's feelings or can intensify and turn to violence. Also known as
cholerophobia, an angrophobic person may totally withdraw from socializing and
may actively avoid contact with others.
Ankylophobia: It is an exaggerated and unreasonable fear of stiff or immobile joints
which may develop in a person due to an intense negative experience from the
past.
Anthrophobia: It is an abnormal or irrational fear of flowers. Also known as
anthophobia, a person having this phobia may get terrified seeing flowers, florists,
wreaths and bouquets.
Anthropophobia: It is an abnormal and unwarranted fear of people or society in
which the person experiences unusual and extreme difficulty in interacting with
others, and hence actively avoids social and crowded gatherings.
Antlophobia: It is an exaggerated and aberrant fear of floods, entrapment in water
or getting drowned in water.
Anuptaphobia: It is an unusual and persistent fear of remaining unmarried, being
single or getting married to the wrong person. The phobia usually develops in a
person due to a combination of external traumatic events and internal
predispositions.
Apeirophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of infinity or things that never
end.
Aphenphosmphobia: It is an unusual and weird fear of touching or being touched.
Also known as aphephobia, chiraptophobia, haphephobia, haphophobia,
hapnophobia, haptephobia, haptophobia, and thixophobia, it is an intense
exaggeration of the normal tendencies to protect one's personal space, expressed
as a fear of contamination or of the invasion not only from strangers but also from
known people.
Apiphobia: It is a persistent fear of bees or being stung by bees. Also known as
melissophobia, people usually develop this phobia if they have encountered a sting
in the past from a honeybee or wasp.
Apotemnophobia: It is an irrational and unwarranted fear a person may have of
becoming an amputee or from people with amputations.
Arachibutyrophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of peanut butter
sticking to the roof of the mouth. The person having the phobia may get extremely
annoyed or embarrassed to pull out the stuck butter from the upper part of the
mouth, especially in a crowded or public place.
Arachnephobia: It is a persistent and intense fear of spiders. Also known as
arachnophobia, it is the most common type of animal phobia, which terrifies the
person with the animal's moves and appearance.
Arithmophobia: It is an irrational or illogical fear of numbers and calculations. Also
known as numerophobia, sufferers primarily find difficulty in learning mathematics
and arithmetic properly.
Arsonphobia: It is a persistent and intense fear of fire or arson, or anything set on
fire. The phobia is also known as pyrophobia.
Asthenophobia: It is an exaggerated and abnormal fear of fainting or weakness. By
practicing basic relaxation techniques and breathing exercises, the sufferer can
counteract some of the physical symptoms of the phobia.
Astraphobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of thunderstorms and lightning.
Also known as astrapophobia, brontophobia, ceraunophobia, keraunophobia and
tonitrophobia, the sufferers experience anxiety and restlessness due to thunder and
lightning, and when indoors, they may seek shelter under a bed, in a closet or in a
basement.
Astrophobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of stars, celestial space or
universe.
Asymmetriphobia: It is an unusual fear of asymmetrical, mismatched, one-sided
things or things that lack symmetry.
Ataxiophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear of ataxia (clumsy, unsteady
movement of limbs due to muscular dysfunction) or inability to co-ordinate muscles.
Ataxophobia: It is an exaggerated and unreasonable fear of disorder, untidiness,
chaos or mess.
Atelophobia: It is an intense and irrational fear of imperfection and defects in which
the sufferers exhibit the phobia of failing to achieve perfection in any of their
actions, beliefs and ideas.
Atephobia: It is a persistent and unwarranted fear of ruined or old buildings, or
things getting ruined or damaged.
Athazagoraphobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of being forgotten, ignored
or replaced. The person having this phobia may experience depression, anger and
deliberate isolation even with a small thought of being forgotten or ignored.
Atomosophobia: It is a persistent and intense fear of atomic or nuclear explosions,
bombs, wars, etc.
Atychiphobia: It is an exaggerated and irrational fear of failure or failing. Also known
as kakorrhaphiophobia, this phobia is usually caused by an intense negative
experience from the past.
Aulophobia: It is an abnormal and unreasonable fear of flutes and other woodwind
instruments.
Aurophobia: It is an irrational or unusual fear of gold or golden things/objects.
Auroraphobia: It is an exaggerated and persistent fear of aurorae or northern and
southern lights, which are natural light displays in the sky at night, particularly
observed in the polar regions.
Autodysomophobia: It is an unusual or abnormal fear of one that has a vile or bad
odor. Also known as bromidrosiphobia,in this the person has phobia of one's own
body odor no matter how many times he/she takes a bath or shower.
Automatonophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of ventriloquist's dummies,
animatronic creatures, humanoid robots, wax statues or other figures that are
designed to represent humans.
Automysophobia: It is an exaggerated and morbid fear of germs, of being dirty or
unclean; also called misophobia, mysophobia, rupophobia, rhypophobia or
verminophobia.
Autophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear of loneliness, solitude, and of being
alone. Also known as cremophobia, eremophobia, isolophobia or monophobia, the
person suffering from this phobia may experience anxiety and will always worry
about being ignored or unloved.
Aviatophobia: It is an irrational or unwarranted fear of flying. Also known as
aviophobia, pteromerhanophobia, people suffering from this phobia become anxious
and stressed at the thought of any transportation that involves air travel.

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Bacillophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of bacilli (bacteria), microbes and
germs. The phobia is also known as bacteriophobia, microbiophobia, germaphobia
or Big-Worm-Dungeon-aphobia.
Ballistophobia: It is a morbid fear of being shot/shot at, or any kind of ammunition
like missiles, bullets, projectiles and guns.
Bolshephobia: It is an exaggerated and unusual fear related to Bolsheviks
(revolutionaries from the early 1900's Russian party that threw over the czar and
formed into communism).
Barophobia: It is an intense and persistent fear of gravity. People suffering from this
phobia may experience anxiety or restlessness when they come across situations
involving escalators, fun rides, free fall, lifts, etc.
Bathmophobia: It is an abnormal and irrational fear associated with stairs or steep
slopes or hills; also known as climacophobia.
Bathophobia: It is a morbid fear of depth. People suffering from this phobia may fear
deeply dimensioned volumes, like, long, dark hallways, wells, deep pools or lakes.
Batrachophobia: It is an intense and persistent fear of amphibians, like, frogs, toads,
salamanders, etc.
Bibliophobia: It is a fairly unusual phobia of books. People suffering from this phobia
may experience breathlessness and dizziness when forced or encouraged to read.
Blennophobia: It is an unusual or abnormal fear of slime or any thick, viscous
matter. The fear is also called myxophobia.
Bogyphobia: It is a morbid fear of goblins, demons, bogeys or bogeyman. The fear is
also termed as demonophobia or daemonophobia.
Botanophobia: It is a rare and irrational fear of flowers and plants.
Bufonophobia: It is a morbid and intense fear associated with toads.

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Cacophobia: It is an overwhelming and abnormal fear of ugliness. People suffering
from this phobia may not only fear ugly people but may also be fearful of objects
and situations that are considered to be ugly.
Cacomorphobia: It is the fear of fat people.
Cancerophobia: It is an abnormal but morbid fear of developing a malignant growth
or cancer; also called carcinophobia.
Cardiophobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of diseases related to the heart
or other organs of the cardiovascular system.
Carnophobia: It is an intense fear of eating meat or any type of non-vegetarian food.
Catagelophobia: It is an abnormal and irrational fear of ridicule or being ridiculed;
also known as katagelophobia.
Catapedaphobia: It is an unusual and morbid fear of jumping from high and low
places.
Catoptrophobia: It is a strange and unusual fear of mirrors in which, people fear
looking into mirrors. The fear is also known as eisoptrophobia.
Celtophobia: It is the fear of Celts.
Chaetophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear associated with hair; could be
human hair or animal hair. The fear is also known by terms like hypertrichophobia,
trichopathophobia or trichophobia.
Chemophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear related to chemicals or working
with chemicals.
Cherophobia: It is an unusual or rare fear of merriment, happiness or gaiety.
Chionophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of snow.
Chirophobia: It is a strange or rare fear associated with hands.
Chiroptophobia: It is a common and persistent fear of bats.
Cholerophobia: It is the fear of cholera.
Chorophobia: It is an irrational and intense fear associated with dancing.
Chrometophobia: It is an unusual and persistent fear of wealth and money. Also
termed as chrematophobia, sufferers usually worry that they might mismanage
money or money might live up to its reputation as "the root of all evil."
Chromophobia: It is an exaggerated and unwarranted fear of colors; also known as
chromatophobia.
Chronophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear of the duration or immensity of
time.
Chronomentrophobia: It is an unusual and strange fear of clocks.
Cibophobia: It is an irrational fear or aversion to food. The phobia is also termed as
sitophobia.
Claustrophobia: It is a common but morbid fear of closed or confined spaces.
Cleithrophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear of being locked in an enclosed or
confined place; also known as cleisiophobia.
Clinophobia: It is a persistent and unusual fear of going to bed or sleeping at night.
The person having this phobia may fear about nightmares, bed wetting, etc., and
quite often stay awake and develop insomnia.
Cnidophobia: People having intense and morbid fear of insect bites or stings are
known to suffer from this phobia.
Cometophobia: It is a unwarranted and irrational fear related to comets.
Coimetrophobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of cemeteries.
Coitophobia: It is an exaggerated and abnormal fear of coitus or sexual intercourse;
also termed as genophobia.
Coprastasophobia: It is an overwhelming and persistent fear related to constipation.
Coprophobia: It is an unwarranted and strange fear of feces or bodily waste; also
termed as scatophobia.
Consecotaleophobia: It is an abnormal and rare fear of chopsticks.
Coulrophobia: It is an irrational and unusual fear of clowns or mimes.
Counterphobia: It is a psychological condition or phobia in which the affected person
deliberately seeks out the object or situation that he or she fears the most, rather
than avoiding it.
Cremnophobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of precipices/cliffs.
Cryophobia: It is an exaggerated and persistent fear of extreme cold, ice, fog or
frost; also known as pagophobia.
Crystallophobia: It is an irrational and intense fear associated with crystals or glass.
The phobia is also known as hyalophobia and necrophobia.
Cyberphobia: It is a strange and rare fear related to computers or working on a
computer; also called logizomechanophobia.
Cyclophobia: It is an abnormal or unusual fear of bicycles.
Cynophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of dogs, canines and rabies; also
termed as kynophobia.
Cypridophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of prostitutes or acquiring
venereal diseases. The phobia is also termed as cypriphobia, cyprianophobia or
cyprinophobia.

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Decidophobia: It is an overwhelming and abnormal fear of making decisions. The
person suffering from this phobia may actually fear making a wrong decision, and
so, is reluctant to make any decision at all.
Defecaloesiophobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of painful bowel movements.
Deipnophobia: It is an unusual and irrational fear of dining, in a social sense or
having dinner conversations.
Dendrophobia: It is an abnormal and unwarranted fear related to trees and forests.
Dentophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of dentists, dental surgery or
dental care; also known as odontophobia.
Dermatophobia: It is an intense and exaggerated fear of skin diseases or skin
lesions. The phobia is also known as dermatosiophobia, dermatophobia or
dermatopathophobia.
Dextrophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear associated with objects at the
right side of the body.
Diabetophobia: It is an overwhelming and intense fear of diabetes or becoming
diabetic.
Didaskaleinophobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of going to or attending
school.
Diderodromophobia: It is an abnormal and irrational fear of trains or rail roads or
train travel; also called siderodromophobia.
Dikephobia: It is an unusual and unwarranted fear related to justice.
Dinophobia: It is an intense and persistent fear linked to dizziness or whirlpools.
Diplophobia: It is an irrational or abnormal fear associated with double vision or
seeing double.
Dipsophobia: It is an intense and persistent fear of drinking alcohol. The sufferer
may fear about addiction to alcohol and its adverse effects on the body.
Dishabiliophobia: It is an exaggerated and morbid fear of undressing in front of
someone.
Domatophobia: It is an abnormal and unusual fear of houses or being stuck in a
house; also termed as eicophobia and oikophobia.
Doraphobia: It is an overwhelming and persistent fear of fur or skins of animals, like,
dogs, cats, beavers and rabbits.
Dutchphobia: It is an abnormal and unusual fear related to Dutch or Dutch people.
Dysmorphophobia: It is an unusual and morbid fear of being deformed or
deformities in other people.
Dystychiphobia: It is a strong and persistent fear related to accidents or any kind of
mishaps.

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Ecclesiophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear associated with churches.
Ecophobia: It is an unusual and morbid fear of home or one's home surroundings.
Electrophobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of electricity, electric shock or
electrocution.
Eleutherophobia: It is an irrational and unwarranted fear related to freedom.
Emetophobia: It is an intense and abnormal fear pertaining to vomiting or being
sick.
Enosiophobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of committing an unpardonable sin
or of criticism; also known as enissophobia.
Eosophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of dawn or sunlight. The phobia
is also known as phengophobia.
Ephebiphobia: It is an unusual or unwarranted fear of youth or teenagers; also
known as paedophobia.
Epistaxiophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear associated with nosebleeds.
Epistemophobia: It is a strange and rare fear of knowledge; also called
gnosiophobia.
Equinophobia: It is a psychological fear of horses or other hoofed animals, like,
ponies, donkeys and mules; also known as hippophobia.
Ereuthrophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of blushing, red color and red
lights; also known by terms like erytophobia or erythrophobia.
Ergasiophobia: It is an abnormal or unusual fear of work or functioning; also termed
as ergophobia.
Erotophobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of sexual feelings and their
physical expression.
Euphobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of good news or inability to share in
someone else's happiness or to enjoy any happiness of one's own.
Eurotophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of female genitalia; also known
as kolpophobia.

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Febriphobia: It is an intense and persistent fear associated with fever or rise in the
body temperature.
Francophobia: It is an abnormal fear or aversion towards the government, culture,
history or people of France. The phobia is also known by term gallophobia.
Frigophobia: It is an exaggerated fear pertaining to cold or cold things. The fear is
also known by terms like cheimaphobia, cheimatophobia or psychrophobia.

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Gamophobia: It is an extreme and morbid fear of marriage.
Galeophobia: It is the fear of sharks.
Geliophobia: It is an overwhelming and abnormal fear of laughter and/or being
around others who laugh.
Geniophobia: It is an irrational and unusual fear of chins.
Gelotophobia: People having an unusual and intense fear of being laughed at by
others are known to suffer from this phobia.
Genuphobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of knees or kneeling.
Gephyrophobia: It is a persistent and abnormal fear of crossing bridges.
Germanophobia: It is an extreme fear or aversion towards the government, culture,
people, or history of Germany; also termed as teutophobia.
Gerascophobia: It is an intense and persistent fear of aging or growing old; also
termed as gerontophobia.
Geumaphobia: It is an overwhelming and unusual fear of taste; also known as
geumophobia or geumatophobia.
Glossophobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of speaking or verbally
communicating in public.
Graphophobia: It is an exaggerated and abnormal fear of writing or handwriting.
The sufferers usually doubt their ability to write well and experience extreme fear
that they may fail in their writing skills.
Gymnophobia: It is an extreme and morbid fear of nudity. Sufferers usually worry
about being seen nude or seeing others nude, or both.
Gynephobia: It is an unjustified and persistent fear of women; also termed as
gynophobia.

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Hadephobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of hell or the creatures and demons
that are supposed to inhabit hell. The phobia is also known by the terms,
stygiophobia or stigiophobia.
Hagiophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear or aversion towards saints or
holy things.
Hamartophobia: It is an irrational and unusual fear of sinning or committing
imaginary crimes; also called peccatophobia.
Harpaxophobia: It is an unjustified and morbid fear of robbers or being robbed.
Hedonophobia: It is an overwhelming and persistent fear of feeling pleasure. People
suffering from this phobia usually feel guilty about the fact that they are indulging in
a pleasurable activity while others around them or in the world are suffering with
illness, grief, economic hardship and other painful problems.
Heliophobia: It's an abnormal and intense fear of sun or sunlight.
Hellenologophobia: People having intense and irrational fear of Greek terms or
complex scientific terminology are known to suffer from this phobia.
Helminthophobia: It is an irrational and overwhelming fear of worms or being
infested with worms.
Hemophobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of blood. Sufferers may dread the
sight of their own blood or someone else's blood or even thoughts of blood. The
phobia is also known by terms like hemaphobia or hematophobia.
Heresyphobia: It is an exaggerated and abnormal fear of challenges to official
doctrine or of radical deviation.
Herpetophobia: It is an extreme and morbid fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things,
like, snakes, lizards, alligators, etc.
Heterophobia: It is an unusual and irrational fear of or aversion to heterosexuals;
also termed as sexophobia.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia: It is an intense and extreme fear of the number
666. The fear originated from the Biblical verse Revelation 13:18 which shows that
the number 666 is the Number of the Beast and is related to Satan or the Anti-
Christ.
Helminthophobia: This is an irrational and overwhelming fear of worms or being
infested with worms - also known as Vermiphobia.
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of
long words; also termed as sesquipedalophobia.
Hierophobia: It's an unusual and irrational fear or aversion towards priests, sacred
or holy things.
Hobophobia:
It is an irrational and persistent fear of homeless people, bums or beggars.
Hodophobia: People having intense and abnormal fears related to traveling are
known to suffer from this phobia.
Hormephobia: It is an intense and morbid fear related to shock.
Homichlophobia: It is an abnormal and unusual fear of fog; also called
nebulaphobia.
Homilophobia: It's an unwarranted and irrational fear of sermons or preachings.
Homophobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of sameness, monotony,
homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
Hoplophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of firearms or weapons.
Hydrargyophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear linked to mercurial
medicines.
Hydrophobia: It is an overwhelming and unusual fear of water. The phobia is also
termed as hydrophobophobia, aquaphobia, kynophobia.
Hygrophobia: It is an irrational and unwarranted fear of liquids, dampness or
moisture.
Hylephobia: It's an unusual and intense fear related to materialism.
Hypengyophobia: It is an overwhelming and abnormal fear of responsibility or duty.
Also called hypegiaphobia and paralipophobia, the person suffering from this phobia
may be self-indulgent, to the extent of ignoring all responsibilities, at the expense of
others.
Hypnophobia: It is an unwarranted and morbid fear of falling asleep or of being
hypnotized; also called somniphobia.

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Iatrophobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of going to the doctor or of doctors in
general.
Ichthyophobia: It is an intense and exaggerated fear associated with fish.
Ideophobia: It's an overwhelming and abnormal fear of new and different
ideas/thoughts.
Illyngophobia: It is a persistent and morbid fear of vertigo or dizziness when looking
down.
Insectophobia: It is a common fear of or aversion to insects, bugs, worms and
anthropods; also known as entomophobia.
Iophobia: It's an irrational and intense fear of poison or of being accidentally
poisoned; also termed as toxiphobia or toxicophobia.
Isopterophobia: It is an unwarranted and abnormal fear of termites, i.e. insects that
eat wood.
Ithyphallophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of seeing, thinking about or
having an erect penis; also called medorthophobia or phallophobia.

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Japanophobia: It is an abnormal fear of or aversion towards the government, culture
and people of Japan.
Judeophobia: It is an irrational and intense fear of or aversion towards Jews and
Judaism.

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Kainolophobia: It is an irrational or unusual fear of originality/newness/novelty. The
fear is also known by terms, like, cainotophobia, cainophobia, cenophobia,
centophobia, kainophobia or neophobia.
Kathisophobia: It is an intense fear of sitting or any sort of activity which is related
to pain while sitting. Also known as cathisophobia, thaasophobia, people who have
been hostages or been tortured by making them sit on nails, pointed objects,
burning ambers, etc. usually suffer from this phobia.
Kenophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of large, open and empty
spaces or voids.
Koumpounophobia: It is a fear of buttons; people suffering from it might be afraid of
similar things like discs, coins, etc.
Kinetophobia: It's an unusual and overwhelming fear of movement or motion; also
termed as kinesiophobia.
Kleptophobia: It is an abnormal fear of stealing or thieves or loss through thievery;
also called cleptophobia.
Koinoniphobia: It is a strong and intense fear related to rooms or places full of
people.
Kopophobia: It is an irrational and exaggerated fear associated with fatigue and
exhaustion.
Kosmikophobia: It is an unusual and intense fear of cosmic phenomenon like black
holes or nebulas.
Kymophobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of waves or wave like motions; also
known as cymophobia.
Kyphophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of stooping or becoming a
person who stoops more often.

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Lachanophobia: It is an unwarranted and irrational fear associated with vegetables.
Laliophobia: It is an abnormal and morbid fear of speaking and stuttering; also
termed as lalophobia, psellismophobia.
Leprophobia: It is an unusual and persistent fear related to lepers and leprosy.
Leukophobia: People having intense fear of white color are known to suffer from this
phobia.
Levophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of things to the left side of the
body.
Ligyrophobia: It is an intense and overwhelming fear of loud noises or sounds; also
called phonophobia.
Lilapsophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear associated with tornadoes and
hurricanes.
Limnophobia: It is an unusual and morbid fear related to lakes and ponds.
Linonophobia: It is an exaggerated and unwarranted fear of string.
Liticaphobia: It is an irrational and intense fear related to lawsuits.
Lockiophobia: It is an exaggerated and abnormal fear of childbirth; also known as
maieusiophobia, parturiphobia or tocophobia.
Logophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of words. Sufferers primarily
experience difficulty in talking properly and in worst cases are unable to talk at all;
also known as verbophobia.
Lyssophobia: The fear of becoming insane.
Luiphobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of lues or syphilis (an infectious venereal
disease that may be either congenital or acquired through sexual contact or
contaminated needles); also called syphilophobia.
Lutraphobia: It is an irrational and exaggerated fear of otters (freshwater
carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet, and dark brown fur).

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Macrophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of long waits. The sufferer may
experience anxiety and discomfort when confronted with any situation that involves
waiting for a long time.
Mageirocophobia: People having intense fear of cooking are known to suffer from
this phobia.
Malaxophobia: It's an unusual and morbid fear of love play or foreplay; also termed
as sarmassophobia.
Mastigophobia: It is an overwhelming and intense fear of punishment; also called
poinephobia.
Mechanophobia: It is an exaggerated fear of or aversion towards machines or
machinery.
Medomalacuphobia: It's an irrational and unwarranted fear of losing an erection.
Megalophobia: People having intense fear of large things or objects (significantly
larger than oneself) are known to suffer from this phobia.
Melanophobia: It is an abnormal or unusual fear of the color black.
Melophobia: It's an overwhelming and irrational fear of or aversion towards music.
Meningitophobia: People having intense fear of meningitis or brain disease are
known to suffer from this phobia.
Menophobia: It is an exaggerated and overwhelming fear of menstruation.
Merinthophobia: It is an abnormal and unusual fear of fixing of boundaries, being
bound or tied up.
Metallophobia: People having intense fear of metal or metallic objects are known to
suffer from this phobia.
Metathesiophobia: It's an irrational and persistent fear related to changes.
Meteorophobia: It is an unwarranted and morbid fear of meteors or extraterrestrial
bodies.
Methyphobia: People having intense fear of alcohol or losing control after
consuming alcohol are known to suffer from this phobia; also termed as potophobia.
Metrophobia: It is an uncommon and unusual fear or hatred of poetry.
Misosophy: Misosophy is the hatred of wisdom.
Microphobia: It's an abnormal and persistent fear of small or minute objects; also
termed as mycophobia.
Mnemophobia: It is an irrational and unwarranted fear of memories.
Molysmophobia: It is an exaggerated and morbid fear of infection and
contamination; also known as molysomophobia.
Monopathophobia: People having an exaggerated fear of contracting a particular
disease or sickness are known to suffer from this phobia, e.g. swine flu phobia. Fear
of any disease is called pathophobia, while fear of a particular disease is
monopathophobia.
Motorphobia: It's an unusual and abnormal fear related to automobiles.
Mottephobia: It is an overwhelming and persistent fear of moths.
Musophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear of mice; also called muriphobia,
suriphobia.
Mycophobia: It's an irrational and unusual fear or aversion to mushrooms.
Myrmecophobia: People having intense fear of ants are known to suffer from this
phobia.
Mythophobia: It is an irrational and exaggerated fear of myths, stories or false
statements.

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Necrophobia: It is an overwhelming and intense fear of death or dead things, like,
corpses, coffins, etc. The phobia is also termed as thanatophobia and thantophobia.
Neopharmaphobia: It's an abnormal and persistent fear of new drugs/medications.
Nephophobia: It is an unusual and irrational fear of clouds.
Noctiphobia: People having intense fear of night are known to suffer from this
phobia, which is also called nyctophobia.
Nomatophobia: It is an irrational and exaggerated fear of names; also known as
onomatophobia.
Nosocomephobia: It's an unwarranted and abnormal fear of hospitals. The sufferers
may refrain from going to hospitals, from the fear of contracting illness or disease.
Nosophobia: It is an overwhelming and irrational fear of contracting a disease or
becoming ill; also called nosemaphobia.
Nostophobia: It is an uncommon and morbid fear of returning home.
Novercaphobia: It's an unusual and irrational fear of mother-in-law; also called
pentheraphobia.
Nucleomituphobia: People having intense fear of nuclear weapons are known to
suffer from this phobia.
Nyctohylophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of dark wooded areas or
forests at night.
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Ochlophobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of crowds or mobs.
Octophobia: It's an uncommon and unusual fear of the figure 8.
Oenophobia: People having fear of or aversion to wines are thought to suffer from
this phobia.
Olfactophobia: It is an exaggerated and persistent fear of smells or odors; also
termed as osmophobia or osphresiophobia.
Ombrophobia: It is an abnormal and overwhelming fear of rain; also called
pluviophobia.
Ommetaphobia: It's an intense and unusual fear related to eyes; also termed as
ommatophobia.
Omphalophobia: It is an irrational and rare fear of belly buttons. People having this
phobia experience anxiety and discomfort when anyone's navel area is subjected to
touch, especially their own.
Oneirophobia: It is an uncommon and persistent fear of dreams, especially erotic
(wet) dreams; also called oneirogmophobia.
Ophidiophobia: People having intense fear of snakes are known to suffer from this
phobia; also known as herpetophobia, which is a common term for the fear of
reptiles and amphibians.
Ophthalmophobia: It is an abnormal and morbid fear of being watched or stared at;
also known as scopophobia or scoptophobia.
Opiophobia: It's an unusual and rare fear experienced by medical doctors, of
prescribing needed pain medications for patients.
Optophobia: It is an overwhelming and abnormal fear of opening one's eyes.
Ornithophobia: It is an irrational and intense fear of birds.
Orthophobia: It's an abnormal and exaggerated fear associated with property.
Ostraconophobia: People having intense fear of or aversion towards shellfish are
known to suffer from this phobia.

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Panthophobia: People who have a fear of suffering and disease are thought to suffer
from this phobia.
Panophobia: Also known as pantophobia, it means fear of everything.
Papaphobia: It's a phobia that's related to the intense fear of the Pope.
Papyrophobia: People who bear a fear of paper are known to suffer from this phobia.
Paraphobia: People who have a fear of sexual perversion or aberrant sexual
practices are said to suffer from this phobia.
Parasitophobia: It is a fear of parasites, wherein the person suffering from this
phobic disorder has an aversion towards parasites.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia: The people suffering from this phobia have an
exaggerated fear of Friday the 13th in a month.
Parthenophobia: People who have an abnormal fear of young girls or virgins are said
to have this phobia.
Pathophobia: If you are reading this phobia list and happen to have a fear of
disease, you are a victim of pathophobia.
Patroiophobia: In case you have a fear of heredity i.e. the genetic factors which are
transmitted from one generation to the next, you are a victim of this phobia.
Pediculophobia: Also known as phthiriophobia, it is a phobia pertaining to the fear of
lice.
Pediophobia: This word is derived from a Greek word paidion, meaning "little child".
This phobia is related to the fear of dolls or children.
Pedophobia: The phobia is related to fear of children, infants or childhood. Also
called pediophobia or pediaphobia, the recognized outcomes of this phobia include
paternalism, adultism, and by extension, ageism.
Peladophobia: It is an irrational, intense, persistent fear of bald people.
Pellagrophobia: People who suffer an intense fear of pellagra, a disease caused by
deficiency of niacin or tryptophan, are said to have this phobia.
Peniaphobia: It is an overwhelming and intense fear of poverty.
Phagophobia: This is a psychogenic dysphagia, an
irrational fear of swallowing or eating or of being eaten.
Phalacrophobia: It is a common fear among people of turning bald.
Pharmacophobia: Victims of this phobia have a tendency of avoiding medicines or
fear taking medicines.
Phasmophobia: It's an abnormal and persistent fear of ghosts, which is also known
as spectrophobia.
Philemaphobia: One of the most interesting fears which an individual must be facing
is kissing another person for the first time. While this is normal, the irrational fear of
kissing is termed as philemaphobia; also called philematophobia.
Philophobia: People who have a fear of falling in love or being in love, are said to be
victims of this particular phobia.
Philosophobia: People who have a fear of philosophy are declared to be suffering
from philosophobia.
Phobophobia: After reading this long list of phobias, you may have a morbid fear of
developing a phobia. Such a fear is termed as phobophobia.
Photoaugliaphobia: People who experience the fear of glaring lights, i.e. lights that
shine intensely are prime victims of this phobia.
Photophobia: People who are excessively sensitive to light and are averse to
sunlight or well-lit places are known to have this phobia. It's an abnormal sensitivity
or discomfort towards light and is also defined as the fear of light.
Phronemophobia: It's an abnormal and irrational fear of thinking.
Phthisiophobia: Fear of tuberculosis, an infection transmitted by inhalation or
ingestion of tubercle bacilli, manifested in fever and small lesions, is termed as
phthisiophobia.
Placophobia: People who experience an unnatural fear of tombstones, are
diagnosed as suffering from placophobia.
Pyrexiophobia: It is the fear of fever.
Phenogophobia: It is the fear of daylight.
Plutophobia: It is an unusual and intense fear of wealth.
Pneumatiphobia: People who are considered to bear
the fear of spirits, i.e. any incorporeal supernatural being that can turn visible or
audible to human beings, are victims of this phobia.
Pocrescophobia: People who are obsessed with maintaining a slim and attractive
body may have this abnormal fear of gaining weight; also termed as obesophobia.
Phonophobia : It is a morbid fear of noise and the sufferer also fears his own voice.
Phobophobia : The fear of developing a phobia.
Pogonophobia: This phobia is generally seen in infants who exhibit a fear of beards
and start crying once they see or touch a person's beard.
Poliosophobia: People suffering from an intense fear of contracting poliomyelitis (a
viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal
cord) are victims of this phobia.
Politicophobia: People who have an extreme fear or revulsion for politicians are
known to be victims of politicophobia.
Polyphobia: It's a fear of many things, which people may experience if they are
burdened with a load of responsibilities.
Ponophobia: People who have a fear of overworking or pain are said to be inflicted
by this phobia.
Porphyrophobia: Some people are in utter dread of a particular color. Amongst those
people, the ones who have a fear of the color purple are victims of this phobia.
Potamophobia: People who have the fear of rivers or running water are known to
bear potamophobia.
Proctophobia: Rectum is the terminal section of the alimentary canal and fear of
rectums is termed as proctophobia; also known as rectophobia.
Prosophobia: It is an irrational fear of progress, wherein the victims fear any
progress or change taking place.
Psychophobia: Also called mentalism, it is the fear of mind, in which the
psychophobic has an extreme aversion to people with mental disorders/illnesses
and exhibits contempt and ill treatment towards them.
Pteronophobia: It's an abnormal fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pupaphobia: Some people have an irrational fear of puppets and are frightened by
them. This fear is termed as pupaphobia.

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Radiophobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of radiation and X-rays.
Ranidaphobia: People having intense fear of or aversion towards frogs are said to
suffer from this phobia.
Rhabdophobia: It's an exaggerated and morbid fear of being severely punished,
wherein the victims bear an intense fear of being beaten by a rod or of being at the
receiving end of severe criticism.
Rhytiphobia: It's an abnormal and persistent fear of getting wrinkles, wherein the
sufferers may begin to perspire, feel uncomfortable or become nauseated when
confronted with their fear.
Russophobia: It is an unusual and unwarranted fear or aversion towards the
government, culture, history or people of Russia.

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Samhainophobia: It is the dread of pranks played by young people before the eve of
All Saint's Day and those who suffer from it are known to bear the fear of
Halloween, termed as samhainophobia.
Satanophobia: Those who suffer from an abnormal fear of Satan are known to bear
satanophobia.
Scabiophobia: People who have an irrational fear of scabies, a contagious skin
infection caused by the itch mite, are known to suffer from scabiophobia.
Scelerophibia: There is probably no person on earth who would not be a victim of
this phobia, i.e. the fear of bad men or burglars.
Sciophobia: Also known as sciaphobia is related to the fear of shadows.
Scoleciphobia: People who are paranoid and bear the fear of worms are thought to
have scelerophobia.
Scolionophobia: Many kids can be found with this peculiar fear of school, termed as
scolionophobia.
Scotomaphobia: People with normal eyesight who possess the fear of blindness or
who fear spots in their visual field are known to suffer from this phobia.
Scriptophobia: It's a fear of writing in public, wherein the person is over-conscious
and nervous whenever he writes.
Selachophobia: There are very few people who are adventurous to the extent that
they like sharks. But those who fear and dislike sharks, suffer from this phobia
termed as selachophobia.
Selaphobia: People who possess a fear of flashing lights are said to be selaphobic.
Selenophobia: Some people have an irrational and abnormal fear of the moon. They
are said to be selenophobic.
Seplophobia: It's a fear of decaying matter, wherein the person suffering from this
phobia cannot tolerate the decomposition process and starts exhibiting symptoms
of phobia or extreme fear.
Siderophobia: Those who bear a morbid fear of stars are known to suffer from this
phobia.
Sinistrophobia: Those people who possess the fear of things to the left side of the
body or fear
of left-handed suffer from this irrational disorder. Also called levophobia.
Sinophobia: Those who have an irrational fear of Chinese or Chinese culture are
known to contain this phobia.
Soceraphobia: Many women have a fear of parents-in-law and the intense form of
this fear is termed as soceraphobia.
Social Phobia: People who are introverts often carry a deep fear of being evaluated
negatively in social situations and are said to suffer from this phobia.
Sociophobia: This is related to social phobia, the only difference being, that this is a
fear of society or people in general and not anybody in particular.
Sophophobia: People who experience an abnormal fear of learning are said to bear
this phobia. But one should remember that there is no end to learning which is a
continuous process till one dies. So bearing sophophobia will not do any good to
oneself.
Soteriophobia: People who have an acute and irrational fear of dependence are
believed to bear this phobia.
Spacephobia: It's a morbid and irrational fear of outer space.
Spermatophobia: It's an abnormal and irrational fear of sperms or germs; also called
spermophobia.
Spheksophobia: People who bear a strong fear of wasps, insects with a formidable
sting, are believed to suffer from this phobia.
Staurophobia: It's an abnormal and exaggerated fear of crosses or the crucifix.
Stenophobia: People who bear an exaggerated fear of narrow things or places are
said to suffer from stenophobia.
Symbolophobia: Symbolism is a practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
and people who bear the fear of symbolism are afflicted with symbolophobia.
Symmetrophobia: It is a morbid and overwhelming fear of symmetry, i.e. the fear of
being isotropic.
Syngenesophobia: People who suffer an irrational or abnormal fear of relatives are
said to have this phobia.

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Tabophobia: It's an overwhelming and morbid fear of tabes dorsalis (degenerative
spinal disease).
Tachophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear of high speeds which a person may
experience while on roller coasters or while bungee jumping.
Taeniophobia: People having intense fear of tapeworms are thought to suffer this
phobia; also called teniophobia.
Taphephobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of being buried alive or of
cemeteries. Also known as taphophobia, the term taphephobia is derived from the
Greek words taphos meaning grave and phobos meaning fear, hence fear of the
grave or fear of being put in a grave while still alive.
Tapinophobia: It's an unwarranted and unusual fear of being contagious.
Taurophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of bulls or intense dislike for
bullfighting.
Technophobia: It is an intense fear or aversion towards advanced technology or
complex devices, like, computers, laptops, mobile phones, etc.
Teleophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of definite plans and religious
ceremonies.
Telephonophobia: People having intense fear of telephones are said to suffer this
phobia, wherein they completely avoid using telephones and refuse to talk on
phone.
Teratophobia: It is an overwhelming and morbid fear of monsters and deformed
people or bearing or giving birth to a deformed child.
Testophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of taking tests.
Tetanophobia: It's an exaggerated and extreme fear of lockjaw or tetanus.
Textophobia: People having unusual and intense fear of certain fabrics, like, cotton,
wool, silk, synthetic, etc. are thought to be victims of this phobia.
Thalassophobia: It's an irrational and exaggerated fear of the seas and oceans.
Theatrophobia: It is an unwarranted and irrational fear related to theaters.
Theologicophobia: It is an unusual and persistent fear of theology (study of religions
and religious teachings).
Theophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear or aversion towards God or any
religion; also known as zeusophobia.
Thermophobia: It's an overwhelming and morbid fear of heat or high temperatures,
including hot weather, hot objects, etc.
Tomophobia: It's an irrational and persistent fear related to surgeries and/or surgical
operations.
Topophobia: It is an overwhelming and unusual fear restricted to specific places or
situations, e.g. stage fright.
Tonsurphobia: It is a morbid fear of haircuts.
Traumatophobia: People having intense fear of war and/or of being injured during a
fight are said to suffer this phobia.
Tremophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of trembling.
Trichinophobia: It is an exaggerated and morbid fear of trichinosis (infestation by
trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat, especially
pork).
Triskaidekaphobia: It is an irrational and intense fear of the number 13, a number
commonly associated with bad luck. The term triskaidekaphobia comes from the
Greek 'tris' meaning '3', 'kai' meaning 'and', and 'deka' meaning '10'.
Tropophobia: It is an unusual and overwhelming fear of moving or making changes,
which paralyzes the person.
Tuberculophobia: People having an intense and morbid fear of tuberculosis are
known to suffer from this phobia.
Tyrannophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of tyrants or dictatorship.
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Uranophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of heaven; also termed as
ouranophobia.
Urophobia: People having an extreme fear of urine or urinating are said to suffer
from this phobia.
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Vaccinophobia: It is an abnormal and morbid fear related to vaccinations.
Venustraphobia: It is a rare but persistent fear of beautiful/attractive women; also
known as caligynephobia.
Venereophobia: It is the fear of venereal diseases.
Vestiphobia: People having intense fear of clothes or clothing are known to suffer
from this phobia.
Virginitiphobia: It is an exaggerated and morbid fear of rape.
Vitricophobia: It is an irrational and acute fear of one's step-father.

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Walloonphobia: It is an abnormal and unusual fear of walloons (ethnic group of
French-speaking people living in Belgium).
Wiccaphobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear related to witches and witchcraft.

X
Xanthophobia: It is an unusual and morbid fear of the color yellow or the word
yellow.
Xenoglossophobia: It's an abnormal and exaggerated fear of foreign languages.
Xenophobia: People having intense fear or aversion towards strangers or foreigners
are thought to suffer from this phobia.
Xerophobia: It is an overwhelming and irrational fear of dryness.
Xylophobia: It is a persistent and abnormal fear of forests or wooden objects; also
termed as hylophobia.
Xyrophobia: People who suffer an unwarranted or intense fear of razors are believed
to exhibit this phobia.

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Zelophobia: It is an abnormal and morbid fear of jealousy.
Zemmiphobia: People having intense or extreme fear of the great mole rat are said
to suffer from this phobia.
Zoophobia: It is an irrational and exaggerated fear or aversion towards animals.
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