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Phobias


This is, as far as I have been able to determine, the World Wide Web’s most extensive list of clinically recognized phobias. This list may take a few moments to download because it is hundreds of items long. If you can supply other clinically recognized phobias to add to this list, please contact me. Please cite a reference for any new phobias you submit.
Thank you!
– Dr. Fred


  • Achluophobia - fear of darkness

    Acousticophobia - fear of noise (a branch of phonophobia)

    Acrophobia - fear of heights

    Aerophobia - fear of aircraft or flying

    Agoraphobia - fear of open places

    Agyrophobia - fear of crossing streets

    Aichmophobia - fear of sharp or pointed objects such as a needle or knife

    Ailurophobia - fear/dislike of cats, a zoophobia

    Alektorophobia - fear/dislike of chickens, a zoophobia

    Anatidaephobia - fear/dislike of ducks, a zoophobia

    Algophobia - fear of pain

    Ancraophobia - fear of wind or drafts

    Androphobia - fear of adult men

    Anthropophobia - fear of human beings

    Apeirophobia - excessive fear of infinity, eternity, and the uncountable

    Aphenphosmphobia - fear of being touched

    Apiphobia - fear of bees, a zoophobia

    Apotemnophobia - fear of amputees, and/or of becoming an amputee

    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 and other arachnids such as scorpions, a zoophobia

    Astraphobia - fear of thunder and lightning

    Atelophobia - fear of imperfection

    Autophobia - fear of isolation

  • Bacteriophobia - fear of bacteria

    Basophobia or Basiphobia - fear associated with astasia-abasia (fear of walking/standing erect) and a fear of falling

    Batrachophobia - fear/dislike of frogs and other amphibians, a zoophobia

    Belonephobia - fear of needles or pins

    Bibliophobia - fear of books

    Blood-injection-injury type phobia - a DSM-IV subtype of specific phobias

  • Cacophobia or Aschimophobia - fear of ugliness

    Carcinophobia - fear of cancer

    Catoptrophobia - fear of mirrors

    Chemophobia - fear of chemicals

    Cherophobia - fear of happiness

    Chiroptophobia - fear/dislike of bats, a zoophobia

    Chromophobia or Chromatophobia - fear of colors

    Chronophobia - fear of time and time moving forward

    Chronomentrophobia - fear of clocks

    Cibophobia or Sitophobia - aversion to food (synonymous with anorexia nervosa)

    Claustrophobia - fear of having no escape and being closed in

    Coimetrophobia - fear of cemeteries

    Coprophobia - fear of feces or defecation

    Coulrophobia - fear of clowns

    Cyberphobia - fear of computers

    Cynophobia - fear/dislike of dogs, a zoophobia

  • Dental fear or Odontophobia - fear of dentists and dental procedures

    Dentophobia - fear of dentists

    Diagraphephobia - fear of deleting files or an extreme fear of losing your computer data

    Domatophobia - fear of houses

    Driving phobia or Driving Anxiety - fear of driving

    Dysmorphophobia or Body Dysmorphic Disorder - a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect

  • Ecophobia - fear of cataclysmic environmental change

    Eisoptrophobia - fear of mirrors or seeing one's reflection in a mirror

    Emetophobia - fear of vomiting

    Enochlophobia - fear of crowds

    Entomophobia - fear/dislike of insects, a zoophobia

    Ephebiphobia - fear of youth; inaccurate, exaggerated, and sensational characterization of young people

    Equinophobia - fear of horses

    Ergophobia or Ergasiophobia - fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating

    Erotophobia - fear of sexual love or sexual abuse

    Erythrophobia or Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia - fear of the color red, or fear of blushing

    Eurotophobia - aversion to female genitals

  • Frigophobia - fear of becoming too cold

  • Gamophobia - fear of marriage

    Gelotophobia - fear of being laughed at

    Gephyrophobia - fear of bridges

    Genophobia or Coitophobia - fear of sexual intercourse

    Genuphobia - fear of knees or the act of kneeling

    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 adult women

  • Hadephobia – Fear of hell

    Hagiophobia – Fear of holy people, places and things, like saints

    Harpaxophobia – Fear of being robbed

    Halitophobia - fear of bad breath

    Haphephobia - fear of being touched

    Heptadekaphobia or Heptadecaphobia - fear of the number 17

    Hedonophobia - fear of obtaining pleasure

    Heliophobia - fear of the sun or sunlight

    Helminthophobia or Scoleciphobia or Vermiphobia -fear of worms, a zoophobia

    Hemophobia or Haemophobia - fear of blood

    Herpetophobia - fear/dislike of reptiles or amphibians, a zoophobia

    Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - fear of the number 666

    Hippophobia - fear/dislike of horses, a zoophobia

    Hodophobia - fear of travel

    Hydrophobia - fear of water

    Hypnophobia or Somniphobia - fear of sleep or nightmares

    Hypochondria - fear of illness

  • Iatrophobia – Fear of doctors

    Ichthyophobia – Fear of fish

    Ideophobia – Fear of new ideas or thoughts

    Illyngophobia – Fear of vertigo

    Insectophobia – Fear of insects

    Iophobia – Fear of poison

    Isolophobia – Fear of isolation

    Ithyphallophobia – Fear of an erection

  • Japanophobia – Fear of Japanese people

    Judeophobia – Fear of Jews

  • Kainolophobia – Fear of novelty

    Kakorrhaphiophobia – Fear of failure

    Katagelophobia – Fear of ridicule

    Kathisophobia – Fear of sitting down

    Kenophobia – Fear of empty spaces

    Kinemortophobia – Fear of zombies

    Kinetophobia – Fear of motion

    Kleptophobia – Fear of theft

    Koinoniphobia – Fear of rooms that are full of people

    Kopophobia – Fear of fatigue

    Koniophobia – Fear of dust

  • Lachanophobia – Fear of vegetables

    Leprophobia – Fear of leprosy

    Leukophobia – Fear of the color white

    Ligyrophobia – Fear of loud noises

    Lilapsophobia – Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes

    Limnophobia – Fear of lakes

    Linonophobia – Fear of string

    Liticaphobia – Fear of lawsuits

    Lockiophobia – Fear of childbirth

    Logophobia – Fear of words

    Luiphobia – Fear of syphilis

    Lutraphobia – Fear of otters

    Lygophobia – Fear of darkness

  • Mageirocophobia – Fear of cooking

    Malaxophobia – Fear of love play

    Mastigophobia – Fear of punishment

    Mechanophobia – Fear of machines

    Megalophobia – Fear of large things

    Melanophobia – Fear of the color black

    Melophobia – Fear of music

    Menophobia – Fear of menstruation

    Merinthophobia – Fear of being tied up

    Metathesiophobia – Fear of changes

    Methyphobia – Fear of drinking alcohol

    Metrophobia – Fear of poetry

    Microphobia – Fear of small things

    Mnemophobia – Fear of memories

    Motorphobia – Fear of automobiles

    Musophobia – Fear of mice

    Mycophobia – Fear of mushrooms

    Myrmecophobia – Fear of ants

    Mysophobia – Fear of dirt and germs

    Myxophobia – Fear of slime

  • Necrophobia – Fear of death, dying and dead things

    Neopharmaphobia – Fear of new drugs

    Neophobia – Fear of anything new

    Nephophobia – Fear of clouds

    Noctiphobia – Fear of the night

    Nomatophobia – Fear of names

    Nomophobia – Fear of losing or being without your mobile phone

    Nosocomephobia – Fear of hospitals

    Nostophobia – Fear of returning home

    Novercaphobia – Fear of stepmothers

    Numerophobia – Fear of numbers

    Nyctophobia – Fear of the dark

  • Obesophobia – Fear of gaining weight

    Ochophobia – Fear of vehicles

    Octophobia – Fear of the number 8

    Odontophobia – Fear of dental surgery

    Odynophobia – Fear of pain

    Oenophobia – Fear of wines

    Oikophobia – Fear of home

    Olfactophobia – Fear of odors

    Ombrophobia – Fear of rain

    Ommetaphobia – Fear of eyes or eye care

    Omphalophobia – Fear of belly buttons

    Onomatophobia – Fear of certain words or names

    Ophidiophobia – Fear of snakes

    Ophthalmophobia – Fear of being stared at

    Opiophobia – Fear of opioids

    Optophobia – Fear of opening one’s eyes

    Ornithophobia – Fear of birds

    Osphresiophobia – Fear of smells

    Ostraconophobia – Fear of shellfish

    Ouranophobia – Fear of heaven

  • Pagophobia – Fear of ice or frost

    Panophobia – Fear of an unknown evil

    Papaphobia – Fear of the Pope

    Papyrophobia – Fear of paper

    Parasitophobia – Fear of parasites

    Pathophobia – Fear of disease

    Peccatophobia – Fear of sinning

    Pediophobia – Fear of dolls

    Pedophobia – Fear of children

    Pentheraphobia – Fear of your mother-in-law

    Phalacrophobia – Fear of going bald

    Pharmacophobia – Fear of medicines

    Phasmophobia – Fear of ghosts

    Philemaphobia – Fear of kissing

    Philophobia – Fear of love

    Phobophobia – Fear of phobias

    Phonophobia – Fear of loud noises

    Photophobia – Fear of light

    Phthisiophobia – Fear of tuberculosis

    Placophobia – Fear of tombstones

    Plutophobia – Fear of money or wealth

    Podophobia – Fear of feet

    Pogonophobia – Fear of beards

    Poinephobia – Fear of punishment

    Porphyrophobia – Fear of the color purple

    Proctophobia – Fear of rectums

    Pteridophobia – Fear of ferns

    Pteromerhanophobia – Fear of flying

    Pupaphobia – Fear of puppets

    Pyrophobia – Fear of fire

  • Quadraphobia – Fearing the number four

    Quintaphobia – Fearing the number five

    Quadriplegiaphobia – Fearing becoming a quadriplegic or being afraid of quadriplegics

  • Radiophobia – Fear of radiation, X rays

    Ranidaphobia – Fear of frogs

    Rhabdophobia – Fear of being beaten or punishment

    Rhypophobia – Fear of defecation

    Rhytiphobia – Fear of getting wrinkles

    Rupophobia – Fear of dirt

    Russophobia – Fear of Russians

  • Samhainophobia – Fear of Halloween

    Sarmassophobia – Fear of love play

    Satanophobia – Fear of Satan

    Scabiophobia – Fear of scabies

    Scelerophobia – Fear of bad men, burglars

    Sciophobia – Fear of shadows

    Scoleciphobia – Fear of worms

    Scolionophobia – Fear of school

    Scotomaphobia – Fear of blindness

    Scriptophobia – Fear of writing in public

    Selenophobia – Fear of the moon

    Seplophobia – Fear of decaying matter

    Sesquipedalophobia – Fear of long words

    Siderodromophobia – Fear of trains

    Siderophobia – Fear of stars

    Sinistrophobia – Fear of left-handedness

    Spectrophobia – Fear of mirrors or the undead

    Spheksophobia – Fear of wasps

    Social Phobia – Fear of social evaluation

    Somniphobia – Fear of sleep

    Staurophobia – Fear of the crucifix

    Stenophobia – Fear of narrow places

    Symbolophobia – Fear of symbolism

    Symmetrophobia – Fear of symmetry

    Syngenesophobia – Fear of relatives

    Syphilophobia – Fear of syphilis

  • Tachophobia – Fear of speed

    Taphephobia – Fear of being buried alive

    Tapinophobia – Fear of being contagious

    Taurophobia – Fear of bulls

    Technophobia – Fear of technology

    Teleophobia – Fear of definite plans

    Testophobia – Fear of taking tests

    Thalassophobia – Fear of the sea

    Thanatophobia – Fear of death or dying

    Theatrophobia – Fear of theaters

    Thermophobia – Fear of heat

    Tocophobia – Fear of childbirth

    Tonitrophobia – Fear of thunder

    Toxiphobia – Fear of poison

    Traumatophobia – Fear of injury

    Tremophobia – Fear of trembling

    Trichopathophobia – Fear of hair disease

    Trichophobia – Fear of loose hair

    Triskaidekaphobia – Fear of the number 13

    Trypanophobia – Fear of needles or injections

    Turophobia – Fear of cheese

  • Uranophobia – Fear of heaven

    Urophobia – Fear of urine or urinating

  • Vaccinophobia – Fear of vaccinations

    Venustraphobia – Fear of beautiful women

    Verbophobia – Fear of words

    Verminophobia – Fear of germs

    Vestiphobia – Fear of clothing

    Virginitiphobia – Fear of rape

    Vitricophobia – Fear of stepfathers

  • Walloonophobia – Fear of the Walloons, an ethnic group native to Belgium

    Wiccaphobia – Fear of witches and witchcraft

  • Xenophobia – Fear of strangers or foreigners

    Xanthophobia – Fear of the color yellow

    Xenophobia – Fear of strangers

    Xerophobia – Fear of dryness

    Xylophobia – Fear of forests

  • Ymophobia – Fear of being contrary or contrariety in general

  • Zelophobia – Fear of jealousy

    Zemmiphobia – Fear of the great mole rat

    Zeusophobia – Fear of God or gods

    Zoophobia – Fear of animals