April 26, 2017

60 PHOBIAS THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW EXISTED

 The suffixes, -phobia , -phobic , -phobe are all derived from the Greek word for fear. Phobia is usually an inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation.
Below is a list of phobias, most of which you are hearing for the first time.

  1. Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing , or cleaning. 😂 
  2. Acrophobia – fear of heights 😱 
  3. Agoraphobia – fear of open places 
  4. Agyrophobia,Dromophobia – fear of crossing streets
  5. Androphobia – fear of adult men 
  6. Astraphobia – fear of thunder and lightning
  7. Autophobia – fear of isolation 
  8. Chromophobia , chromatophobia – fear of colors
  9. Chronophobia – fear of time and time moving forward
  10. Claustrophobia – fear of having no escape and being closed in 
  11. Coprophobia – fear of feces or defecation 
  12. Decidophobia – fear of making decisions
  13. Enochlophobia – fear of crowds 
  14. Erotophobia – fear of sexual love or sexual abuse
  15. Erythrophobia , erytophobia, ereuthophobia – fear of the color red , or fear of blushing
  16. Gamophobia – fear of cohabitation, marriage or nuptials
  17. Gelotophobia – fear of being laughed at
  18. Genophobia , coitophobia – fear of sexual intercourse
  19. Gerascophobia – fear of growing old or aging
  20. Glossophobia – fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
  21. Gynophobia – fear of women
  22. Halitophobia – fear of bad breath
  23. Haphephobia – fear of being touched
  24. Hedonophobia – fear of obtaining pleasure
  25. Heliophobia – fear of the sun or sunlight
  26. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666
  27. Hoplophobia – fear of firearms
  28. Hypnophobia, somniphobia – fear of sleep 
  29. Ichthyophobia – fear of fish , including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish
  30. Mageirocophobia – fear of cooking
  31. Monophobia – fear of being alone or isolated or of one's self
  32. Myrmecophobia – fear of ants
  33. Necrophobia – fear of death or the dead
  34. Neophobia , cainophobia, cainotophobia, centophobia, kainolophobia, kainophobia, metathesiophobia, prosophobia – fear of newness ,novelty, change or progress
  35. Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact
  36. Nosocomephobia – fear of hospitals
  37. Nostophobia , ecophobia – fear of returning home
  38. Nyctophobia , achluophobia, lygophobia, scotophobia – fear of darkness
  39. Oneirophobia – fear of dreams
  40. Panphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause
  41. Pedophobia, paedophobia or pediaphobia – fear of children
  42. Phallophobia – fear of erections
  43. Phasmophobia – fear of ghosts or phantoms
  44. Philophobia – fear of love
  45. Phobophobia – fear of fear itself or of having a phobia
  46. Pogonophobia – fear of beards
  47. Pornophobia – fear of pornography
  48. Pupaphobia – fear of puppets
  49. Pyrophobia – fear of fire
  50. Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at
  51. Sexophobia – fear of sexual organs or sexual activities
  52. Spectrophobia – fear of mirrors
  53. Stasiphobia – fear of standing or walking
  54. Technophobia – fear of advanced technology 
  55. Teratophobia – fear of disfigured people
  56. Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4
  57. Thanatophobia – fear of dying
  58. Xenophobia – fear of strangers, foreigners , or aliens
  59. Bibliophobia – fear or hatred of books, as a cultural phenomenon 
  60. Pedophobia – fear/dislike of children

This is not a list of all phobias but I selectively pick the ones I felt you should know. For more phobia you can check here on Wikipedia

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