What are some common phobias?

 acrophobia: fear of heights

 aerophobia: fear of flying
 aquaphobia: fear of water
 astraphobia: fear of storms
 claustrophobia: fear of closed spaces
 dentophobia: fear of going to the dentist
 enochlophobia: fear of crowds
 glossophobia: fear of public speaking
 hemophobia: fear of blood
 iatrophobia: fear of doctors
 mysophobia (germophobia): fear of contamination
 nosocomephobia: fear of hospitals
 zoophobia: fear of animals
 ailurophobia: fear of cats
 arachnophobia: fear of spiders
 cynophobia: fear of dogs
 entomophobia: fear of insects
 musophobia: fear of mice
 ophidiophobia: fear of snakes
 ornithophobia: fear of birds
 spheksophobia: fear of wasps
 ichthyophobia: fear of fish
 ancraophobia: fear of wind
 antlophobia: fear of flooding
 chionophobia: fear of snow
 heliophobia: fear of the sun
 nyctophobia: fear of darkness
 lilapsophobia: fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
 pluviophobia: fear of weather associated with rain and storms
 thermophobia: fear of hot weather
 anatidaephobia: fear of ducks watching you
 alektorophobia: fear of hens or chickens
 ambulophobia: fear of walking
 anthophobia: fear of flowers
 coulrophobia: fear of clowns
 emetophobia: fear of vomiting
 equinophobia: fear of horses
 gamophobia: fear of marriage
 gynophobia: fear of women
 haphephobia: fear of being touched
 lockiophobia: fear of childbirth
 megalophobia: fear of large objects
 nomophobia: fear of being without your phone
 plutophobia: fear of money
 scopophobia: fear of being stared at
 thalassophobia: fear of the ocean
 trypanophobia: fear of needles
 trypophobia: fear of clustered patterns of irregular holes
 Ablutophobia – Fear of bathing, cleaning or washing
 Acarophobia – Fear of itching or tiny insects that cause itching
 Acerophobia – Fear of sourness
 Achluophobia – Fear of darkness
 Acousticophobia – Fear of noise
 Acrophobia – Fear of heights
 Aerophobia – Fear of flying, drafts or fresh air
 Algophobia – Fear of pain
 Agoraphobia – Fear of crowds of people and open spaces
 Agrizoophobia – Fear of wild animals
 Agyrophobia – Fear of crossing roads
 Aichmophobia – Fear of pointed objects, like needles
 Ailurophobia – Fear of cats
 Albuminurophobia – Fear of kidney disease
 Alektorophobia – Fear of chickens
 Alliumphobia – Fear of garlic
 Allodoxaphobia – Fear of opinions
 Amathophobia – Fear of dust
 Amaxophobia – Fear of being in a car
 Ambulophobia – Fear of walking
 Amychophobia – Fear of being scratched
 Anablephobia – Fear of looking up
 Androphobia – Fear of men
 Anemophobia – Fear of wind or drafts
 Anglophobia – Fear of England or Britain
 Anginophobia – Fear of choking
 Anthrophobia – Fear of flowers
 Antlophobia – Fear of floods
 Anuptaphobia – Fear of staying single
 Apeirophobia – Fear of infinity
 Anthropophobia – Fear of people or society
 Aphenphosmphobia – Fear of intimacy
 Apiphobia – Fear of bees or bee stings
  Arachibutyrophobia – Fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of the mouth
 Aquaphobia – Fear of water
 Arachnophobia – Fear of spiders
 Arithmophobia – Fear of numbers
 Asthenophobia – Fear of fainting
 Astraphobia – Fear of thunder and lightning
 Astrophobia – Fear of celestial space
 Ataxiophobia – Fear of ataxia, which is muscular incoordination
 Ataxophobia – Fear of disorder or untidiness
 Atelophobia – Fear of imperfection
 Athazagoraphobia – Fear of being forgotten or ignored
 Atychiphobia – Fear of failure
 Aulophobia – Fear of flutes
 Aurophobia – Fear of gold
 Auroraphobia – Fear of an Aurora, sometimes called northern lights
 Automatonophobia – Fear of ventriloquist dummies or wax statues
 Automysophobia – Fear of being dirty
 Autophobia – Fear of being alone
 Aviophobia – Fear of flying

 Bacteriophobia – Fear of bacteria

 Ballistophobia – Fear of missiles or bullets
 Barophobia – Fear of gravity
 Basophobia – Fear of falling
 Bathmophobia – Fear of steep inclines, slopes and stairs
 Bathophobia – Fear of depths
 Batrachophobia – Fear of amphibians
 Belonephobia – Fear of pins and needles
 Bibliophobia – Fear of books or reading aloud
 Bogyphobia – Fear of the bogeyman
 Botanophobia – Fear of plants
  Bovinophobia – Fear of cows or cattle
 Bromidrosiphobia – Fear of body smells
 Bufonophobia – Fear of toads

 Cacophobia – Fear of ugliness

 Cainophobia – Fear of newness or novelty
 Caligynephobia – Fear of beautiful women
 Carcinophobia – Feat of developing cancer
 Cardiophobia – Fear of getting heart disease
 Carnophobia – Fear of meat
 Catagelophobia – Fear of being ridiculed
 Catapedaphobia – Fear of jumping
 Cathisophobia – Fear of sitting
 Catoptrophobia – Fear of mirrors or the undead
 Ceraunophobia – Fear of thunder and lightning
 Cetaphobia – Fear of whales
 Chaetophobia – Fear of hair
 Chemophobia – Fear of chemicals or chemistry
 Cherophobia – Fear of happiness
 Chionophobia – Fear of snow
 Chiraptophobia – Fear of being touched
 Chirophobia – Fear of hands
 Chiroptophobia – Fear of bats
 Cholerophobia – Fear of anger, or being afraid of cholera
 Chorophobia – Fear of dancing
 Chrometophobia – Fear of money
 Chromophobia – Fear of colors
 Chronomentrophobia – Fear of clocks
 Cibophobia – Fear of food
 Chloephobia – Fear of newspapers
 Chronophobia – Fear of Time
  Claustrophobia – Fear of confined spaces
 Cleisiophobia – Fear of being locked in a space that is enclosed
 Climacophobia – Fear of climbing, especially stairs
 Clinophobia – Fear of beds or going to bed
 Coimetrophobia – Fear of cemeteries
 Contreltophobia – Fear of sexual abuse
 Coprastasophobia – Fear of constipation
 Coprophobia – Fear of feces or defecation
 Coulrophobia – Fear of clowns
 Cremnophobia – Fear of steep cliffs
 Cryophobia – Fear of extreme cold
 Crystallophobia – Fear of crystals or glass
 Cyberphobia – Fear of computers
 Cyclophobia – Fear of bicycles
 Cynophobia – Fear of dogs

 Decidophobia – Fear of making decisions

 Defecaloesiophobia – Fear of painful bowel movements
 Deipnophobia – Fear of dining with others
 Dementophobia – Fear of going insane
 Demonophobia – Fear of demons
 Dendrophobia – Fear of trees
 Dentophobia – Fear of dentists
 Dermatophobia – Fear of skin lesions or skin disease
 Dextrophobia – Fear of having objects to your right
 Didaskaleinophobia – Fear of going to school
 Dikephobia – Fear of justice
 Dinophobia – Fear of dizziness
 Diplophobia – Fear of double vision
 Dipsophobia – Fear of drinking alcohol
 Dishabiliophobia – Fear of undressing in front of another person
  Domatophobia – Fear of houses
 Doraphobia – Fear of animal fur or skins
 Dromophobia – Fear of crossing streets or wandering
 Dysmorphophobia – Fear of deformity
 Dystychiphobia – Fear of accidents

 Ebulliophobia – Fear of bubbles

 Ecclesiophobia – Fear of church
 Ecophobia – Fear of one’s home
 Eisoptrophobia – Fear of mirrors or seeing oneself in a mirror
 Electrophobia – Fear of electricity
 Eleutherophobia – Fear of freedom
 Emetophobia – Fear of vomiting
 Enetophobia – Fear of pins
 Enochlophobia – Fear of crowds
 Enosiophobia – Fear of criticism or committing an unpardonable sin
 Entomophobia – Fear of insects
 Eosophobia – Fear of dawn or daylight
 Ephebiphobia – Fear of adolescents or youth
 Epistaxiophobia – Fear of nosebleeds
 Epistemophobia – Fear of knowledge
 Equinophobia – Fear of horses
 Eremophobia – Fear of being oneself
 Ereuthrophobia – Fear of blushing
 Ergophobia – Fear of work
 Erotophobia – Fear of sex or sexual intimacy
 Euphobia – Fear of hearing good news
 Eurotophobia – fear of female genitalia

 Febriphobia – Fear of fever

  Francophobia – Fear of France or French people
 Frigophobia – Fear of becoming too cold

 Gamophobia – Fear of marriage

 Geliophobia – Fear of laughter
 Geniophobia – Fear of chins
 Genuphobia – Fear of knees
 Gerascophobia – Fear of growing old
 Globophobia – Fear of balloons
 Glossophobia – Fear of public speaking
 Gymnophobia – Fear of nudity
 Gynophobia – Fear of women

 Hadephobia – Fear of hell

 Hagiophobia – Fear of holy people, places and things, like saints
 Harpaxophobia – Fear of being robbed
 Hedonophobia – Fear of feeling pleasure
 Heliophobia – Fear of the sun
 Hemophobia – Fear of blood
 Herpetophobia – Fear of reptiles
 Heterophobia – Fear of heterosexuals
 Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – Fear of long words
 Hodophobia – Fear of travel
 Homichlophobia – Fear of fog or humidity
 Homilophobia – Fear of sermons
 Homophobia – Fear of homosexuality
 Hoplophobia – Fear of firearms
 Hydrophobia – Fear of water
 Hylophobia – Fear of forests
 Hypegiaphobia – Fear of responsibility
  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