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Phobias, Hatreds and Dislikes
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Acarophobia — fear of skin infestation by mites or ticks
Achluophobia — fear of darkness or the night (see also Nychtophobia, Scotophobia)
Acousticophobia — fear of noise
Acrophobia — fear of heights
Aelurophobia — fear of cats (see also alternate spellings at Ailurophobia and Elurophobia)
Aerophobia — fear of fresh air (see also Ancraophobia)
Agoraphobia — fear of being in crowded, public places (see also Demophobia)
Agyrophobia — fear of crossing streets
Aichmophobia — fear of pointed objects
Ailurophobia — fear of cats (see also alternate spellings at Aelurophobia and Elurophobia)
Alektorophobia — fear of chickens (see alternate spelling at Alektorophobia)
Alektrophobia — fear of chickens (see alternate spelling at Alektrophobia)
Algophobia — fear of pain (see also Odynophobia)
Amathophobia — fear of dust (see also Koniophobia)
Amaxophobia — fear of being or riding in vehicles (see alternate spelling Hamaxophobia)
Amychophobia — fear of being scratched
Ancraophobia — fear of wind (see also Aerophobia)
Androphobia — fear of men (see also Gynephobia/Gynophobia)
Anginophobia — fear of quinsy or other forms of sore throat
Anglophobia — fear of England or the English
Ankylophobia — dread of stiff or immobile joints
Anthophobia — fear of flowers
Anthropophobia — fear of people, especially in groups
Antlophobia — fear of floods
Apeirophobia — fear of infinity
Apiophobia — intense fear of bees (see altnernate spelling Apiphobia)
Apiphobia — intense fear of bees (see alternate spelling Apiphobia)
Arachibuyrophobia — fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
Arachnephobia — fear of spiders (see altenate spelling Arachnophobia)
Arachnophobia — fear of spiders (see altenate spelling Arachnephobia)
Asthenophobia — fear of weakness
Astraphobia — fear of lightning (see also Brontophobia and Keraunophobia; see also alternate spelling at Astrapophobia)
Astrapophobia — fear of lightning (see also Brontophobia and Ceraunophobia/Keraunophobia; see also alternate spelling at Astraphobia)
Astrophobia — fear of impending or anticipated occurrences
Ataxiophobia — fear of disorder (see alternate spelling at Ataxophobia)
Ataxophobia — fear of disorder (see alternate spelling at Ataxiophobia)
Atelophobia — fear of imperfection
Atephobia — fear of ruin
Aulophobia — fear of flutes
Aurophobia — dislike of gold
Auroraphobia — fear of Auroral lights
Automysophobia — fear or dislike of being dirty (see also Misophobia and Rhypophobia)
Autophobia — fear of being egotistical, of referring to oneself; fear of being by oneself
Bacillophobia — fear of missiles
Bacteriophobia — fear of bacteria
Barophobia — fear of gravity
Bathmophobia — dislike or fear of walking
Bathophobia — intense dislike of bathing; fear of depth
Batophobia — fear of passing high buildings
Batrachophobia — fear of frogs and toads
Belonephobia — fear of pins and needles
Bibliophobia — dislike for books
Blennophobia — fear or dislike of slime (see also Myxophobia)
Bogyphobia — dread of demons and goblins
Bromidrosiphobia — fear of having unpleasant body odor (see also bromhidrosiphobia, Osphresiophobia, Osmophobia)
Brontophobia — fear of thunder and thunderstorms (see also Astraphobia/Astrapophobia and Ceraunophobia/Keraunophobia)
Cainophobia — fear or dislike of novelty
Cancerphobia — fear of cancer (see also Carcinomatophobia/Carcinomophobia/Carcinophobia; see alternate spelling Cancerophobia)
Cancerophobia — fear of cancer (see also Carcinomatophobia/Carcinomophobia/Carcinophobia; see alternate spelling Cancerphobia)
Carcinomophobia — fear of cancer (see also Cancerphobia/Cancerphobia; see altenate spellings Carcinomatophobia, `/Carcinophobia)
Carcinomatophobia — fear of cancer (see also Cancerphobia/Cancerphobia; see altenate spellings Carcinomophobia, Carcinophobia)
Carcinophobia — fear of cancer (see also Cancerphobia/Cancerphobia; see altenate spellings Carcinomatophobia, Carcinomophobia)
Cardiophobia — fear of heart disease
Cathisophobia — fear or dislike of sitting down
Catoptrophobia — fear of mirrors (see also Eisoptrophobia, Spectrophobia)
Celtophobia — intense dislike of Celts
Cenophobia — fear of a void or of open spaces (see alternate spelling Kenophobia)
Ceraunophobia — fear of thunder and lightning (see also Astraphobia/Astrapophobia and Brontophobia; see alternate spelling Keraunophobia)
Chaetophobia — fear of hair (see also Trichophobia)
Cheimaphobia — fear or dislike of cold (see also Cryophobia, Sychrophobia, Psychorophobia; see also alternate spelling Cheimatophobia)
Cheimatophobia — fear or dislike of cold (see also Cryophobia, Sychrophobia, Psychorophobia; see alternate spelling Cheimaphobia)
Cherophobia — fear of gaiety
Chinophobia — fear or dislike of snow
Cholerophobia — fear of cholera
Chrematophobia — fear or dislike of wealth
Chrometophobia — fear or dislike of money
Chromophobia — fear of colors
Chronophobia — discomfort concerning time
Cibophobia — fear of food (see also Phagophobia)
Claustrophobia — fear of enclosed spaces
Cleptophobia — fear of thieves or loss through thievery (see alternate spellings Kleptophobia)
Clinophobia — fear or dislike of going to bed
Cnidophobia — insect stings
Coitophobia — fear of sexual intercourse (see also Erotophobia, Genophobia, Homophobia, Paraphobia)
Cometophobia — fear of comets
Coprophobia — fear of excrement/feces
Cremnophobia — fear of precipices
Cryophobia — fear of ice or frost (see also Cheimaphobia/Cheimatophobia, Sychrophobia)
Crystallophobia — fear of glass, crystals
Cymophobia — fear of waves
Cynophobia — dread of dogs
Cypridophobia — fear of veneral disease
Deipnophobia — fear or dislike of dining and dinner conversation
Demonophobia — fear of spirits, demons
Demophobia — dislike of crowds (see also Agoraphobia)
Dermatophobia — fear of skin disease
Dextrophobia — fear of objects on the right side of the body (see also Levophobia)
Dikephobia — fear or dislike of justice
Dinophobia — fear of whirlpools
Diplopiaphobia — fear of double vision
Dipsophobia — fear of drinking
Domatophobia — fear of being in a house
Doraphobia — fear of contact with animal fur or skin
Dysmorphophobia — dread of deformity, usually in others
Ecclesiophobia — fear or dislike of church
Ecophobia — fear of or aversion to home surroundings (see alternate spellings Oecophobia, Oikophobia)
Eisoptrophobia — fear of mirrors (see also Catoptrophobia, Spectrophobia)
Eleutherophobia — fear of freedom
Electrophobia — fear of electricity or of being shocked
Elurophobia — fear of cats (see also alternate spellings at Ailurophobia, Aelurophobia)
Emetophobia — fear of vomiting
Enetophobia — fear of needles or pins
Entomophobia — fear of insects
Eosophobia — fear of the dawn
Ereuthophobia — fear of the color red; fear of blushing (see alternate spelling at Erythrophobia)
Ergasiophobia — fear or dislike of work
Ergophobia — hatred of work (see also Ponophobia)
Erotophobia — fear of sexual feelings and their physical expression (see also Coitophobia, Genophobia, Homophobia, Paraphobia)
Erythrophobia — fear of the color red; fear of blushing (see alternate spelling at Ereuthophobia)
Euphobia — fear of good news
Febriphobia — fear of fever
Frigophobia — fear or dislike of cold (see also Cheimaphobia/Cheimatophobia, Cryophobia, Psychorophobia)
Galeophobia — fear of sharks
Gametophobia — fear or dislike of marriage (see alternate spelling Gamophobia)
Gamophobia — fear or dislike of marriage (see alternate spelling Gametophobia)
Geniophobia — fear of chins
Genophobia — fear of sex (see also Coitophobia, Erotophobia, Homophobia, Paraphobia)
Genuphobia — fear of knees
Gephyrophobia — fear of crossing a bridge
Gerascophobia — fear of growing old
Geumophobia — fear of tastes or flavors (see also Olfactophobia)
Glossophobia — fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
Graphophobia — dislike of writing
Gymnophobia — fear of nudity (see also Nudophobia)
Gynephobia — fear or hatred of women (see also Androphobia; see alternate spelling Gynophobia)
Gynophobia — fear or hatred of women (see also Androphobia; see alternate spelling Gynephobia)
Hadeophobia — fear of hell (see also Stygiophobia)
Haemaphobia — fear of the sight of blood (see alternate spellings Hemaphobia, Hematophobia, Hemophobia)
Hagiophobia — dislike for saints and the holy
Hamartophobia — fear of error or sin
Hamaxophobia — fear of being or riding in vehicles (see alternate spelling Amaxophobia)
Haphophobia — fear of touch (see also Thixophobia; see alternate spelling Haptophobia)
Haptophobia — fear of touch (see also Thixophobia; see alternate spelling Haphophobia)
Harpaxophobia — fear of robbers
Hedonophobia — fear of pleasure
Heliophobia — fear of sunlight; abnormal sensitivity to the effects of sunlight (see also Solophobia)
Helminthophobia — fear of being infested with worms (see also Scoleciphobia, Vermiphobia)
Hemaphobia — fear of the sight of blood (see alternate spellings Haemaphobia, Hematophobia, Hemophobia)
Hematophobia — fear of the sight of blood (see alternate spellings Haemaphobia, Hemaphobia, Hemophobia)
Hemophobia — fear of the sight of blood (see alternate spellings Haemaphobia, Hemaphobia, Hematophobia)
Herpetophobia — fear of reptiles (see also Ophidiophobia)
Hierophobia — fear or dislike of sacred objects, fear of priests
Hippophobia — fear or horses
Hodophobia — fear or dislike of travel
Homichlophobia — fear of fog
Homilophobia — hatred of sermons
Homophobia — fear of homosexuality (same-sex affection) (see also Coitophobia, Erotophobia, Genophobia, Paraphobia)
Hydrophobia — fear of water
Hydrophophobia — fear of rabies (see also Kynophobia)
Hygrophobia — fear of liquids in any form, especially wine and water
Hylephobia — dislike for wood or woods
Hypengyophobia — fear of responsibility
Hypnophobia — fear of sleep
Iatrophobia — fear of going to the doctor
Ichthyophobia — fear of fish
Iophobia — fear of poisons
Ignophobia — fear of not knowing
Isopterophobia — fear of termites
Kakorrhaphiophobia — fear of failure or defeat
Katagelophobia — fear or dislike of ridicule
Kenophobia — fear of a void or of open spaces (see alternate spelling Cenophobia)
Keraunophobia — fear of thunder and lightning (see also Astraphobia/Astrapophobia and Brontophobia; see alternate spelling at Ceraunophobia)
Kinetophobia — fear or dislike of motion
Kleptophobia — fear of thieves or loss through thievery (see alternate spellings Cleptophobia)
Koniophobia — fear of dust (see also Amathophobia)
Kopophobia — fear of fatigue
Kopophobia — fear of mental or physical examination
Kynophobia — fear of rabies (see also Hydrophophobia)
Laliophobia — fear of talking
Lepraphobia — fear of leprosy
Levophobia — fear of objects on the left side of the body (see also Dextrophobia)
Limnophobia — fear of lakes
Linonophobia — fear of string
Logophobia — fear or dislike of words
Lunaphobia — fear of the moon
Lyssophobia — fear of becoming insane
Mechanophobia — aversion to or fear of machinery
Merinthophobia — fear of being bound
Metallophobia — fear of metals
Meteorophobia — fear of meteors or meteorites
Microphobia, Microbiophobia — fear of microorganisms
Misanthropy — a hatred of mankind; pessimistic distrust of human nature expressed in thought and behaviour
Misophobia — fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt (see alternate spellings Mysophobia; see also Automysophobia and Rhypophobia)
Misogynism — extreme dislike of females (see alternate Misogynism)
Misogyny — extreme dislike of females (see alternate Misogynism)
Misosophy — hatred of wisdom
Molysomophobia — fear of infection
Monopathophobia — fear of sickness in a specific part of the body
Monophobia — fear of one thing
Musicophobia — dislike of music
Musophobia — fear of mice
Misophobia — fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt (see alternate spellings Misophobia; see also Automysophobia and Rhypophobia)
Mythophobia — fear of making false statements
Myxophobia — fear or dislike of slime (see also Blennophobia)
Necrophobia — fear of death; fear of corpses
Neophobia — fear of new things
Negrophobia — fear of African Americans
Nephophobia — fear of clouds
Noctiphobia — fear of the night
Nosophobia — fear of contracting a disease
Nudophobia — fear of nudity (see also Gymnophobia)
Nychtophobia — fear of darkness or the night (see also Achluophobia, Scotophobia)
Ochlophobia — fear of crowds
Ochophobia — fear of vehicles
Odontophobia — fear of teeth, expecially those of animals
Odynophobia — fear of pain (see also Algophobia)
Oecophobia — fear of or aversion to home surroundings (see alternate spellings Ecophobia, Oikophobia)
Oenophobia, Oinophobia — dislike of or hatred for wine (see alternate spelling Oenophobia, Oinophobia)
Oikophobia — fear of or aversion to home surroundings (see alternate spellings Ecophobia, Oecophobia)
Oinophobia — dislike of or hatred for wine (see alternate spelling Oenophobia)
Olfactophobia — fear or dislike of smells (see also Geumophobia)
Ombrophobia — fear of rain
Ommetaphobia — fear of eyes
Onomatophobia — fear of a certain name (or a set of names)
Ophidiophobia — fear of snakes (see also Herpetophobia)
Ornithophobia — fear of birds
Osmophobia — fear of odor (see also Bromhidrosiphobia, Osphresiophobia)
Osphresiophobia — fear of odor (see also Bromhidrosiphobia, Osmophobia)
Panphobia — a nonspecific fear; a state of general anxiety; fear of everything (see alternate spellings Panophobia, Pantophobia)
Panophobia — a nonspecific fear; a state of general anxiety; fear of everything (see alternate spellings Panphobia, Pantophobia)
Pantophobia — a nonspecific fear; a state of general anxiety; fear of everything (see alternate spelling Panphobia, Pantophobia)
Papaphobia — fear or dislike of the pope or the papacy
Paralipophobia — fear of neglect of some duty
Paraphobia — fear of sexual perversion (see also Coitophobia, Erotophobia, Genophobia, Homophobia)
Parasitophobia — fear of parasites
Parthenophobia — aversion to young girls
Pathophobia — fear of disease
Peccatiphobia — fear of sinning
Pediculophobia — fear of lice
Pediophobia — fear or dislike of children (see alternate spelling at Pedophogia)
Pedophobia — fear or dislike of children (see alternate spelling at Pediophogia)
Peladophobia — dread of baldness
Peniaphobia — fear of poverty
Phagophobia — fear of eating (see also Cibophobia)
Phanmophobia — fear of specters or phantoms (see also Pneumatophobia, Specrophobia)
Pharmacophobia — fear of drugs
Phasmophobia — fear of ghosts
Phenophobia — fear of noise
Phenogophobia — fear of daylight
Phobophobia — fear of phobias
Pneumatophobia — fear of specters or phantoms (see also Phanmophobia, Specrophobia)
Philosophobia — fear or dislike of philosophy or philosophers
Phobophobia — fear of fear itself
Phonophobia — fear or dislike of noise
Photalgiophobia — fear of photalgin, pain in the eyes caused by light
Photophobia — fear of light
Phonemophobia — fear of thinking
Pneumatophobia — fear of incorporeal beings, spirits
Pnigophobia, Pnigerophobia — fear of choking or smothering
Pogonophobia — fear or dislike of beards
Poinephobia — fear of punishment
Politicophobia — dislike or fear of politicians
Polyphobia — fear of many things
Ponophobia — fear of fatigue, especially through overworking (see also Ergophobia)
Potamophobia — fear or rivers
Posteriophobia — fear of falling behind
Potophobia — fear of drinks (beverages)
Psychophobia — fear of the mind
Psychorophobia — fear or dislike of cold (see also Cheimaphobia/Cheimatophobia, Cryophobia, Sychrophobia)
Pteronophobia — fear of feathers
Pyrexiophobia — fear of fever (see also Thermophobia)
Pyrophobia — fear of fire
Rectophobia — fear of rectum
Rhabdophobia — fear of being eaten; fear of magic
Rhypophobia — fear of filth (see also Automysophobia and Misophobia)
Sciophobia — fear of shadows
Scoleciphobia — fear of worms (see also Helminthophobia, Vermiphobia)
Scopophobia — fear of being looked at or stared at
Scotophobia — fear of the dark
Scotophobia — fear of darkness or the night (see also Achluophobia, Nychtophobia)
Selaphobia — fear or dislike of flashes of light
Siderophobia — fear of the stars
Siderodromophobia — fear of trains
Sinophobia — fear of China
Sitophobia — fear of food
Solophobia — fear of sunlight; abnormal sensitivity to the effects of sunlight (see also Heliophobia)
Specrophobia — fear of specters or phantoms (see also Phanmophobia, Pneumatophobia)
Spectrophobia — fear of mirrors (see also Catoptrophobia, Eisoptrophobia)
Spermatophobia — fear of germs (see alternate spelling Spermophobia)
Spermophobia — fear of germs (see alternate spelling Spermatophobia)
Stasibphobia — fear or standing or walking; conviction that one cannot stand or walk
Stygiophobia — fear of hell (see also Hadeophobia)
Sychrophobia — fear of ice or frost (see also Cheimaphobia/Cheimatophobia, Cryophobia)
Symmetrophobia — fear or dislike of symmetry
Tabophobia — fear of a wasting sickness
Tachophobia — fear of speed
Taphephobia — fear of being buried alive (see alternate spelling at Taphophobia)
Taphophobia — fear of being buried alive (see alternate spelling at Taphephobia)
Tapinophobia — fear of small things
Taurophobia — fear of bulls
Technophobia — fear of arts and crafts
Telephonophobia — fear of the telephone
Teratophobia — fear of monster or of giving birth to a monster
Thaasophobia — fear or dislike of being idle; fear of boredom
Thalassophobia — fear of the sea
Theatrophobia — fear of theatres
Theophobia — fear of God
Thanatophobia — fear of death
Thermophobia — fear or dislike of heat (see also Pyrexiophobia)
Thixophobia — fear of touch (see also Haphophobia/Haptophobia)
Tocophobia — fear of childbirth (see alternate spelling Tokophobia)
Tokophobia — fear of childbirth (see alternate spelling Tocophobia)
Tomophobia — fear of surgical operations
Topophobia — fear of certain places
Toxicophobia — fear of being poisoned (see alternate spelling Toxiphobia)
Toxiphobia — fear of being poisoned (see alternate spelling Toxicophobia)
Traumatophobia — excessive or disabling fear of war or physical injury
Tremophobia — fear of trembling
Trichophobia — fear of hair (see also Chaetophobia)
Triskaidekaphobia — fear of the number 13
Tyrannophobia — fear or hatred of tyrants
Urophobia — fear of urine
Vaccinophobia — fear of vaccines and vaccination
Venereophobia — fear of venereal disease
Vermiphobia — fear of worms (earthworms, not intestinal) (see also Helminthophobia, Scoleciphobia)
Xenophobia — fear or hatred of foreigners and strange things
Xerophobia — fear of dryness and dry places, like deserts
Zelophobia — fear of jealousy
Zoophobia — fear of animals |