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The Phobia List: C
Cacophobia — Fear of ugliness
or things that are ugly
Cainophobia — Fear of newness
or novelty
Caligynephobia — Fear of beautiful
women
Cancerophobia — Fear of cancer
Cardiophobia — Fear of the heart
Carnophobia — Fear of meat
Catagelophobia — Fear of being
ridiculed or ridicule
Catapedaphobia — Fear of jumping
from high and low places
Cathisophobia — Fear of sitting
Catoptrophobia — Fear of mirrors
Cheimaphobia — Fear of cold
Chemophobia — Fear of chemicals
or working with chemicals
Cherophobia — Fear of gaiety
Chionophobia — Fear of snow
Chirophobia — Fear of hands
Cholerophobia — Fear of anger
or Cholera
Chorophobia — Fear of dancing
Chrematophobia — Fear of money
Chromatophobia — Fear of colors
Chronomentrophobia — Fear of
clocks
Chronophobia — Fear of time
Claustrophobia — Fear of confined
or small spaces
Cleisiophobia — Fear of being
locked in an enclosed place
Cleithrophobia — Fear of being
enclosed
Cleptophobia — Fear of stealing
Climacophobia — Fear of stairs,
climbing stairs, or falling down stairs
Clinophobia — Fear of going to
bed
Cnidophobia — Fear of stings
or being stung
Coimetrophobia — Fear of cemeteries
Coitophobia — Fear of coitus,
sex, or sexual intercourse
Cometophobia — Fear of comets
Coprastasophobia — Fear of constipation
Coprophobia — Fear of feces and
fecal matter
Coulrophobia — Fear of clowns
Counterphobia — Fear of The preference
by a phobic for fearful situations
Cremnophobia — Fear of precipices
Cryophobia — Fear of extreme
cold, ice, or frost
Crystallophobia — Fear of crystals
or glass
Cyberphobia — Fear of computers
or working on a computer
Cyclophobia — Fear of bicycles
Cymophobia — Fear of waves or
wave-like motion
Cynophobia — Fear of dogs, canines,
or rabies
Cyprianophobia — Fear of prostitutes,
venereal disease, or STDs
The Phobia List: D
Daemonophobia — Fear of demons
or daemons
Decidophobia — Fear of making
decisions
Defecaloesiophobia — Fear of
painful bowels movements
Deipnophobia — Fear of dining
or dinner conversation
Demophobia — Fear of crowds
Dendrophobia — Fear of trees
Dentophobia — Fear of dentists
Dermatopathophobia — Fear of
skin disease or skin lesions
Dextrophobia — Fear of objects
at the right side of the body
Diabetophobia — Fear of diabetes
Didaskaleinophobia — Fear of
going to school
Dikephobia — Fear of justice
Dinophobia — Fear of dizziness
or whirlpools
Diplophobia — Fear of double
vision
Dipsophobia — Fear of drinking
Dishabiliophobia — Fear of undressing
in front of someone
Doraphobia — Fear of fur or skins
of animals
Doxophobia — Fear of expressing
opinions or of receiving praise
Driving Phobia — Fear of driving
a motorized vehicle
Dromophobia — Fear of crossing
streets
Dutchphobia — Fear of the Netherlands,
the Dutch, Dutch Culture
Dysmorphophobia — Fear of deformity
Dystychiphobia — Fear of accidents
The Phobia List: E
Earthquakophobia — Fear of earthquakes
Ecclesiophobia — Fear of churchs
Eisoptrophobia — Fear of mirrors
or of seeing oneself in a mirror
Electrophobia — Fear of electricity
Eleutherophobia — Fear of freedom
Emetophobia — Fear of vomiting
or throwing up
Enetophobia — Fear of pins
Enissophobia — Fear of having
committed an unpardonable sin or criticism
Entomophobia — Fear of insects
or bugs
Eosophobia — Fear of dawn or
daylight
Ephebiphobia — Fear of teenagers
Epistaxiophobia — Fear of nosebleeds
Epistemophobia — Fear of knowledge
Equinophobia — Fear of horses
Eremophobia — Fear of being oneself
or lonliness
Ereuthophobia — Fear of redlights,
blushing, or the color red
Ergasiophobia — Fear of work,
functioning, or Surgeon’s operating
Ergophobia — Fear of work
Erotophobia — Fear of sexual
love or sexual questions
Euphobia — Fear of hearing good
news
The Phobia List: F
Francophobia — Fear of France,
French people, or French culture
Frigophobia — Fear of cold or
cold things
The Phobia List: G
Gamophobia — Fear of marriage
Geliophobia — Fear of laughter
Geniophobia — Fear of chins
Genuphobia — Fear of knees
Gephydrophobia — Fear of crossing
bridges
Gerascophobia — Fear of growing
old or old people
Germanophobia — Fear of Germany,
German People, or German culture
Geumaphobia — Fear of taste
Globophobia — Fear of balloons
Glossophobia — Fear of speaking
in public or trying to speak
Graphophobia — Fear of writing
or handwriting
Gymnophobia — Fear of nudity
Gynephobia — Fear of women
The Phobia List: H
Hadephobia — Fear of hell
Hagiophobia — Fear of saints
or holy things
Harpaxophobia — Fear of being
robbed
Hedonophobia — Fear of feeling
pleasure
Heliophobia — Fear of the sun
Hellenologophobia — Fear of Greek
terms or complex scientific terminology
Helminthophobia — Fear of being
infested with worms
Hemaphobia — Fear of blood
Hereiophobia — Fear of challenges
to official doctrine or of radical deviation
Herpetophobia — Fear of reptiles
or creepy, crawly things
Heterophobia — Fear of the opposite
sex
Hierophobia — Fear of priests
or sacred things
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia — Fear
of long words
Hobophobia — Fear of bums or
beggars
Hodophobia — Fear of road travel
Homichlophobia — Fear of fog
Homilophobia — Fear of sermons
Homophobia — Fear of sameness,
monotony, homosexuality, or becoming homosexual
Hoplophobia — Fear of firearms
Hormephobia — Fear of shock
Hyalophobia — Fear of glass
Hydrargyophobia — Fear of mercurial
medicines
Hydrophobia — Fear of water
Hydrophobophobia — Fear of rabies
Hygrophobia — Fear of liquids,
dampness, or moisture
Hylephobia — Fear of materialism
or epilepsy
Hypegiaphobia — Fear of responsibility
Hypnophobia — Fear of sleep or
being hypnotized
The Phobia List: I
Iatrophobia — Fear of doctors
or going to the doctor
Ichthyophobia — Fear of fish
Ideophobia — Fear of ideas
Illyngophobia — Fear of vertigo
or feeling dizzy when looking down
Insomnia — Fear of Inability
to Sleep
Iophobia — Fear of poison
Isopterophobia — Fear of termites,
insects that eat wood
The Phobia List: J
Japanophobia — Fear of Japanese
Judeophobia — Fear of Jewish
People
The Phobia List: K
Kakorrhaphiophobia — Fear of
failure or defeat
Kenophobia — Fear of voids or
empty spaces
Kinesophobia — Fear of movement
or motion
Koinoniphobia — Fear of rooms
Kolpophobia — Fear of genitals,
particularly female
Kopophobia — Fear of fatigue
Kosmikophobia — Fear of cosmic
phenomenon
Kyphophobia — Fear of stooping
The Phobia List: L
Lachanophobia — Fear of vegetables
Lalophobia — Fear of speaking
Lepraphobia — Fear of leprosy
Leukophobia — Fear of the color
white
Levophobia — Fear of things to
the left side of the body
Ligyrophobia — Fear of loud noises
Lilapsophobia — Fear of tornado
or hurricanes
Limnophobia — Fear of lakes
Linonophobia — Fear of string
Liticaphobia — Fear of lawsuits
Lockiophobia — Fear of childbirth
Logizomechanophobia — Fear of
computers
Logophobia — Fear of words
Luiphobia — Fear of lues or syphillis
Lutraphobia — Fear of otters
The Phobia List: M
Macrophobia — Fear of long waits
Mageirocophobia — Fear of cooking
Malaxophobia — Fear of love play
Maniaphobia — Fear of insanity
Mastigophobia — Fear of punishment
Mechanophobia — Fear of machines
Medomalacuphobia — Fear of losing
an erection
Medorthophobia — Fear of an erect
penis
Megalophobia — Fear of large
things
Melanophobia — Fear of the color
black
Melophobia — Fear of music
Meningitophobia — Fear of brain
disease
Menophobia — Fear of menstruation
Merinthophobia — Fear of being
bound or tied up
Metallophobia — Fear of metal
Metathesiophobia — Fear of changes
Meteorophobia — Fear of meteors
Metrophobia — Fear of poetry
Microbiophobia — Fear of microbes
Microphobia — Fear of small things
Misophobia — Fear of being contaminated
with dirt or germs
Mnemophobia — Fear of memories
Monopathophobia — Fear of definite
disease
Motorphobia — Fear of automobiles
Mottephobia — Fear of moths
Murophobia — Fear of mice
Mycophobia — Fear of mushrooms
Myrmecophobia — Fear of ants
Mythophobia — Fear of myths,
stories, or false statements
The Phobia List: N
Narcissistic Personality Disorder — Fear
of -
Necrophobia — Fear of death or
dead things
Neopharmaphobia — Fear of new
drugs
Nephophobia — Fear of clouds
Noctiphobia — Fear of the night
Nomatophobia — Fear of names
Nosocomephobia — Fear of hospitals
Nosophobia — Fear of becoming
ill
Nostophobia — Fear of returning
home
Novercaphobia — Fear of your
step-mother
Nucleomituphobia — Fear of nuclear
weapons
Nudophobia — Fear of nudity or
nakedness
Nyctohylophobia — Fear of dark
wooded areas or forests at night
The Phobia List: O
Obesophobia — Fear of gaining
weight
Ochlophobia — Fear of crowds
or mobs
Ochophobia — Fear of vehicles
Octophobia — Fear of the figure
8
Odontophobia — Fear of teeth
or dental surgery
Oenophobia — Fear of wines
Oikophobia — Fear of houses,
home surroundings, or being in a house
Olfactophobia — Fear of smells
Ombrophobia — Fear of rain or
of being rained on
Ommatophobia — Fear of eyes
Oneirogmophobia — Fear of wet
dreams
Oneirophobia — Fear of dreams
Onomatophobia — Fear of hearing
a certain word or of names
Ophidiophobia — Fear of snakes
Ophthalmophobia — Fear of being
stared at
Opiophobia — Fear of Fear of
medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications
for patients
Optophobia — Fear of opening
one’s eyes
Ornithophobia — Fear of birds
Orthophobia — Fear of property
Ostraconophobia — Fear of shellfish
Ouranophobia — Fear of heaven
The Phobia List: P
Pagophobia — Fear of ice or frost
Panophobia — Fear of everything
Panthophobia — Fear of suffering
or disease
Papaphobia — Fear of the Pope
Papyrophobia — Fear of paper
Paralipophobia — Fear of neglecting
duty or neglecting responsibility
Paraphobia — Fear of sexual perversion
Parasitophobia — Fear of parasites
Paraskavedekatriaphobia — Fear
of Friday the 13th
Parthenophobia — Fear of virgins
or young girls
Pathophobia — Fear of disease
Patroiophobia — Fear of heredity
Peccatophobia — Fear of sinning
Pediculophobia — Fear of lice
Pediophobia — Fear of dolls
Pedophobia — Fear of children
Peladophobia — Fear of bald people
Pellagrophobia — Fear of pellagra
Peniaphobia — Fear of poverty
Pentheraphobia — Fear of mother-in-law
Phagophobia — Fear of swallowing
or eating
Phalacrophobia — Fear of becoming
bald
Pharmacophobia — Fear of taking
medicine or drugs
Phengophobia — Fear of daylight
or sunshine
Philemaphobia — Fear of kissing
Philophobia — Fear of falling
in love or being in love
Philosophobia — Fear of philosophy
Phobophobia — Fear of phobias
Phonophobia — Fear of noises,
voices, one’s own voice, or telephones
Photoaugliaphobia — Fear of glaring
lights
Photophobia — Fear of light
Phronemophobia — Fear of thinking
Phthisiophobia — Fear of tuberculosis
Placophobia — Fear of tombstones
Plutophobia — Fear of wealth
Pneumatiphobia — Fear of spirits
Pnigerophobia — Fear of choking
of being smothered
Pogonophobia — Fear of beards
Poliosophobia — Fear of contracting
poliomyelitis
Politicophobia — Fear of politicians
Polyphobia — Fear of many things
Ponophobia — Fear of overworking
or of pain
Porphyrophobia — Fear of the
color purple
Potamophobia — Fear of rivers
or running water
Potophobia — Fear of alcohol
Proctophobia — Fear of rectums
Prosophobia — Fear of progress
Psellismophobia — Fear of stuttering
Psychophobia — Fear of the mind
Psychrophobia — Fear of the cold
Pteromerhanophobia — Fear of
flying
Pteronophobia — Fear of being
tickled by feathers
Pupaphobia — Fear of puppets
Pyrexiophobia — Fear of fever
The Phobia List: Q
The Phobia List: R
Radiophobia — Fear of radiation
or x-rays
Ranidaphobia — Fear of frogs
Rectophobia — Fear of rectums
or rectal diseases
Rhabdophobia — Fear of being
severely punished, beaten by a rod, or severely criticized
Rhypophobia — Fear of defecation
Rhytiphobia — Fear of getting
wrinkles
Rupophobia — Fear of dirt
Russophobia — Fear of Russians
The Phobia List: S
Samhainophobia — Fear of Halloween
Satanophobia — Fear of Satan
or The Devil
Scabiophobia — Fear of scabies
Scelerophibia — Fear of bad men
or burglars
Sciaphobia — Fear of shadows
Scoleciphobia — Fear of worms
Scolionophobia — Fear of school
Scopophobia — Fear of being seen
or stared at
Scoptophobia — Fear of blindness
in visual field
Scriptophobia — Fear of writing
in public
Selachophobia — Fear of sharks
Selaphobia — Fear of light flashes
Selenophobia — Fear of the moon
Seplophobia — Fear of decaying
matter
Siderodromophobia — Fear of trains,
railroads, or train travel
Siderophobia — Fear of stars
Sinistrophobia — Fear of things
to the left or left-handed
Sinophobia — Fear of China, Chinese,
or Chinese culture
Sitiophobia — Fear of food or
eating
Soceraphobia — Fear of parents-in-law
Social Phobia — Fear of social
situations
Sociophobia — Fear of society
or people in general
Somniphobia — Fear of sleep
Sophophobia — Fear of learning
Soteriophobia — Fear of dependence
on others
Spacephobia — Fear of outer space
Spectrophobia — Fear of specters
or ghosts
Spheksophobia — Fear of wasps
Stasibasiphobia — Fear of standing
or walking
Statue Phobia — Fear of statues
or effigies
Staurophobia — Fear of crosses
or the crucifix
Stenophobia — Fear of narrow
things or places
Symbolophobia — Fear of symbolism
Symmetrophobia — Fear of symmetry
Syngenesophobia — Fear of relatives
The Phobia List: T
Tachophobia — Fear of speed
Taeniophobia — Fear of tapeworms
Taphephobia — Fear of being buried
alive or cemeteries
Tapinophobia — Fear of being
contagious
Taurophobia — Fear of bulls
Technophobia — Fear of technology
or computers
Teleophobia — Fear of definite
plans or Religious ceremony
Telephonophobia — Fear of telephones
Teratophobia — Fear of bearing
a deformed child, monsters, or deformed people
Testophobia — Fear of taking
tests
Tetanophobia — Fear of lockjaw
or tetanus
Textophobia — Fear of certain
fabrics
Thalassophobia — Fear of the
sea or the ocean
Thanatophobia — Fear of death,
dying, being buried, cremation, or entombment
Theatrophobia — Fear of theaters
Theologicophobia — Fear of theology
Theophobia — Fear of gods or
religion
Thermophobia — Fear of heat
Tocophobia — Fear of pregnancy
or childbirth
Tomophobia — Fear of surgery
or surgical operations
Topophobia — Fear of fear of
certain places or situations
Toxicophobia — Fear of poison
or being accidently poisoned
Traumatophobia — Fear of injury
or battle
Tremophobia — Fear of trembling
Trichinophobia — Fear of trichinosis
Trichopathophobia — Fear of hair
Triskaidekaphobia — Fear of the
number 13
Tropophobia — Fear of moving
or making changes
Trypanophobia — Fear of injections
Tyrannophobia — Fear of tyrants
The Phobia List: U
Urophobia — Fear of urine or
urinating
The Phobia List: V
Vaccinophobia — Fear of vaccination
Verminophobia — Fear of germs
Vestiphobia — Fear of clothing
Virginitiphobia — Fear of rape
Vitricophobia — Fear of step-father’s
The Phobia List: W
Walloonphobia — Fear of the Walloons
Wiccaphobia — Fear of witches
and witchcraft
The Phobia List: X
Xanthophobia — Fear of the color
yellow or the word yellow
Xenoglossophobia — Fear of foreign
languages
Xenophobia — Fear of strangers
or foreigners
Xerophobia — Fear of dryness
Xylophobia — Fear of wood, wooden
objects, or forests
Xyrophobia — Fear of razors
The Phobia List: Y
The Phobia List: Z
Zelophobia — Fear of jealousy
Zemmiphobia — Fear of the great
mole rat
Zeusophobia — Fear of God or
gods
Zoophobia — Fear of animals
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