Weird Phobias
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Venustraphobia | the fear of beautiful women |
| Caligynephobia | the fear of beautiful women |
| Anthropophobia | fear of people or having company |
| Aphephobia | causes people to feel afraid when touched |
| Autodysomophobia | fear of bad or "vile" odor |
| Deipnophobia | fear of dinner parties, dining and dinner conversation |
| Nomophobia | afraid of losing cell phone contact |
| Soteriophobia | the fear of becoming dependent on someone else |
| Sociophobia | fear of being judged by society |
| Gamophobia | fear of getting married |
| Syngenesophobia | fear of all relatives |
| Ecclesiophobia | fear of church and going to church |
| Ornithophobia | fear of birds (especially pigeons) |
| Lutraphobia | fear of otters |
| Equinophobia | fear of horses |
| Zemmiphobia | fear of "the great mole rat" |
| Aerophobia | fear of drafts, air swallowing and airborne diseases or germs |
| Pteridophobia | fear of ferns |
| Anthophobia | fear of flowers |
| Ancraophobia | fear of wind |
| Heliphobia | fear of sunlight |
| Auroraphobia | afraid of the Northern Aurora lights |
| Chionophobia | fear of snow |
| Spectrophobia | too afraid to look at their own reflection in a mirror |
| Athazagoraphobia | fear of being forgotten |
| Gelotophobia | fear being laughed at |
| Selenophobia | fear of the moon |
| Asymmetriphobia | afraid of mismatched socks or asymmetrical objects |
| Aurophobia | fear of gold |
| Ereuthophobia | fear of red lights |
| Genuphobia | Knees cause great irritation and fear |
| Automatonophobia | fear of human-like figures, like dummies or wax figures |
| Atephobia | fear of ruins and old buildings |
| Aulophobia | fear of flutes |
| Dextrophobia | do not like having objects situated to their right |
| Linonophobia | anxiety caused by string |
| Papyrophobia | paper is the cause of great anxiety and even fear |
| Domatophobia | fear of houses and being inside houses |
| Tachophobia | fear of speed |
| Xerophobia | fear of dryness |
| Arithmophobia | fear of numbers (inc. math, numerals, certain numbers, calculations, and/or calculus) |
| Bathophobia | fear of depth |
| Cainophobia | fear of anything new |
| Macrophobia | fear of long waits (Doctor's offices, theme parks, holiday shopping trips...) |
| Hagiophobia | fear of Holy figures, things, or ideas |
| Sophophobia | fear of learning anything new |
| Barophobia | fear of gravity |
| Rhabdophobia | fear of magic and a magic wand, being beaten by a rod, or being very harshly criticized |
| Symbolophobia | fear of figurative and symbolic ideas |
| Chronophobia | fear of time |
| Mnemophobia | fear of memories |
| Philosophobia | fear of philosophy |
| Ablutophobia | fear of washing or bathing |
| Amaxophobia | fear of riding in cars |
| Agyrophobia | fear of crossing roads |
| Chorophobia | fear of dancing |
| Ergophobia | fear of work and/or functioning |
| Kyphophobia | Being in the stooping position causes lots of anxiety |
| Mageirocophobia | fear of cooking |
| Scriptophobia | fear of writing in public |
| Sitophobia | fear of eating |
| Basiphobia | people who are afraid to walk or stand because of the possibility of falling |
| Cathisophobia | fear of sitting down |
| Bolshephobia | afraid of meeting or hearing about Bolsheviks |
| Apotemnophobia | fear of people with amputations |
| Walloonphobia | fear of Walloons (a group of people of German and Celtic origin living in Belgium) |
| Parthenophobia | those who are afraid of virgins and young girls |
| Ephebiphobia | fear of teenagers |
| Pedophobia | fear of children |
| Dutchphobia | fear of Dutch peoples |
| Heterophobia | fear of heterosexuals |
| Transphobia | fear of transsexual or transgender people |
| Hoplophobia | fear of people who own firearms |
| Iatrophobia | afraid of or discriminate against doctors |
| Albuminurophobia | fear of kidney disease |
| Aeronausiphobia | fear of vomiting due to airsickness |
| Amychophobia | fear of scratches on the skin |
| Anklyophobia | some people are actually afraid that their joints will stop working |
| Trypanophobia | fear of injections |
| Hemophobia | fear of blood |
| Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) | body image disorder that causes people to imagine that they have or will develop physical deformities |
| Ataxiophobia | fear of not being able to use your muscles properly |
| Injury phobia | afraid of being injured |
| Syphilophobia | fear of syphilis |
| Chemophobia | fear of all chemicals and preference for natural elements |
| Rhypophobia | fear of defecation |
| Allodoxaphobia | fear of opinions |
| Porphyrophobia | fear of the color purple |
| Arachibutyrophobia | fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth |
| Blennophobia | fear of slime |
| Cardiophobia | fear of one's own heart.... |
| Coprastasophobia | afraid of becoming constipated |
| Didaskaleinophobia | fear of going to school |
| Nomatophobia | fear of names |
| Lipophobia | fear of fats |
| Hormephobia | fear of experiencing shock |
| Sesquipedalophobia | fear of long words |
| Phobophobia | fear of phobias |
| Hellenologophobia | fear of confusing, highly technical terminology (inc. Greek) |
| Cymophobia | fear of waves and "wave-like motions" |
| Pteronophobia | idea of being tickled with feathers |
| Optophobia | fear of opening one's own eyes |
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