NAME THAT PHOBIA

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  • Acarophobia: The fear of skin infestation by mites or ticks 
  • Alektorophobia: Fear of chickens 
  • Allodoxaphobia: Fear of opinions 
  • Alliumphobia: Fhe fear of garlic 
  • Anablephobia: Fear of looking up 
  • Androphobia: Fear of men 
  • Anuptaphobia: Fear of staying single 
  • Apeirophobia: Fear of infinity 
  • Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth 
  • Atelophobia: Fear of imperfection 
  • Aulophobia: Fear of flutes 
  • Bromidrosiphobia: Fear of having unpleasant body odor 
  • Cacophobia: Fear of ugliness 
  • Caligynephobia: Fear of beautiful women 
  • Cardiophobia: Fear of your own heart 
  • Cathisophobia: Fear of sitting down 
  • Cibophobia: Fear of food 
  • Dextraphobia: Fear of things on your right side 
  • Didaskaleinophobia: Fear of going to school 
  • Dikeophobia: Fear of justice 
  • Dishabiliophobia: Fear of undressing in front of someone 
  • Emetophobia: Fear of vomiting 
  • Erotophobia: Fear of sex 
  • Gamophobia: Fear of marriage 
  • Gerascophobia: Fear of growing old 
  • Gymnophobia: Fear of nudity 
  • Gynephobia: Fear of women 
  • Hadeophobia: Fear of hell 
  • Harpaxophobia: Fear of robbers 
  • Helminthophobia: Fear of being infested with worms 
  • Heterophobia: Fear of the opposite sex 
  • Hypengyophobia: Fear of responsibility 
  • Leukophobia: Fear of the color white 
  • Linonophobia: Fear of string 
  • Lockiophobia: Fear of children 
  • Misophobia: Fear of dirt 
  • Neophobia: Fear of anything new 
  • Novercaphobia: Fear of your mother-in-law 
  • Obesophobia: Fear of gaining weight 
  • Odontophobia: Fear of teeth 
  • Ombrophobia: Fear of rain 
  • Optophobia: Fear of opening your eyes 
  • Ouranophobia: Fear of heaven 
  • Panphobia: Fear of everything 
  • Papaphobia: Fear of the Pope 
  • Paraskavedekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday the 13th 
  • Peladophobia: Fear of bald people 
  • Phalacrophobia: Fear of becoming bald 
  • Philemaphobia: Fear of kissing 
  • Philophobia: Fear of falling in love 
  • Phobophobia: Fear of fear itself 
  • Phronemophobia: Fear of thinking 
  • Placophobia: Fear of tombstones 
  • Pogonophobia: Fear or dislike of beards 
  • Politicophobia: Fear of politicians 
  • Rectophobia: Fear of rectum 
  • Sciophobia: Fear of shadows 
  • Somniphobia: Fear of sleep 
  • Triskadekaphobia: Fear of the number 13 

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