Redefining Abstractions: The Phobia List

Wednesday, August 13

The Phobia List

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Following the huge success of 'The Devil's Dictionary', here I present the 'Phobia list'. This is a work of extensive search on internet and not my own terminology.

(A)

Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single. (LOLz)
Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers. (Who doesnt have?? :D)
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.

(B)

Bathophobia- Fear of depth.
Belonephobia- Fear of pins and needles.

Bibliophobia- Fear of books.

(C)

Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.
Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women. (hmmm)
Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed.
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors. (Must be in men)
Chorophobia- Fear of dancing. (Some one sufferring plz stay away)
Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.
Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed. (OMG!! R U AFRAID OF THE BUGS??)
Cyberphobia- Fear of computers or working on a computer.

(D)

Dementophobia- Fear of insanity.
Demonophobia or Daemonophobia- Fear of demons.
Demophobia- Fear of crowds.
Dentophobia- Fear of dentists.
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.
Doxophobia- Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise.

(E)

Eremophobia- Fear of being oneself or of lonliness. (I suffer it for sure)
Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge.

(F)

Francophobia- Fear of France or French culture.
Frigophobia- Fear of cold or cold things.

(G)
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage. (I know a few)
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter. (for those, HEHEHAHAHA)

Gymnophobia- Fear of nudity.
Gynephobia or Gynophobia- Fear of women.
Genophobia- Fear of sex. (OoooooooO)

(H)

Hadephobia- Fear of hell.
Hagiophobia- Fear of saints or holy things.
Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666. (BETS!! Try Pronouncing)
Homophobia- Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
Hypsiphobia- Fear of height.

(I)

Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.
Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
Iophobia- Fear of poison.

(J)

Japanophobia- Fear of Japanese.
Judeophobia- Fear of Jews.

(K)

Kleptophobia- Fear of stealing. (Heard of Kleptomaniac??)
Kopophobia- Fear of fatigue. (Another name for Lazyness)

(L)

Liticaphobia- Fear of lawsuits.
Lockiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers.

(M)

Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking.
Melophobia- Fear or hatred of music. (DONT TELL ME!!)
Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry.

(N)

Nephophobia- Fear of clouds.
Nosocomephobia- Fear of hospitals.
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night.

(O)

Obesophobia- Fear of gaining weight. (No Comments!!)
Ouranophobia or Uranophobia- Fear of heaven.

(P)

Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything. (Throw some more light plz)
Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law. (Indian Women!!)
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia- Fear of kissing. (uhuh!!)
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love. (hmmm)
Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers. (Plz stay away)

(R)

Rhabdophobia- Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic.(wand)
Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles. (Oh these women, 'what not' do they fear of??)

(S)

Soceraphobia- Fear of parents-in-law. (Abundantly found in India)
Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.

(T)

Telephonophobia- Fear of telephones.
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
Trypanophobia- Fear of injections.

(V)

Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women. (hmmmm)
Virginitiphobia- Fear of rape.

(W)

Walloonphobia- Fear of the Walloons.
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.

(X)

Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Xenoglossophobia- Fear of foreign languages.
Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners.

(Z)

Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Zeusophobia- Fear of God or gods.