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The [[English language|English]] suffixes '''-phobia''', '''-phobic''', '''-phobe''' (from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] φόβος ''phobos'', "fear") occur in technical usage in [[psychiatry]] to construct words that describe irrational, [[abnormal]], unwarranted, persistent, or disabling [[fear]] as a mental disorder (e.g., [[agoraphobia]]), in [[chemistry]] to describe chemical aversions (e.g., [[hydrophobic]]), in [[biology]] to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g., [[acidophobia]]), and in [[medicine]] to describe hypersensitivity to a stimulus, usually sensory (e.g., [[photophobia]]). In common usage, they also form words that describe dislike or hatred of a particular thing or subject (e.g., [[homophobia]]). The suffix is [[antonym]]ic to -phil-.

For more information on the psychiatric side, including how psychiatry groups phobias such as agoraphobia, social phobia, or simple phobia, see [[phobia]]. The following lists include words ending in ''-phobia'', and include fears that have acquired names. In some cases, the naming of phobias has become a [[word game]], a notable example being a 1998 humorous article published by [[BBC News]].<ref name=bbc>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/173250.stm The A–Z of Fear], a 30 October 1998 [[BBC News]] unsigned article in the "Entertainment" section</ref> In some cases, a word ending in ''-phobia'' may have an [[antonym]] with the suffix ''-phil-'', e.g., [[Anti-German sentiment|Germanophobe]]/[[Germanophile]].

Many ''-phobia'' lists circulate on the Internet, with words collected from indiscriminate sources, often copying each other. Also, a number of psychiatric websites exist that at the first glance cover a huge number of phobias, but in fact use a standard text to fit any phobia and reuse it for all unusual phobias by merely changing the name. Sometimes it leads to bizarre results, such as suggestions to cure "prostitute phobia".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.webpronews.com/insidesearch/insidesearch/wpn-56-20050825ContentSpammersHelpYouOvercomeProstitutePhobia.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164100/http://archive.webpronews.com/insidesearch/insidesearch/wpn-56-20050825ContentSpammersHelpYouOvercomeProstitutePhobia.html| archive-date=13 February 2017| url-status=dead| title=Content Spammers Help You Overcome Prostitute Phobia |publisher=Webpronews.com |date=25 August 2005 |access-date=26 August 2013}}</ref> Such practice is known as [[content spamming]] and is used to attract [[Web search engine|search engines]].

An article published in 1897 in the ''[[American Journal of Psychology]]'' noted, "the absurd tendency to give Greek names to objects feared (which, as [[Rudolf Arndt|Arndt]] says, would give us such terms as klopsophobia – fear of thieves and {{Not a typo|triakaidekaphobia}} [''[[sic]]''] – fear of the number 13&nbsp;...)".<ref>{{Cite journal | vauthors = Hall GS |title=A Study of Fears |journal=[[American Journal of Psychology]] |volume=8 |number=2 |date=1897 |page=157 |jstor=1410940 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |doi=10.2307/1410940  |issn = 0002-9556}}</ref>

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== Psychological conditions ==
{{more medical citations needed|section|date=July 2023}}
Specialists may prefer to avoid the suffix ''-phobia'' and use more descriptive terms such as [[personality disorder]]s, [[anxiety disorder]]s, and [[avoidant personality disorder]]. Terms should strictly have a Greek prefix, although many are irregularly formed with Latin or even English prefixes. Many use inaccurate or imprecise prefixes, such as aerophobia (fear of air) for fear of flying.
{{Incomplete list|date=June 2014}}

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=== A ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Achluophobia]]
|fear of [[darkness]] 
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|[[Acousticophobia]]
|fear of [[noise]] – a branch of [[phonophobia]]
|-
|[[Acrophobia]]
|fear of heights
|-
|[[Aerophobia]]
|fear of [[aircraft]] or [[flight|flying]]
|-
|[[Agoraphobia]]
|fear of certain inescapable/unsafe situations
|-
|[[Agyrophobia]]
| fear of crossing streets
|-
|[[Aichmophobia]]
|fear of sharp or pointed objects such as [[needle (disambiguation)|needle]]s, [[pin]]s or [[knife|knives]]
|-
|[[Ailurophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[cat]]s, a [[zoophobia]]
|-
|[[Ornithophobia|Alektorophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[chicken]]s, a zoophobia
|-
|[[Ornithophobia|Anatidaephobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[duck]]s, a zoophobia
|-
|[[Algophobia]]
|fear of [[pain]]
|-
|[[Ancraophobia]]
|fear of [[wind]] or drafts
|-
|Androphobia
|fear of adult men<ref name="Campbell2009">{{cite book | vauthors = Campbell RJ |title=Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=76vPu_G2UkgC&pg=PA375|year=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-534159-1|pages=375–}}</ref>
|-
|[[Anthropophobia]]
|fear of human beings<ref name="Campbell2009"/>
|-
|[[Apeirophobia]]
|excessive fear of [[infinity]], eternity, and the uncountable
|-
|[[Aphenphosmphobia]]
|fear of being touched
|-
|[[Apiphobia]]
|fear of [[bee]]s, a zoophobia
|-
|Apotemnophobia
|fear of amputees or of becoming an amputee<ref>{{cite news |author=Anonymous |title=Apotemnophobia (Fear of People with Amputations) |url=https://psychtimes.com/apotemnophobia-fear-of-people-with-amputations/ |website=Psych Times |location=[[Covington, Louisiana|Covington]], [[Louisiana]] |date=12 September 2021 |access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Anonymous |title=What it's like to live with apotemnophobia – an intense fear of amputation |url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/10/what-its-like-to-live-with-apotemnophobia-an-intense-fear-of-amputation-8118164/ |access-date=10 February 2022 |website=Metro.co.uk |location=[[London, England|London]], [[England]] |agency=Associated Press Newspapers Limited |date=10 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
|[[Aquaphobia]]
|fear of [[water]]. Distinct from [[Hydrophobe|hydrophobia]], a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for [[rabies]].
|-
|[[Arachnophobia]]
|fear of [[spider]]s and other [[arachnid]]s such as [[scorpion]]s, a zoophobia
|-
|[[Astraphobia]]
|fear of [[thunder]] and [[lightning]]
|-
|[[Atelophobia]]
|fear of imperfection; a synonym of [[perfectionism (psychology)|perfectionism]]
|-
|Athazagoraphobia
|fear of [[forgetting]], forgetfulness or being forgotten<ref>{{Cite web |title=This Phobia Causes the Fear of Being Forgotten and Forgetting Others |url=https://www.health.com/athazagoraphobia-8675268 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Health |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McKnight |first=Peter |date=13 April 2023 |title=Fear of forgetting, or being forgotten, is an epidemic |url=https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/peter-mcknight-fear-of-forgetting-or-being-forgotten-is-an-epidemic |website=[[Vancouver Sun]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Atychiphobia]]
|fear of failure<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-21 |title=Fear of failure (atychiphobia): Symptoms and treatment |url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/fear-of-failure |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=medicalnewstoday.com |language=en}}</ref> or negative evaluations by others
|-
|[[Autophobia]]
|fear of [[isolation (disambiguation)|isolation]]<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Gould GM | title = The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary | url = https://archive.org/details/practitionersme00goul | publisher = P. Blackiston's Son & Co | location = Philadelphia | edition = 2nd | year = 1910 | page = [https://archive.org/details/practitionersme00goul/page/100 100] }}</ref>
|}

=== B ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Bacteriophobia]]
|fear of [[bacteria]]
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|[[Basophobia]], basiphobia
|[[fear of falling]], fear associated with [[astasia-abasia]], or fear of walking/standing erect
|-
|[[Batrachophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[frog]]s and other [[amphibian]]s, a [[zoophobia]]
|-
|[[Fear of needles|Belonephobia]]
|fear of needles or pins<ref>{{Cite web |last=Akinola |first=Deborah |date=2020-10-17 |title=Belonephobia: The Fear of Pins and Needles |url=https://asoothinghealth.com/belonephobia/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=a Soothing Health |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yim |first=Louisa |date=Aug 2006 |title=Belonephobia--a fear of needles |journal=Australian Family Physician |volume=35 |issue=8 |pages=623–624 |issn=0300-8495 |pmid=16894439}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bibliophobia]]
|fear of [[book]]s
|-
|[[Blood-injection-injury type phobia]]
|a ''[[DSM-IV]]'' subtype of specific phobias
|}

=== C ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Cacophobia]], aschimophobia
|fear of [[ugliness]]
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|[[Carcinophobia]]
|fear of [[cancer]]
|-
|[[Catoptrophobia]]
|fear of [[mirror]]s
|-
|[[Cephalalgiaphobia]]
|fear of [[headache]]s
|-
|[[Chemophobia]]
|fear of [[chemicals]]
|-
|[[Aversion to happiness|Cherophobia]]
|fear of [[happiness]]
|-
|Chionophobia
|fear of [[snow]]<ref>[https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22592-chionophobia-fear-of-snow Chionophobia (Fear of snow)], Cleveland Clinic, Accessed:4 November 2024</ref>
|-
|[[Chromophobia]], chromatophobia
|fear of [[color]]s
|-
|[[Chronophobia]]
|fear of [[time]] and time moving forward
|-
|[[Anorexia nervosa|Cibophobia]], sitophobia
|aversion to [[food]], synonymous with [[anorexia nervosa]]
|-
|[[Claustrophobia]]
|fear of having no escape and being closed in
|-
|[[Coprophobia]]
|fear of [[feces]] or [[defecation]]<ref name="Campbell2009" />
|-
|[[Coulrophobia]]
|fear of [[clown]]s<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Planting T, Koopowitz SM, Stein DJ | title = Coulrophobia: An investigation of clinical features | journal = The South African Journal of Psychiatry | volume = 28 | pages = 1653 | date = 2022-01-19 | pmid = 35169508 | pmc = 8831965 | doi = 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v28i0.1653 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Cyberphobia]]
|fear of [[computer]]s
|-
|[[Cynophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[dog]]s, a [[zoophobia]]
|}

=== D ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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|[[:wikt:dendrophobia|Dendrophobia]]
|fear of [[tree]]s<ref>{{cite book |first=Robert |last=Frost |author-link=Robert Frost |year=1923 |chapter=New Hampshire [poem] |title=New Hampshire |publisher=Standard Ebooks |page=14 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhsZEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT14}}<br>"But his heart failing him, he dropped the axe <br>And ran for shelter quoting Matthew Arnold: <br>'... Remember Birnam Wood! The wood's in flux!' <br>He had a special terror of the flux <br>That showed itself in dendrophobia."</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first=Gabriele |last=Schwab |date=Winter 2021 |title=Trees, Fungi, and Humans: A Transspecies Story |journal=CR: The New Centennial Review |publisher=Michigan State University Press |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=245–267 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/856154 |quote=Years ago, I had a terrifying nightmare. I was back in Konstanz, my German hometown, walking in a beautiful forest adjacent to the lake. Suddenly, the giant trees surrounding me ripped their roots out of the earth and began to run after me, chasing me all the way out of the forest. I ran and ran, fearing for my life. Later I learned that my dream had its roots in an ancient phobia of trees called dendrophobia, a primordial terror linked to a sense that trees are more alive than we think. For those suffering from dendrophobia, trees have a paradoxical mobility that enables them to use their roots to grab humans or even kill them by willfully dropping their branches on them. Dendrophobia, an officially recognized mental illness that may in extreme cases lead to institutionalization, is linked to trees being recognized not simply as living beings but rather as hostile ones, intent on inflicting harm on humans or even killing them.}}</ref>
|-
|[[Dental fear]], odontophobia
|fear of [[dentist]]s and [[dental procedure]]s
|-
|[[Dentophobia]]
|fear of dentists
|-
|[[Domatophobia]]
|fear of [[house]]s
|-
|[[Driving phobia]], driving anxiety
|fear of [[driving]]
|-
|[[Body dysmorphic disorder]], dysmorphophobia
|a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect
|-
|Dystichiphobia
|fear of being involved in an [[accident]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dystychiphobia (Fear of Accidents): Symptoms & Treatment |url=https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22604-dystychiphobia-fear-of-accidents |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Cleveland Clinic |language=en}}</ref>
|}

=== E ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Ecophobia]]
|fear of cataclysmic environmental change
|-
|Eisoptrophobia
|fear of [[mirror]]s or seeing one's reflection in a mirror<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Sue D, Sue DW, Sue DM, Sue S |title=Essentials of Understanding Abnormal Behavior|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbgWAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT126|date=15 February 2013|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-285-62475-4|pages=126–}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Pitchot W | title = Effective treatment of eisoptrophobia with duloxetine: a case report | journal = The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders | volume = 16 | issue = 5 | date = 11 September 2014 | pmid = 25667801 | pmc = 4321006 | doi = 10.4088/PCC.14l01636 }}</ref> (not to be confused with catoptrophobia)
|-
|[[Emetophobia]]
|fear of [[vomiting]]
|-
|[[Enochlophobia]]
|fear of [[crowd]]s
|-
|[[Entomophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[insect]]s, a [[zoophobia]]
|-
|[[Ephebiphobia]]
|fear of [[youth]]; inaccurate, exaggerated and sensational characterization of young people
|-
|[[Equinophobia]]
|fear of [[horse]]s, a zoophobia
|-
|[[Ergophobia]], ergasiophobia
|fear of [[work (human activity)|work]] or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating
|-
|[[Erotophobia]]
|fear of [[sexual love]] or [[sexual abuse]]
|-
|[[Eurotophobia]]
|aversion to [[female genitals]]
|}

=== F ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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|[[Frigophobia]]
|fear of becoming too [[cold]]
|}

=== G ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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|[[Galeophobia]]
|fear of [[shark]]s
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|[[Gamophobia]]
|fear of [[marriage]]
|-
|[[Gelotophobia]]
|fear of being laughed at
|-
|[[Gephyrophobia]]
|fear of [[bridge]]s
|-
|[[Genophobia]], coitophobia
|fear of [[sexual intercourse]]
|-
|[[Genuphobia]]
|fear of [[knee]]s or the act of kneeling
|-
|[[Gerascophobia]]
|fear of [[growing old]] or [[aging]]
|-
|[[Gerontophobia]]
|fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly
|-
|[[Balloon phobia|Globophobia]]
|fear of [[balloon]]s
|-
|[[Glossophobia]]
|fear of [[speaking in public]] or of trying to speak
|-
|[[Gymnophobia]]
|fear of [[nudity]]<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Bullough VL, Bullough B |title=Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135825096|page=449|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UHymAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA449|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gynophobia]]
|fear of adult women
|}

=== H ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Halitophobia]]
|fear of [[bad breath]]
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|[[Haphephobia]]
|fear of being [[Touch (sense)|touched]]
|-
|[[Heptadecaphobia|Heptadekaphobia]], heptadecaphobia
|fear of the [[number 17]]
|-
|[[Hedonophobia]]
|fear of obtaining pleasure
|-
|[[Heliophobia]]
|fear of the [[sun]] or [[sunlight]]
|-
|[[Vermiphobia]], elminthophobia, scoleciphobia 
|fear of [[worm]]s,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Winkler K | title = [Helminthophobia] | journal = Zeitschrift für Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten | volume = 22 | issue = 2 | pages = 47–52 | date = January 1957 | pmid = 13409951 }}</ref> a zoophobia
|-
|[[Hemophobia]], haemophobia
|fear of [[blood]]
|-
|[[Herpetophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[reptile]]s or [[amphibian]]s, a [[zoophobia]]
|-
|[[Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia]]
|fear of the [[Number of the beast|number 666]]
|-
|[[Hippophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[horse]]s,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Papakostas YG, Daras MD, Liappas IA, Markianos M | title = Horse madness (hippomania) and hippophobia | journal = History of Psychiatry | volume = 16 | issue = Pt 4 (no 64) | pages = 467–471 | date = December 2005 | pmid = 16482685 | doi = 10.1177/0957154X05051459 | s2cid = 2721386 | url = https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00570821/file/PEER_stage2_10.1177%252F0957154X05051459.pdf }}</ref> a [[zoophobia]]
|-
|[[Hodophobia]]
|fear of [[travel]]
|-
|Hypnophobia, somniphobia
|fear of [[sleep]] or [[nightmare]]s<ref>{{cite book|title=A dictionary of medical science: containing a full explanation of the various subjects and terms of anatomy, physiology, ...| vauthors = Dunglison RJ |edition = 21st |publisher = Lea Brothers & Co.|year= 1895|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NlAPAAAAYAAJ&q=hypnophobia&pg=PA557}}</ref>
|-
|[[Hypochondria]]
|fear of [[illness]]
|}

=== I ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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|[[Ichthyophobia]]
|fear of [[fish]], including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish, a [[zoophobia]]
|-
|[[Insectophobia]]
|fear of [[insect]]s, a zoophobia
|}

=== K ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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! width="600px" | Condition
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|Katsaridaphobia
|fear of [[cockroaches]], a zoophobia<ref>{{cite web|title= Cockroaches: The insect we're programmed to fear|url= https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140918-the-reality-about-roaches|website=BBC|date= 18 September 2014|access-date=18 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[Koumpounophobia]]
|fear of [[button]]s on [[clothing]]<ref name="RussellLintern2016">{{cite book| vauthors = Russell J, Lintern F, Gauntlett L |title=Cambridge International AS and A Level Psychology Coursebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRziDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT150 |access-date=2 March 2017 |date=2016-09-01 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781316605691 |page=144}}</ref>
|}

=== L ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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! width="600px" | Condition
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|Lagophobia
|fear of rabbits, a zoophobia
|-
|[[Lilapsophobia]]
|fear of [[tornado]]es or [[hurricanes]]
|-
|[[Lepidopterophobia]]
| fear of [[Butterfly|butterflies]] and [[moth]]s, a [[zoophobia]]
|-
|Logophobia
|fear of words
|}

=== M ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Mageiricophobia]]
|fear of [[cooking]]
|-
|[[Masklophobia]]
|fear of people in [[mask]]s, [[costume]]s and [[mascot]]s
|-
|[[Melissophobia]], apiphobia
|fear/dislike of [[bee]]s, a [[zoophobia]]
|-
|[[Monophobia]]
|fear of [[Solitude|being alone or isolated]] or of one's self
|-
|[[Musophobia]], murophobia, suriphobia
|fear/dislike of [[mice]] or [[rat]]s, a zoophobia
|-
|Mycophobia
|fear of [[mushrooms]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ott |first=Jonathan |date=1976 |title=Psycho-mycological studies of Amanita–from ancient sacrament to modern phobia |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.1976.10472005?journalCode=ujpd19 |journal=Journal of Psychedelic Drugs|volume=8 |pages=27–35 |doi=10.1080/02791072.1976.10472005 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|-
|[[Myrmecophobia]]
|fear of [[ant]]s, a zoophobia
|-
|[[Mysophobia]], germophobia
|fear of [[germ (microorganism)|germs]], [[contamination]] or [[dirt]]
|}

=== N ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Necrophobia]]
|fear of [[corpses]] or things associated with death (not to be confused with [[death anxiety]])
|-
|[[Neophobia]], cainophobia, cainotophobia, centophobia, kainolophobia, kainophobia, metathesiophobia, prosophobia
|fear of newness, [[novelty]], [[change (disambiguation)|change]] or [[progress (history)|progress]]
|-
|[[Noctiphobia]]
|fear of the [[night]]
|-
|[[Nomophobia]]
|fear of being out of [[mobile phone]] contact
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|[[Nosocomephobia]]
|fear of [[hospital]]s
|-
|[[Nosophobia]]
|fear of contracting a [[disease]]
|-
|[[Numerophobia]]
|fear of [[number]]s
|-
|[[Nyctophobia]], achluophobia, lygophobia, scotophobia
|fear of [[darkness]]
|}

=== O ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Dental fear|Odontophobia]]
|[[dental fear]]
|-
|[[Ommetaphobia]]
|fear of [[eye]]s
|-
|[[Oneirophobia]]
|fear of [[dream]]s
|-
|[[Ophidiophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[snake]]s, a zoophobia
|-
|[[Ophthalmophobia]], spotligectophobia, scopophobia, scoptophobia
|fear of being stared at
|-
|[[Ornithophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[bird]]s, a [[zoophobia]]
|-
|[[Osmophobia]], olfactophobia
|fear of [[odor]]s
|-
|[[Ostraconophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[shellfish]], a zoophobia<!-- Dubious ... there is a page on this but no mention in all of PubMed -->
|}

=== P ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Panphobia]]
|fear of [[everything]] or constant generalised fear of an unknown cause
|-
|[[Fear of children|Pedophobia]], paedophobia, pediaphobia
|fear of [[babies]] and [[children]]
|-
|[[Phagophobia]]
|fear of [[swallowing]]
|-
|[[Phallophobia]]
|fear of [[erection]]s or [[penis]]es
|-
|[[Pharmacophobia]]
|fear of [[medication]]s
|-
|[[Phasmophobia]]
|fear of [[ghost]]s or [[Ghost|phantoms]]
|-
|[[Philophobia (fear)|Philophobia]]
|fear of [[love]]
|-
|Phyllophobia
|fear of [[leaves]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |language=en|chapter=phobo-, phob-, -phobia, -phobias, -phobe, -phobiac, -phobist, -phobic, -phobism, -phobous|encyclopedia=English-Word Information (wordinfo.info)|chapter-url=https://wordinfo.info/unit/2723/page:33|quote=phyllophobia… An excessive fear of leaves: Each time Virginia saw the excessive amount of leafage on the ground in the fall, she had phyllophobia because it was the time of year to do the raking which took many days to complete! |access-date=25 February 2023 |title=Phobo-, phob-, -phobia, -phobias, -phobe, -phobiac, -phobist, -phobic, -phobism, -phobous – Word Information }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |language=en|date=September 2002|first=Teresa |last=Doran |title=Chewproof (review) |magazine=Books Ireland |number=251 |publisher=Wordwell Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BS8iAQAAMAAJ&q=%22%2B%E2%80%9Cphyllophobia%E2%80%9D%22|page=215|quote=However it might be useful this autumn to know that phyllophobia is a fear of leaves…. |access-date=26 February 2023 |issn=0376-6039 |isbn=978-1-902420-54-7 |doi=10.2307/20632455 |jstor=20632455}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |language=en|year=2003|first=John G. |last=Robertson|title=An Excess of Phobias and Manias: A Compilation of Anxieties, Obsessions, and Compulsions That Push Many Over the Edge of Sanity|publisher=Senior Scribe Publications|isbn=978-0-9630919-3-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4PgawVAzB8C&dq=phyllophobia&pg=PA146|page=146|quote=phyllophobia: An excessive fear of leaves. |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |language=en |first=Ron |last=Wolfe |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/oct/22/jump-in-if-you-re-not-phyllophobic-2016/ | title=Jump in, if you're not phyllophobic |newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]] |issn=1060-4332| date=22 October 2016 |quote=Phyllophobia, the fear of leaves, might not be as much in the news this autumn as coulrophobia, the fear of clowns. But anywhere that crinkly, dead leaves are, some people are scared of them.}}</ref>
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|[[Phobophobia]]
|fear of [[Fear|fear itself]] or of having a phobia
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|[[Phonophobia]]
|fear of loud sounds or [[voice]]s
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|[[Pogonophobia]]
|fear of [[beard]]s
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|[[Pornophobia]]
|dislike or fear of [[pornography]]; may be used in reference to the opposition to visual [[nudity]]
|-
|[[Porphyrophobia]]
|fear of the color [[purple]], a [[chromophobia]]
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|[[Pteromerhanophobia]]
|fear of [[flight|flying]]
|-
|[[Pyrophobia]]
|fear of fire
|}

=== R ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Radiophobia]]
|fear of [[radioactivity]] or [[X-ray]]s
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|[[Ranidaphobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[frog]]s, a [[zoophobia]]
|}

=== S ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Scopophobia]], scoptophobia, ophthalmophobia, spotligectophobia
|fear of being looked at or stared at
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|[[Sexophobia]]
|fear of [[sexual organs]] or [[sexual activities]]
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|[[Siderodromophobia]]
|fear of [[train]]s or [[railroads]]
|-
|[[Social phobia]]
|fear of [[people]] or social situations
|-
|[[Spectrophobia]]
|fear of [[mirror]]s
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|[[Spheksophobia]]
|fear of [[wasp]]s, a zoophobia
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|[[Stasiphobia]]
|fear of [[standing]] or [[walking]]
|-
|[[Submechanophobia]]
|fear of partially or fully submerged man-made objects<ref>{{cite book| veditors = Roane HS, Ringdahl JE, Falcomata TS |date=2015|title=Clinical and Organizational Applications of Applied Behavior Analysis|publisher=[[Academic Press]] |page=461 |isbn=978-0-12-420249-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/g29370431/best-shipwrecks/ |title=The 25 Coolest Shipwrecks in the World| vauthors = Linder C |date=29 November 2019|website=[[Popular Mechanics]]|access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref>
|}

=== T ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
|-
|[[Taphophobia]], taphephobia
|fear of [[graves]], or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive
|-
|[[Technophobia]]
|fear of advanced [[technology]] (see also [[Luddite]])
|-
|[[Telephone phobia]]
|fear or reluctance of making or taking [[telephone]] calls
|-
|Teratophobia
|fear of giving birth to a monster<ref>{{Cite web|title=Teratophobia definition and meaning | work = Collins English Dictionary |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/teratophobia|access-date=2021-02-12 |language=en}}</ref> or a disfigured foetus<ref>{{Cite web|title=Teratophobia (Concept Id: C0522188) | work = MedGen | publisher =National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine |url= https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/medgen/637111|access-date=2021-02-12 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Tetraphobia]]
|fear of the [[4 (number)|number 4]]
|-
|[[Thalassophobia]]
|fear of the [[sea]], or fear of being in the [[ocean]]
|-
|[[Death anxiety|Thanatophobia]]
|fear of [[dying]], a synonym of [[death anxiety]]; not to be confused with [[necrophobia]]
|-
|[[Thermophobia]]
|fear of [[Heat intolerance|intolerance]] to high [[temperature]]s
|-
|[[Tokophobia]]
|fear of [[childbirth]] or [[pregnancy]]
|-
|[[Tomophobia]]
|fear of invasive medical procedures<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Schmid M, Wolf RC, Freudenmann RW, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C | title = Tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure – an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report | journal = Journal of Medical Case Reports | volume = 3 | article-number = 131 | date = November 2009 | pmid = 20062769 | pmc = 2803803 | doi = 10.1186/1752-1947-3-131 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
|-
|[[Tonitrophobia]]
|fear of [[thunder]]
|-
|[[Toxiphobia]], toxophobia, iophobia
|fear of being [[poisoned]]
|-
|[[Traumatophobia]]
|a synonym for [[injury phobia]]: fear of having an [[injury]]
|-
|Trichophobia
|delusional fear of something in the [[root of the hair|roots]] of the hair that stops it from growing,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Basavaraj KH, Navya MA, Rashmi R | title = Relevance of psychiatry in dermatology: Present concepts | journal = Indian Journal of Psychiatry | volume = 52 | issue = 3 | pages = 270–275 | date = July 2010 | pmid = 21180416 | pmc = 2990831 | doi = 10.4103/0019-5545.70992 | doi-access = free }}</ref> or fear of [[hair loss]]
|-
|[[Triskaidekaphobia]], terdekaphobia
|fear of the [[13 (number)|number 13]]
|-
|[[Trypanophobia]], belonephobia, enetophobia
|fear of [[Hypodermic needle|needles]] or [[injection (medicine)|injections]]
|-
|[[Trypophobia]]
|fear of [[hole]]s or textures with a pattern of holes<ref>{{cite news | vauthors = Thomas G |url= http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20121015/entlife/710159967/ |title=Do holes make you queasy or even fearful |newspaper=The Daily Herald |location=Arlington, IL |date=15 October 2012 |access-date=26 August 2013}}</ref>
|}

=== V ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Driving phobia|Vehophobia]]
|fear of [[driving]]
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|[[Fear of roller coasters|Veloxrotaphobia]]
|fear of [[roller coasters]]
|-
|[[Verminophobia]]
|fear of [[germ (microorganism)|germs]]
|}

=== Z ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
|-
|[[Zoophobia]]
|fear of [[animal]]s
|}

== Cultural prejudices and discrimination ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
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|[[Acephobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Asexuality|asexual]] people
|-
|[[Aporophobia]]
|fear/dislike of people [[Poverty|without financial resources]]
|-
|[[Arophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Aromanticism|aromantic]] people
|-
|[[Biphobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Bisexuality|bisexual]] people
|-
|[[Ephebiphobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[youth]]
|-
|[[Gayphobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[gay men]] (specifically)
|-
|[[Gerontophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Ageing|aging]] or [[Old age|elderly]] people
|-
|[[Gerascophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Ageing|aging]]
|-
|[[Heterophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Heterosexuality|heterosexual]] people
|-
|[[Homophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] people
|-
|[[Lesbophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[lesbian]]s
|-
|[[Fear of children|Paedophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Infant|babies]] or [[child]]ren
|-
|[[Sanism|Psychophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Mental disorder|mental illness]] or mentally ill people
|-
|[[Transphobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[transgender]] people
|}

=== Ethnic/national/religious prejudices and discrimination ===
The suffix ''-phobia'' is used to coin terms that denote a particular anti-ethnic or anti-demographic sentiment, such as [[Anti-Americanism|Americanophobia]], [[Anti-Europeanism|Europhobia]], [[Francophobia]], Hispanophobia, and [[Anti-Indian sentiment|Indophobia]]. Often a synonym with the prefix "anti-" already exists (e.g. [[Anti-Polish sentiment|Polonophobia]] vs. [[Anti-Polish sentiment|anti-Polonism]]). Anti-religious sentiments are expressed in terms such as [[Anti-Christian sentiment|Christianophobia]] and [[Islamophobia]].

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
|-
|[[Anti-African sentiment|Afrophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Ethnic groups of Africa|Africans]]
|-
|[[Anti-Albanian sentiment|Albanophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Albanians]]
|-
|[[Anti-English sentiment|Anglophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[England]] or [[Culture of England|English culture]]
|-
|[[Anti-Arab racism|Arabophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Arabs]]
|-
|[[Anti-Catalan sentiment|Catalanophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Catalans]], [[Catalonia]], [[Catalonia#Culture|Catalan culture]], or the [[Catalan language]]
|-
|[[Anti-Christian sentiment|Christianophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Christianity|Christians]]
|-
|[[Anti-German sentiment|Germanophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Germans]]
|-
|[[Anti-Irish sentiment|Hibernophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Irish people]]
|-
|[[Anti-Hindu sentiment|Hinduphobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Hindus]]
|-
|[[Hispanophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Hispanic|Hispanic people]], [[Hispanic#Culture|Hispanic culture]], or the [[Spanish language]]
|-
|[[Anti-Hungarian sentiment|Hungarophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Hungarians]]
|-
|[[Anti-Indian sentiment|Indophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[India]] or [[Culture of India|Indian culture]]
|-
|[[Anti-Indonesian sentiment|Indonesiaphobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Indonesia]] or [[Culture of Indonesia|Indonesian culture]]
|-
|[[Anti-Iranian sentiment|Iranophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Iran]] or [[Culture of Iran|Iranian culture]]
|-
|[[Islamophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Muslims]]
|-
|[[Anti-Italian sentiment|Italophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Italians]]
|-
|[[Antisemitism|Judeophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Jews]]
|-
|[[Anti-Korean sentiment|Koryophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Koreans]]
|-
|[[Anti-Kurdish sentiment|Kurdophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Kurds]]
|-
|[[Latinophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Latin people]]
|-
|[[Anti-Portuguese sentiment|Lusophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Portuguese people]], [[Culture of Portugal|Portuguese culture]], or the [[Portuguese language]]
|-
|[[Anti-Malay sentiment|Malayophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Malays (ethnic group)|Malays]]
|-
|[[Anti-Black racism|Negrophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Black people]]
|-
|[[Anti-Japanese sentiment|Nipponophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Japanese people]]
|-
|[[Anti-Polish sentiment|Polonophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Polish people]]
|-
|[[Anti-Romani sentiment|Romaphobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Romani people]]
|-
|[[Anti-Russian sentiment|Russophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Russians]]
|-
|[[Anti-Serb sentiment|Serbophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Serbs]]
|-
|[[Anti-Shi'ism|Shiaphobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Shia Islam|Shiites]]
|-
|[[Anti-Chinese sentiment|Sinophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Chinese people]]
|-
|[[Fear of God|Theophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[God]] or [[religion]]
|-
|[[Anti-Turkish sentiment|Turcophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Turkish people]]
|-
|[[Anti-Ukrainian sentiment|Ukrainophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[Ukrainians]]
|-
|[[Xenophobia]]
|fear/dislike of [[alien (law)|foreigners]]
|}

== Medical conditions ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
|-
|[[Osmophobia]]
|hypersensitivity causing aversion to [[odor]]s
|-
|[[Phonophobia]]
|hypersensitivity causing aversion to [[sound]]s
|-
|[[Photophobia]]
|hypersensitivity causing aversion to [[light]]
|}

== Cultural phenomena ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
|-
|[[Bibliophobia]]
|fear or hatred of [[book]]s, as a [[cultural phenomenon]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Fear of Books | vauthors = Jackson H |author-link=Holbrook Jackson |publisher=University of Illinois |year=1932 |isbn=978-0-252-07040-2}}</ref>
|-
|Lipophobia
|avoidance of fats in [[food]]<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Fischler C | chapter = From lipophilia to lipophobia. Changing attitudes and behaviors towards fat: a socio-historical approach | title = Dietary fats determinants of preference, selection, and consumption | veditors = Mela DJ | location = London, New York | publisher = Elsevier Applied Science | date = 1992 | pages = 103–115 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Askegaard S, Ostberg J | title = Consumers' Experience of Lipophobia: A Swedish Study | journal = Advances in Consume Research | date = 2003 | volume = 30 | pages = 161 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Askegaard S, Jensen AF, Holt DB | title = Lipophobia: A transatlantic concept? | journal = Advances in Consume Research | date = 1999 | volume = 26 | issue = 1 | pages = 331–336 | url = https://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/8272 }}</ref> (''{{crossreference|see also [[Lipophobicity]]}}'')
|-
|[[Coronaphobia]]
|fear of [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Arora A, Jha AK, Alat P, Das SS | title = Understanding coronaphobia | journal = Asian Journal of Psychiatry | volume = 54 | article-number = 102384 | date = December 2020 | pmid = 33271693 | pmc = 7474809 | doi = 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102384 }}</ref>
|}

== ''-phobia'' in the natural sciences ==
In the natural sciences, words with the suffix ''-phobia/-phobic'' generally describe a predisposition for avoidance or exclusion.
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! width="200px" | Phobia
! width="600px" | Condition
|-
|[[Acidophobe|Acidophobia]]
|preference for non-acidic conditions
|-
|[[Heliophobia]]
|aversion to [[sunlight]]
|-
|[[Hydrophobe|Hydrophobia]]
|the property of being repelled by [[water]]
|-
|[[Lipophobicity]]
|the property of [[fat]] rejection (sometimes also called ''lipophobia'')
|-
|[[Oleophobic]]ity
|the property of [[oil]] rejection
|-
|[[Photophobia (biology)]]
|a negative [[phototaxis]] or [[phototropism]] response, or a tendency to stay out of the [[light]]
|-
|[[Ultrahydrophobicity]]
|the property given to materials that are extremely difficult to get [[Moisture|wet]]
|-
|[[Thermophobia]]
|aversion to [[heat]]
|}

== Jocular and fictional phobias ==
* Aibohphobia – a humorous term for the fear of [[palindrome]]s, which is a palindrome itself. The term is a piece of [[computer humor]] entered into the 1981 ''[[The Devil's DP Dictionary]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[The Computer Contradictionary]]| vauthors = Kelly-Bootle S | author-link1 = Stan Kelly-Bootle |chapter=Aibohphobia|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=tZKCZje8178C&dq=%22aibohphobia%22&pg=PA7 7] | date = May 1995 | publisher = MIT Press | isbn = 978-0-262-61112-1 }}</ref>
* Anatidaephobia – the fictional fear that one is being watched by a duck. The word comes from the name of the family ''[[Anatidae]],'' and was used in [[Gary Larson]]'s ''[[The Far Side]]''.<ref>{{cite news | vauthors = Jenkins J |url=http://sports.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20060610/news_1mi10jenkins.html|title=I hate to burst Poway Unified's balloon|date=10 June 2006|work=[[U-T San Diego]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101104034845/http://sports.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20060610/news_1mi10jenkins.html |archive-date=4 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Anoraknophobia – a [[portmanteau]] of "[[Parka|anorak]]" and "[[arachnophobia]]". It was used in the [[Wallace and Gromit]] comic book ''Anoraknophobia''. Also the title of an [[Anoraknophobia|album]] by [[Marillion]].
* Arachibutyrophobia – fear of [[peanut butter]] sticking to the roof of the mouth, from Latin ''{{linktext|arachis}}'' "peanut" and ''{{linktext|butyrum}}'' "butter".<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 May 2021|title=Fear of Peanut Butter: Why Arachibutyrophobia is a Real Phobia|url=https://www.unitedwecare.com/arachibutyrophobia/ |website=United We Care}}</ref> The word is used by [[Charles M. Schulz]] in a 1982 installment of his ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic strip,<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Schultz C |url=http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1982/05/19|title=Peanuts Comic Strip |work=GoComics.com|date=19 May 1982}}</ref> and by [[Peter O'Donnell]] in his 1985 [[Modesty Blaise]] [[Adventure fiction|adventure novel]] ''[[Dead Man's Handle]]''.
* Charlophobia – the fictional fear of any person named Charlotte or Charlie, mentioned in the comedic book ''A Duck is Watching Me: Strange and Unusual Phobias (2014),'' by Bernie Hobbs. The phobia was created to mock [[Bias|name bias]], a form of discrimination studied by researchers at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and the [[University of Chicago]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Name Discrimination Study Finds Lakisha And Jamal Still Less Likely To Get Hired Than Emily And Greg |url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/08/18/name-discrimination-jobs |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=wbur.org |date=18 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia]] – fear of long words,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575157/Phobia-catalogue-reveals-bizarre-list-of-fears.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575157/Phobia-catalogue-reveals-bizarre-list-of-fears.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Phobia catalogue reveals bizarre list of fears|date=10 January 2008| vauthors = Farmer B |quote=A catalogue of unusual phobias reveals that the fear of long words is known as hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> from the root word {{wikt-lang|en|sesquipedalophobia}} combined with ''monstrum'' and ''[[hippopotamus]]''. This was mentioned on the first episode of [[Brainiac: Science Abuse|Brainiac]] Series Five as a [[Jon Tickle|Tickle]]'s Teaser.
* Keanuphobia – fear of [[Keanu Reeves]], portrayed in the [[Dean Koontz]] book, ''[[False Memory (novel)|False Memory]]'', where a woman has an [[Irrational fear (phobia)|irrational fear]] of Reeves and has to see her psychiatrist, Mark Ahriman, each week, unaware that she only has the fear in the first place because Ahriman implanted it via [[hypnotic suggestion]] to amuse himself. He calls her "''Keanuphobe''" in his head.
* Luposlipaphobia – fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor. Coined humorously by cartoonist [[Gary Larson]] for his comic [[The Far Side]].
* Nihilophobia – fear of nothingness, from Latin ''nihil and'' "nothing, none", as described by [[Doctor (Star Trek)|the Doctor]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "[[Night (Star Trek: Voyager)|Night]]". Voyager's morale officer and chef Neelix has this condition, having [[panic attack]]s while the ship was traversing a dark expanse of space known as the Void. It is also the title of a 2008 album by [[Neuronium]].
* Robophobia – irrational fear of robots or androids, also known as "[[Peter Grimwade|Grimwade's Syndrome]]". It was first used in "[[The Robots of Death]]",<ref>{{cite episode |title= The Fourth Dimension | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2TdP860FMcY7cJKp0ZHVl5T/the-fourth-dimension |series= Doctor Who |series-link=  |network= BBC One |station= |season= 14 |series-no= |number= |minutes= |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= }}</ref> the fifth serial of the [[Doctor Who (season 14)|14th season]] of the British [[science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]].''
* Semaphobia – fear of average web developers to use [[Semantic Web]] technologies.<ref>{{cite conference |chapter=A Semantic Description Language for RESTful Data Services to Combat Semaphobia| vauthors = Lanthaler M, Gütl C | title = 5th IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies (IEEE DEST 2011) | conference = Proceedings of the 2011 5th IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies (DEST) | location = Daejeon, South Korea |year=2011|doi=10.1109/DEST.2011.5936597|pages=47–53|isbn=978-1-4577-0871-8|s2cid=14815713}}</ref>
* Venustraphobia – fear of beautiful women, according to a 1998 [[humor]]ous article published by [[BBC News]].<ref name=bbc/>

== See also ==
{{Portal bar|Psychology|Lists}}
*{{anl|List of paraphilias}}
*{{anl|List of manias}}
*{{anl|Childhood phobia}}
*{{anl|Specific phobia}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |title=The Aldrich Dictionary of Phobias and Other Word Families |isbn=1-55369-886-X |publisher=Trafford Publishing | first=Chris |last=Aldrich |date=2 December 2002 |pages=224–236}}
* {{cite book |last1=Summerscale |first1=Kate |author1-link=Kate Summerscale |title=The Book of Phobias and Manias |date=6 October 2022 |publisher=Profile Books |isbn=9781788162814}}

== External links ==
{{Wiktionary category|category=English terms suffixed with -phobia|type=various phobias not found in wikipedia}}
{{Commons category|Phobias}}
* [http://phobialist.com/ The Phobia List]
* [http://www.nursingdegreeguide.org/2010/100-weird-phobias-that-really-exist/ Nursing Degree Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002012944/http://www.nursingdegreeguide.org/2010/100-weird-phobias-that-really-exist/ |date=2 October 2019 }}

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