Based on research carried out about man and its environs. The A-Z lists of phobias below tells us that indeed every letter of the alphabets has a way of impacting fear to our life..
Phobias are the most common
mental disorder in the U.S. while not comprehensive; this phobia list offers a
glimpse of the many phobias that have a serious impact on an individual’s life.
A
Ablutophobia – Fear of bathing,
washing, or cleaning
Achluophobia – Fear of darkness
Acousticophobia – Fear of noise
Acrophobia – Fear of heights
Aerophobia – Fear of flying
Algophobia – Fear of pain
Agoraphobia – Fear of open spaces
or crowds
Agrizoophobia – Fear of wild
animals
Agyrophobia – Fear of crossing
the street
Aichmophobia – Fear of needles or
pointed objects
Ailurophobia – Fear of cats
Amaxophobia – Fear of riding in a
car
Amychophobia- Fear of being
scratched
Androphobia- Fear of men
Anginophobia- Fear of angina or
choking
Anthophobia- Fear of flowers
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or
society
Antlophobia- Fear of floods
Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being
touched
Aquaphobia- Fear of water
Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers
Astraphobia- Fear of thunder and
lightning
Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or
untidiness
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure
Autophobia- Fear of isolation
B
Bacteriophobia- Fear of bacteria
Barophobia- Fear of gravity
Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or
steep slopes
Batrachophobia- Fear of
amphibians
Belonephobia- Fear of pins and
needles
Bibliophobia- Fear of books
Botanophobia- Fear of plants
C
Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness
Catagelophobia- Fear of being
ridiculed
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors
Chemophobia- Fear of chemicals
Cherophobia- Fear of happiness
Chionophobia- Fear of snow
Chiroptophobia- Fear of bats
Chromophobia- Fear of the colours
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of
clocks
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined
spaces
Climacophobia- Fear of climbing
Coimetrophobia- Fear of cemeteries
Coprophobia- Fear of faeces or
defecation
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns
Cyanophobia- Fear of the colour
blue
Cyberphobia- Fear of computers
Cynophobia- Fear of dogs
D
Decidophobia- Fear of making
decisions
Dementophobia- Fear of becoming
insane
Demonophobia- Fear of demons
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees
Dentophobia- Fear of dentists
Domatophobia- Fear of houses
Dystychiphobia- Fear of accidents
E
Ecclesiophobia- Fear of churches
Ecophobia- Fear of the home
Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom
Elurophobia- Fear of cats
Emetophobia- Fear of vomiting
Entomophobia- Fear of insects
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers
Erythrophobia- Fear of colour red
or fear of blushing
Equinophobia- Fear of horses
F
Frigophobia- Fear of becoming too
cold
G
Gamophobia-Fear of marriage
Gelotophobia-Fear of being
laughed at
Genophobia-Fear of sexual
intercourse
Genuphobia-Fear of knees
Gephyrophobia-Fear of bridges
Gerascophobia-Fear of growing old
or aging
Globophobia-Fear of ballons
Glossophobia-Fear of speaking in
public
Gymnophobia-Fear of nudity
Gynophobia-Fear of women
H
Halitophobia- Fear of bad breath
Haphephobia- Fear of being
touched
Harpaxophobia- Fear of being
robbed
Hedonophobia- Fear of obtaining
pleasure
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun
Hemophobia- Fear of blood
Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles
Hydrophobia- Fear of water
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep
Halitophobia- Fear of bad breath
I
Iatrophobia- Fear of doctors
Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish
Insectophobia- Fear of insects
K
Kinetophobia- Fear of movement
Koinoniphobia- Fear of rooms
L
Leukophobia- Fear of colour white
Lilapsophobia- Fear of tornadoes
and hurricanes
Lockiophobia- Fear of childbirth
M
Macrophobia- Fear of waiting
Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking
Mechanophobia- Fear of machines
Megalophobia- Fear of large things
Melanophobia- Fear of colour
black
Melissophobia- Fear of bees
Methyphobia- Fear of alcohol
Microphobia- Fear of small things
Musophobia- Fear of mice or cats
Myrmecophobia- Fear of ants
Mysophobia- Fear of dirt or germs
N
Necrophobia- Fear of death or
dead things
Noctiphobia- Fear of the night
Nosocomephobia- Fear of hospitals
Nosophobia- Fear of contracting a
disease
O
Obesophobia- Fear of gaining
weight
Octophobia- Fear of figure 8
Ombrophobia- Fear of rain
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams
Ophidiophobia- Fear of snakes
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being
stared at
Ornithophobia- Fear of birds
Osmophobia- Fear of odours
P
Papyrophobia- Fear of papers
Pathophobia- Fear of disease
Pedophobia- Fear of children
Pediophobia- Fear of dolls
Peniaphobia- Fear of poverty
Phagophobia- Fear of swallowing
Philophobia- Fear of love
Phallophobia- Fear of erections
Phasmophobia- Fear of ghosts
Phobophobia- Fear of having a
phobia
Podophobia- Fear of feets
Porphyrophobia- Fear of colour
purple
Pornophobia- Fear of pornography
Prosophobia- Fear of progress
Pteridophobia- Fear of ferns
Pteromerhanophobia- Fear of
flying
Pyrophobia- Fear of fire
R
Radiophobia- Fear of
radioactivity or X-rays
S
Sanghivoriphobia- Fear of
vampires
Samhainophobia- Fear of Halloween
Scolionophobia- Fear of the
school
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon
Sexophobia- Fear of sexual organs
or sexual activities
Sociophobia- Fear of social
evaluation
Somniphobia- Fear of sleep
Spectrophobia- Fear of mirrors
Stasiphobia- Fear of standing or
walking
Stygiophobia- Fear of Hell
T
Tachophobia- Fear of speed
Technophobia- Fear of technology
Tetraphobia- Fear of the number 4 [four]
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea
Thanatophobia- Fear of dying
Theophobia- Fear of religion or
gods
Thermophobia- Fear of heat
Toxiphobia- Fear of being
poisoned
Trypanophobia- Fear of
needles/injections
Turophobia- Fear of cheese
U-Z
Uranophobia- Fear of Heaven
Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful
women
Wiccaphobia- Fear of witches and
witchcraft
Xanthophobia- Fear of the colour
yellow
Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or
foreigners
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