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simple phobia

DEFINITIONS OF: simple phobia

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n any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli

Types:
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acrophobia
a morbid fear of great heights
algophobia
a morbid fear of pain
aquaphobia
a morbid fear of drowning
astraphobia
a morbid fear of thunder and lightning
automysophobia
a morbid fear of being dirty
claustrophobia
a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
cryophobia
a morbid fear of freezing
cyberphobia
irrational fear of computers or technology
hydrophobia
a morbid fear of water
hypnophobia
a morbid fear of falling asleep
mysophobia
a morbid fear of dirt or contamination
neophobia
a morbid fear of novelty
nyctophobia
a morbid fear of night or darkness
phobophobia
a morbid fear of developing a phobia
acousticophobia, phonophobia
a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice
photophobia
a morbid fear of light
pyrophobia
a morbid fear of fire
taphephobia
a morbid fear of being buried alive
thanatophobia
a morbid fear of death
triskaidekaphobia
a morbid fear of the number 13
zoophobia
a morbid fear of animals
acarophobia
a morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms
arachnophobia
a morbid fear of spiders
ailurophobia
a morbid fear of cats
cynophobia
a morbid fear of dogs
entomophobia
a morbid fear of insects
lepidophobia
a morbid fear of snakes
musophobia
a morbid fear of mice
Type of:
phobia, phobic disorder, phobic neurosis
an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations
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