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  1. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  2. agoraphobia
    a morbid fear of open spaces
  3. claustrophobia
    a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
  4. acarophobia
    a morbid fear of small insects
  5. acousticophobia
    a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice
  6. acrophobia
    a morbid fear of great heights
  7. ailurophobia
    a morbid fear of cats
  8. algophobia
    a morbid fear of pain
  9. androphobia
    a morbid fear of men
  10. Anglophobia
    dislike (or fear) of Britain and British customs
  11. aquaphobia
    a morbid fear of drowning
  12. arachnophobia
    a morbid fear of spiders
  13. astraphobia
    a morbid fear of thunder and lightning
  14. automysophobia
    a morbid fear of being dirty
  15. cryophobia
    a morbid fear of freezing
  16. cyberphobia
    irrational fear of computers or technology
  17. cynophobia
    a morbid fear of dogs
  18. hypnophobia
    a morbid fear of falling asleep
  19. Islamophobia
    prejudice against Muslims
  20. lepidophobia
    a morbid fear of snakes
  21. mysophobia
    a morbid fear of dirt or contamination
  22. musophobia
    a morbid fear of mice
  23. neophobia
    a morbid fear of novelty
  24. nyctophobia
    a morbid fear of night or darkness
  25. phobophobia
    a morbid fear of developing a phobia
  26. phonophobia
    a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice
  27. pyrophobia
    a morbid fear of fire
  28. satanophobia
    an abnormal fear of Satan
  29. school phobia
    a child's sudden fear of attending school
  30. simple phobia
    any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
  31. social phobia
    any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc)
  32. taphephobia
    a morbid fear of being buried alive
  33. technophobia
    dislike for new technology
  34. thanatophobia
    a morbid fear of death
  35. traumatophobia
    a morbid fear of battle or physical injury
  36. triskaidekaphobia
    a morbid fear of the number 13
  37. zoophobia
    a morbid fear of animals
Created on February 17, 2012

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