Formidable Phobias

Tanner R. (United States of America)
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  1. acarophobia
    a morbid fear of small insects
  2. acousticophobia
    a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice
  3. acrophobia
    a morbid fear of great heights
  4. agoraphobia
    a morbid fear of open spaces
  5. ailurophobia
    a morbid fear of cats
  6. algophobia
    a morbid fear of pain
  7. androphobia
    a morbid fear of men
  8. Anglophobia
    dislike (or fear) of Britain and British customs
  9. aquaphobia
    a morbid fear of drowning
  10. arachnophobia
    a morbid fear of spiders
  11. astraphobia
    a morbid fear of thunder and lightning
  12. automysophobia
    a morbid fear of being dirty
  13. claustrophobia
    a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
  14. cryophobia
    a morbid fear of freezing
  15. cyberphobia
    irrational fear of computers or technology
  16. cynophobia
    a morbid fear of dogs
  17. entomophobia
    a morbid fear of insects
  18. homophobia
    prejudice against homosexual people and homosexuality
  19. hydrophobia
    a morbid fear of water
  20. hypnophobia
    a morbid fear of falling asleep
  21. Islamophobia
    prejudice against Muslims
  22. lepidophobia
    a morbid fear of snakes
  23. musophobia
    a morbid fear of mice
  24. mysophobia
    a morbid fear of dirt or contamination
  25. neophobia
    a morbid fear of novelty
  26. nyctophobia
    a morbid fear of night or darkness
  27. phobophobia
    a morbid fear of developing a phobia
  28. phonophobia
    a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice
  29. photophobia
    pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light
  30. pyrophobia
    a morbid fear of fire
  31. satanophobia
    an abnormal fear of Satan
  32. school phobia
    a child's sudden fear of attending school
  33. simple phobia
    any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
  34. 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)
  35. taphephobia
    a morbid fear of being buried alive
  36. technophobia
    dislike for new technology
  37. thanatophobia
    a morbid fear of death
  38. traumatophobia
    a morbid fear of battle or physical injury
  39. triskaidekaphobia
    a morbid fear of the number 13
  40. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  41. zoophobia
    a morbid fear of animals
Created on Fri Jan 18 00:21:51 EST 2013 (updated Thu Mar 14 22:57:56 EDT 2013)

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