Phobias

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  1. phobia
    an anxiety disorder characterized by irrational fear
  2. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  3. triskaidekaphobia
    a morbid fear of the number 13
  4. ailurophobia
    a morbid fear of cats
  5. arachnophobia
    a morbid fear of spiders
  6. thanatophobia
    a morbid fear of death
  7. traumatophobia
    a morbid fear of battle or physical injury
  8. cryophobia
    a morbid fear of freezing
  9. gynophobia
    a morbid fear of women
  10. aquaphobia
    a morbid fear of drowning
  11. nyctophobia
    a morbid fear of night or darkness
  12. technophobia
    dislike for new technology
  13. musophobia
    a morbid fear of mice
  14. agoraphobia
    a morbid fear of open spaces
  15. pyrophobia
    a morbid fear of fire
  16. lepidophobia
    a morbid fear of snakes
  17. satanophobia
    an abnormal fear of Satan
  18. 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)
  19. zoophobia
    a morbid fear of animals
  20. algophobia
    a morbid fear of pain
  21. Anglophobia
    dislike (or fear) of Britain and British customs
  22. school phobia
    a child's sudden fear of attending school
  23. simple phobia
    any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
  24. hydrophobia
    a morbid fear of water
  25. acousticophobia
    a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice
Created on Thu Nov 28 22:51:39 EST 2013

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