Strange phobias called with even stranger names
(Collected from many sources, including http://www.phobialist.com y http://phrontistery.info/phobias.html)
Hipopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - It is the phobia to pronounce long and complicated words. It is also a tremendous paradox.
Ablutophobia Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia Fear of noise.
Acrophobia Fear of heights.
Aeroacrophobia Fear of open high places.
Aeronausiphobia Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
Aerophobia Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
aerophobia fear of flying or draughts
Agateophobia Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agraphobia Fear of sexual abuse.
Agrizoophobia Fear of wild animals.
Agyrophobia Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia Fear of needles or pointed objects.
aichmophobia fear of sharp or pointed objects
Ailurophobia Fear of cats.
Albuminurophobia Fear of kidney disease.
Alektorophobia Fear of chickens.
Algophobia Fear of pain.
Alliumphobia Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia Fear of opinions.
Altophobia Fear of heights.
Amathophobia Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia Fear of walking.
Amnesiphobia Fear of amnesia.
Amychophobia Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia Fear of looking up.
Ancraophobia Fear of wind. (Anemophobia)
Androphobia Fear of men.
Anemophobia Fear of air drafts or wind.(Ancraophobia)
Anginophobia Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
Anglophobia Fear of England or English culture, etc.
Angrophobia Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
Ankylophobia Fear of immobility of a joint.
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia Fear of people or society.
Antlophobia Fear of floods.
Anuptaphobia Fear of staying single.
anuptaphobia fear of staying single
Apeirophobia Fear of infinity.
Aphenphosmphobia Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia)
Apiphobia Fear of bees.
Apotemnophobia Fear of persons with amputations.
aquaphobia fear of water
Arachibutyrophobia Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia Fear of numbers.
Arrhenphobia Fear of men.
Arsonphobia Fear of fire.
Asthenophobia Fear of fainting or weakness.
astraphobia fear of being struck by lightning
Astraphobia or Astrapophobia Fear of thunder and lightning.(Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia)
astrapophobia fear of thunder and lightning
Astrophobia Fear of stars or celestial space.
Asymmetriphobia Fear of asymmetrical things.
Ataxiophobia Fear of ataxia. (muscular incoordination)
Ataxophobia Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia Fear of imperfection.
Atephobia Fear of ruin or ruins.
Athazagoraphobia Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atomosophobia Fear of atomic explosions.
Atychiphobia Fear of failure.
Aulophobia Fear of flutes.
Aurophobia Fear of gold.
Auroraphobia Fear of Northern lights.
Autodysomophobia Fear of one that has a vile odor.
Automatonophobia Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
Automysophobia Fear of being dirty.
Autophobia Fear of being alone or of oneself.
autophobia fear of solitude
Aviophobia or Aviatophobia Fear of flying.
ballistophobia fear of missiles
bathophobia fear of falling from a high place
batophobia fear of heights or being close to tall buildings
batrachophobia fear of frogs and toads
belonephobia fear of pins and needles
bibliophobia fear of books
blennophobia fear of slime
brontophobia fear of thunder and lightning
cancerophobia fear of cancer
cathisophobia fear of sitting
cenophobia fear of empty spaces
chrematophobia fear of money
cibophobia fear of or distaste for food
claustrophobia fear of closed spaces
climacophobia fear of falling down stairs
clinophobia fear of staying in bed
cremnophobia fear of cliffs and precipices
cyberphobia fear of computers
cynophobia fear of dogs
dromophobia fear of crossing streets
dysmorphophobia fear of physical deformities
ecophobia fear of home
eleutherophobia fear of freedom
eosophobia fear of dawn
ergasiophobia fear of work
ergophobia fear of work
erotophobia fear of sex
erythrophobia fear of red lights or of blushing
euphobia fear of good news
Francophobia fear of France or the French
gallophobia fear of France or the French
gamophobia fear of marriage
geniophobia fear of chins
genophobia fear of sex
gerascophobia fear of growing old
graphophobia fear of writing
gymnophobia fear of nudity
heliophobia fear of sunlight
herpetophobia fear of snakes
hierophobia fear of sacred things
homichlophobia fear of fog
homophobia fear of homosexuals
hydrophobia fear of water
hypsophobia fear of high places
iatrophobia fear of going to the doctor
iconophobia fear or hatred of images
kainotophobia fear of change
kakorrhaphiophobia fear of failure
kenophobia fear of empty spaces
ligyrophobia fear of loud noises
linonophobia fear of string
lygophobia fear of darkness
lyssophobia fear of hydrophobia
macrophobia fear of prolonged waiting
Merinthophobia fear of being bound or tied up
metrophobia fear of poetry
monophobia fear of being alone
muriphobia fear of mice
myophobia fear of mice
mysophobia fear of contamination or dirt
nebulaphobia fear of fog
necrophobia fear of corpses
negrophobia fear of blacks
neophobia fear of novelty
Nomophobia fear of being out of cellular phone contact
nosophobia fear of disease
novercaphobia fear of one's stepmother
nyctophobia fear of the night or darkness
ochlophobia fear of crowds
oenophobia fear or hatred of wine
ombrophobia fear of rain
onomatophobia fear of hearing a certain word
ophidiophobia fear of snakes
ophthalmophobia fear of being stared at
optophobia fear of opening one’s eyes
ornithophobia fear of birds
paedophobia fear of children; fear of dolls
panophobia melancholia marked by groundless fears
pantophobia fear of everything
parthophobia fear of virgins
pathophobia fear of disease
pediculophobia fear of lice
pentheraphobia fear or hatred of one’s mother-in-law
phagophobia fear of eating
phengophobia fear of daylight
phonophobia fear of noise or of speaking aloud
photophobia fear of light
pnigophobia/pnigophobia fear of being choked
pogonophobia fear of beards
psychrophobia fear of the cold
pteronophobia fear of being tickled by feathers
pyrophobia fear of fire
Russophobia fear of Russia or Russians
Samhainophobia fear of Halloween
satanophobia fear of the devil
sciaphobia fear of shadows
scopophobia fear of being looked at
scotophobia fear of the dark
sitiophobia fear of food
sitophobia fear of food or eating
spectrophobia fear of looking in a mirror
symmetrophobia fear of symmetry
syphilophobia fear of syphilis
taphephobia fear of being buried alive
technophobia fear of technology
thalassophobia fear of the sea
thanatophobia fear of death
theophobia fear of God
tocophobia fear of pregnancy or childbirth
tonitrophobia fear of thunder
topophobia fear of performing; fear of certain places
toxicophobia fear of poisoning
toxiphobia fear of poison or being poisoned
triskaidekaphobia fear of the number thirteen
uranophobia fear of heaven
xenophobia fear of foreigners
zelophobia fear of jealousy
zoophobia fear of animals
Etiquetas: Ayudando a Supereñe (y a sus amigos guiris), Culturilla general
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