Dysmorphophobia
The English suffix -phobia is used to describe fear of a particular thing or subject. Everyday language has established the use of this suffix as a mild or irrational fear with no serious substance; however, its origin is from areas of psychiatry which study serious phobias which disable a person's life. For more information on the psychiatric side of this, including how psychiatry groups phobias as "agoraphobia", "social phobia", or "simple phobia", see phobia.
The following is a list of words ending in -phobia, or a list of fears that have been given names. In most instances the words listed here are neologisms (made-up words) coined to demonstrate a grasp of Greek word roots rather than descriptions of an actual condition. Only a few of the following terms occur in the medical literature. In many cases, the naming of phobias is a word game.
Most of these terms were devised by adding the suffix -phobia to a Greek word for the object of the fear (some use a combination of a Latin root with the Greek suffix, which some consider linguistically impure).
A
- Ablutophobia - Fear of washing or bathing.
- Acarophobia - Fear of itching or of insects whose bites cause itching.
- Acerophobia - Fear of sourness.
- Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Nyctophobia, Scotophobia - Fear of darkness.
- Acousticophobia - Fear of noise.
- Acrophobia, Altophobia - Fear of heights.
- Aerophobia - Fear of drafts, air swallowing or airborne noxious substances.
- Aeroacrophobia - Fear of open high places.
- Aeronausiphobia - Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
- Agateophobia, Dementophobia, Maniaphobia - Fear of insanity.
- Agliophobia, Algophobia, Odynophobia, Odynephobia - Fear of pain.
- Agoraphobia - Fear of the outdoors, crowds or uncontrolled social conditions.
- Agraphobia, Contreltophobia - Fear of sexual abuse.
- Agrizoophobia - Fear of wild animals.
- Agyrophobia, Dromophobia - Fear of streets or crossing the street.
- Aibohphobia - Fear of palindromes (not necessarily an actual word; aiboh is not of course Greek or Latin for Palindrome, but is simply intended to make the word itself palindromic)
- Aichmophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia - Fear of needles or pointed objects.
- Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia - Fear of cats.
- Albuminurophobia - Fear of kidney disease.
- Alektorophobia - Fear of chickens.
- Alliumphobia - Fear of garlic.
- Allodoxaphobia - Fear of opinions.
- Amathophobia, Koniophobia - Fear of dust.
- Amaxophobia - Fear of riding in a car.
- Ambulophobia, Stasibasiphobia, Stasiphobia - Fear of walking or standing.
- Anemophobia - Fear of air.
- Amerophobia, Columbophobia - Fear of the United States, American culture, etc.
- Amnesiphobia - Fear of amnesia.
- Amychophobia - Fear of scratches or being scratched.
- Anablephobia - Fear of looking up.
- Ancraophobia, Anemophobia - Fear of wind.
- Androphobia, Arrhenphobia, Hominophobia - Fear of men.
- Anginophobia - Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
- Anglophobia - Fear of England, English culture, etc.
- Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
- Ankylophobia - Fear of immobility of a joint.
- Anthrophobia, Anthophobia - Fear of flowers.
- Anthropophobia - Fear of people or society.
- Antlophobia - Fear of floods.
- Anuptaphobia - Fear of staying single.
- Apeirophobia - Fear of infinity.
- Aphenphosmphobia, Chiraptophobia, Haphephobia, Haptephobia - Fear of being touched.
- Apiphobia, Melissaphobia, Melissophobia - Fear of bees.
- Apotemnophobia - Fear of persons with amputations.
- Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
- Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders.
- Arithmophobia - Fear of numbers.
- Arsonphobia, Pyrophobia - Fear of fire.
- Asthenophobia - Fear of fainting or weakness.
- Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia - Fear of thunder and lightning. It is especially common in young children.
- Astrophobia - Fear of stars and celestial space.
- Asymmetriphobia - Fear of asymmetry.
- Ataxiophobia - Fear of ataxia.
- Ataxophobia - Fear of disorder or untidiness.
- Atelophobia - Fear of imperfection.
- Atephobia - Fear of ruin or ruins.
- Athazagoraphobia - Fear of being forgotten, ignored or forgetting.
- Atomosophobia - Fear of atomic explosions.
- Atychiphobia, Kakorrhaphiophobia - Fear of failure.
- Aulophobia - Fear of flutes.
- Aurophobia - Fear of gold.
- Auroraphobia - Fear of the Northern Lights or for Chileans, Argentinians, Falkland Islanders or Antarctic explorers, fear of the Southern Lights.
- Australophobia, Novahollandiaphobia - Fear of Australia, Australians, Australian culture etc.
- Autodysomophobia - Fear that one has a vile odour.
- Automatonophobia - Fear of any inanimate object that represents a sentient being, eg. statues, dummies, robots, etc.
- Automysophobia - Fear of being dirty.
- Autophobia, Eremophobia, Ermitophibia, Isolophobia, Monophobia - Fear of being alone or fear of oneself.
- Aviophobia, Aviatophobia, Pteromerhanophobia - Fear of flying.
B
- Bacillophobia, Microbiophobia - Fear of microbes.
- Bacteriophobia - Fear of bacteria.
- Ballistophobia - Fear of missiles or bullets.
- Bananaphobia - Fear of bananas.
- Bolshephobia - Fear of Bolsheviks.
- Barophobia - Fear of loss of gravity.
- Basophobia, Basiphobia - Fear of walking or falling.
- Bathmophobia - Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
- Bathophobia - Fear of depth.
- Batophobia - Fear of heights or of being close to high buildings.
- Batrachophobia - Fear of amphibians.
- Bibliophobia - Fear of books.
- Blennophobia, Myxophobia - Fear of slime.
- Bogyphobia - Fear of bogies or the bogeyman.
- Botanophobia - Fear of plants.
- Briophobia- Fear of feet
- Bromidrosiphobia, Bromidrophobia - Fear of body odours.
- Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia - Fear of thunder.
- Bufonophobia - Fear of toads.
C
- Cacophobia - Fear of ugliness.
- Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia, Neophobia - Fear of newness, novelty.
- Caligynephobia, Venustraphobia - Fear of beautiful women.
- Cancerophobia, Carcinophobia - Fear of cancer.
- Cardiophobia - Fear of heart disease.
- Carnophobia - Fear of meat.
- Catagelophobia, Katagelophobia - Fear of being ridiculed.
- Catapedaphobia - Fear of jumping from high and low places.
- Cathisophobia, Kathisophobia, Thaasophobia - Fear of sitting.
- Catoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors.
- Cenophobia - Fear of empty rooms.
- Chaetophobia, Trichopathophobia, Trichophobia, Hypertrichophobia - Fear of hair.
- Cheimaphobia, Cheimatophobia, Psychrophobia - Fear of cold.
- Chemophobia - Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals.
- Cherophobia - Fear of gaiety.
- Chinophobia - Fear of Chinese people, customs, etc.
- Chionophobia - Fear of snow.
- Chirophobia - Fear of hands.
- Chlorophobia - Fear of the colour green.
- Cholerophobia - Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.
- Chorophobia - Fear of dancing.
- Christophobia - Hatred towards Christianity
- Chrometophobia, Chrematophobia - Fear of money.
- Chromophobia, Chromatophobia - Fear of colours.
- Chronophobia - Fear of time.
- Chronomentrophobia - Fear of clocks.
- Chrysophobia - Fear or the color orange.
- Cibophobia, Sitophobia, Sitiophobia - Fear of food.
- Claustrophobia - Fear of confined spaces.
- Cleithrophobia, Cleisiophobia - Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
- Cleptophobia, Kleptophobia - Fear of stealing.
- Climacophobia - Fear of stairs or of climbing or falling down stairs.
- Clinophobia - Fear of going to bed.
- Clithrophobia, Cleithrophobia - Fear of being enclosed.
- Cnidophobia - Fear of stings.
- Cometophobia - Fear of comets.
- Coimetrophobia - Fear of cemeteries.
- Coitophobia, Genophobia - Fear of coitus.
- Coprastasophobia - Fear of constipation.
- Coprophobia, Scatophobia - Fear of feces.
- Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns.
- Counterphobia - The preference by a phobic person for fearful situations.
- Cremnophobia - Fear of precipices.
- Cryophobia - Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost.
- Crystallophobia - Fear of crystals or glass.
- Cyanophobia - Fear of the colour blue.
- Cyberphobia, Logizomechanophobia - Fear of computers or working on a computer.
- Cyclophobia - Fear of bicycles.
- Cymophobia, Kymophobia - Fear of waves or wave-like motions.
- Cynophobia - Fear of dogs or rabies.
- Cypridophobia, Cypriphobia, Cyprianophobia, Cyprinophobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.
D
- Decidophobia - Fear of making decisions.
- Defecaloesiophobia - Fear of painful bowel movements.
- Deipnophobia - Fear of dining or dinner conversations.
- Demonophobia, Daemonophobia - Fear of demons.
- Demophobia, Enochlophobia, Ochlophobia - Fear of crowds.
- Dendrophobia - Fear of trees.
- Dentophobia - Fear of dentists.
- Dermatophobia - Fear of skin lesions.
- Dermatosiophobia, Dermatophobia, Dermatopathophobia - Fear of skin disease.
- Dextrophobia - Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
- Diabetophobia - Fear of diabetes.
- Didaskaleinophobia, Scolionophobia - Fear of going to school.
- Dikephobia - Fear of justice.
- Dinophobia - Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.
- Diplophobia - Fear of double vision.
- Dipsophobia - Fear of drinking.
- Dishabiliophobia - Fear of undressing in front of someone.
- Domatophobia, Eicophobia, Oikophobia - Fear of houses or being in a house.
- Doraphobia - Fear of fur or the skins of animals.
- Doxophobia - Fear of expressing opinions or receiving praise.
- Dutchphobia - Fear of the Dutch.
- Dysmorphophobia - Fear of deformity.
- Dystychiphobia - Fear of accidents.
E
- Ecclesiophobia - Fear of church.
- Ecophobia - Fear of home.
- Eisoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
- Electrophobia - Fear of electricity.
- Eleutherophobia - Fear of freedom.
- Emetophobia - Fear of vomiting.
- Enetophobia - Fear of pins.
- Enosiophobia, Enissophobia - Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
- Entomophobia, Insectophobia - Fear of insects.
- Eosophobia - Fear of dawn or daylight.
- Ephebiphobia - Fear of teenagers.
- Epistaxiophobia - Fear of nosebleeds.
- Epistemophobia, Gnosiophobia - Fear of knowledge.
- Epistolophobia - Fear of writing letters
- Equinophobia, Hippophobia - Fear of horses.
- Ereuthrophobia, Erythrophobia, Erytophobia - Fear of blushing, red lights, or the colour red.
- Ergasiophobia - Fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating.
- Ergophobia - Fear of work.
- Ermitophobia - Fear of being alone, loneliness.
- Erotophobia - Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
- Erythrophobia - Fear of blushing or the color red.
- Euphobia - Fear of hearing good news.
- Eurotophobia - Fear of female genitalia.
- Europhobia - Fear of Europe, Europeans, or alternatively, the European Union.
F
- Fearaphobia, Fearophobia - fear of developing fears
- Febriphobia, Fibriphobia, Fibriophobia, Pyrexiophobia - Fear of fever.
- Ferrumphobia - Fear of Iron and objects made of iron.
- Francophobia, Gallophobia, Galiophobia - Fear of France, French culture, etc.
- Frigophobia - Fear of very cold objects.
G
- Gamophobia - Fear of marriage.
- Geliophobia - Fear of laughter.
- Geniophobia - Fear of chins.
- Genuphobia - Fear of knees.
- Gephyrophobia, Gephydrophobia, Gephyrdrophobia, Gephysrophobia - Fear of crossing bridges.
- Germanophobia, Teutophobia - Fear of Germany, German culture, etc.
- Gerascophobia - Fear of growing old.
- Gerontophobia - Fear of old people or of growing old.
- Geumaphobia, Geumophobia - Fear of taste.
- Glossophobia - Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
- Globophobia - Fear of balloons
- Graphophobia - Fear of writing or handwriting.
- Gymnophobia, Nudophobia - Fear of nudity.
- Gynephobia, Gynophobia - Fear of women.
H
- Hadephobia, Stygiophobia, Stigiophobia - Fear of hell.
- Haemophobia - Fear of blood and bleeding.
- Hagiophobia - Fear of saints or holy things.
- Hamartophobia, Peccatophobia - Fear of sinning.
- Haptophobia - Fear of being touched.
- Harpaxophobia - Fear of being robbed.
- Hedonophobia - Fear of feeling pleasure.
- Heliophobia - Fear of the sun.
- Hellenologophobia - Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.
- Helminthophobia - Fear of being infested with worms.
- Hemophobia, Hemaphobia, Hematophobia - Fear of blood or bleeding.
- Heresyphobia, Hereiophobia - Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation.
- Herpetophobia - Fear of reptiles.
- Heterophobia, Sexophobia - Fear of the opposite sex.
- Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - Fear of the number 666.
- Hierophobia - Fear of priests or sacred things.
- Hippophobia - Fear of horses.
- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, Sesquipedalophobia - Fear of long words.
- Hobophobia - Fear of bums or beggars.
- Hodophobia - Fear of road travel.
- Hormephobia - Fear of shock.
- Homichlophobia, Nebulaphobia - Fear of fog.
- Homilophobia - Fear of sermons.
- Homophobia - Fear of sameness, monotony, homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
- Hoplophobia - Fear of firearms.
- Hydrargyophobia - Fear of mercurial medicines.
- Hydrophobia - Fear of water, a symptom of rabies.
- Hydrophobophobia, Kynophobia - Fear of rabies.
- Hyelophobia, Hyalophobia, Nelophobia - Fear of glass.
- Hygrophobia - Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.
- Hylephobia - Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy.
- Hylophobia - Fear of forests.
- Hypegiaphobia - Fear of responsibility.
- Hypengyophobia - Fear of responsibility.
- Hypnophobia - Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
- Hypsiphobia - Fear of height.
I
- Iatrophobia - Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
- Ichthyophobia - Fear of fish.
- Iconophobia - Fear of images or icons.
- Ideophobia - Fear of ideas.
- Illyngophobia - Fear of vertigo.
- Insulaphobia - Fear of being isolated, or alternatively, fear of islands
- Iophobia - Fear of poison.
- Islamophobia - Fear of Islam.
- Islandophobia - Fear of Iceland, Icelandic culture, etc.
- Isopterophobia - Fear of termites or other insects that eat wood.
- Ithyphallophobia - Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.
J
- Japanophobia, Nipponophobia - Fear of the Japanese.
- Judeophobia - Fear of Jews.
K
- Katikomindicaphobia - Fear of the RNI (Resident Non-Indian).
- Kenophobia - Fear of voids or empty spaces.
- Keraunophobia - Fear of lightning.
- Kinetophobia, Kinesophobia - Fear of movement or motion.
- Klismaphobia - Fear of Enemas.
- Koinoniphobia - Fear of rooms.
- Kolpophobia - Fear of genitals, particularly female.
- Kopophobia - Fear of fatigue.
- Kosmikophobia - Fear of cosmic phenomena.
- Kyphophobia - Fear of stooping.
L
- Lachanophobia - Fear of vegetables.
- Laliophobia, Lalophobia - Fear of speaking.
- Leprophobia, Lepraphobia - Fear of leprosy.
- Leukophobia - Fear of the colour white.
- Levophobia - Fear of things to the left side of the body.
- Ligyrophobia - Fear of loud noises.
- Lilapsophobia - Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
- Limnophobia - Fear of lakes.
- Linonophobia - Fear of string.
- Liticaphobia - Fear of lawsuits.
- Lockiophobia, Maieusiophobia, Parturiphobia - Fear of childbirth.
- Logophobia - Fear of words.
- Luiphobia, Syphilophobia - Fear of syphilis.
- Lutraphobia - Fear of otters.
- Lyssophobia - Fear of rabies or of becoming insane.
M
- Macroxenoglossophobia - Fear of long, strange words.
- Macrophobia - Fear of long waits.
- Mageirocophobia - Fear of cooking.
- Malaxophobia, Sarmassophobia - Fear of love play.
- Maniaphobia - Fear of going insane.
- Mastigophobia, Poinephobia - Fear of punishment.
- Mechanophobia - Fear of machines.
- Medomalacuphobia - Fear of losing an erection.
- Medorthophobia - Fear of an erect penis.
- Megalophobia - Fear of large objects.
- Melanophobia - Fear of the colour black.
- Melophobia - Fear or hatred of music.
- Meningitophobia - Fear of brain disease.
- Menophobia - Fear of menstruation.
- Merinthophobia - Fear of being bound or tied up.
- Metallophobia - Fear of metal.
- Metathesiophobia - Fear of changes.
- Meteorophobia - Fear of meteors.
- Methyphobia, Potophobia - Fear of alcohol.
- Metrophobia - Fear or hatred of poetry.
- Mikatikoindicaphobia - Fear of the NRIs (Non-Resident Indians).
- Microphobia, Mycrophobia - Fear of small objects.
- Misophobia, Molysmophobia, Molysomophobia, Mysophobia, Verminophobia - Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs.
- Mnemophobia - Fear of memories.
- Monopathophobia - Fear of a specific disease.
- Motorphobia - Fear of automobiles.
- Mottephobia - Fear of moths.
- Musicophobia - Fear of music.
- Musophobia, Murophobia, Suriphobia - Fear of mice and/or rats.
- Mycophobia - Fear or aversion to mushrooms.
- Myrmecophobia - Fear of ants.
- Mysophobia - Fear of dirt.
- Mythophobia - Fear of myths, stories or false statements.
N
- Necrophobia - Fear of death or dead things.
- Neopharmaphobia - Fear of new drugs.
- Nephophobia - Fear of clouds.
- Noctiphobia - Fear of the night.
- Nomatophobia - Fear of names.
- Nosocomephobia - Fear of hospitals.
- Nosophobia, Nosemaphobia - Fear of becoming ill.
- Nostophobia - Fear of returning home.
- Novercaphobia - Fear of one's stepmother.
- Nucleomituphobia - Fear of nuclear weapons.
- Numerophobia - Fear of numbers.
- Nyctohylophobia - Fear of dark, wooded areas.
- Nyctophobia - Fear of the dark, of night or of nightfall.
O
- Obesophobia, Pocrescophobia - Fear of gaining weight.
- Ochophobia - Fear of vehicles.
- Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
- Odontophobia - Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
- Oenophobia - Fear of wine.
- Olfactophobia, Osmophobia, Osphresiophobia - Fear of smells.
- Ombrophobia, Pluviophobia - Fear of rain or of being rained on.
- Ommetaphobia, Ommatophobia - Fear of eyes.
- Oneirophobia - Fear of dreams.
- Oneirogmophobia - Fear of wet dreams.
- Onomatophobia - Fear of hearing certain words or names.
- Ophidiophobia - Fear of snakes.
- Ophthalmophobia - Fear of being stared at.
- Opiophobia - A medical doctor's fear of prescribing pain medications for patients.
- Optophobia - Fear of opening one's eyes.
- Ornithophobia - Fear of birds.
- Orthophobia - Fear of property.
- Ostraconophobia - Fear of shellfish.
- Ouranophobia, Uranophobia - Fear of heaven.
P
- Pagophobia - Fear of ice or frost.
- Panthophobia - Fear of suffering and disease.
- Panophobia, Pantophobia - Fear of everything.
- Papaphobia - Fear of the Pope.
- Papyrophobia - Fear of paper.
- Paralipophobia - Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.
- Paraphobia - Fear of sexual perversion.
- Parasitophobia - Fear of parasites.
- Paraskavedekatriaphobia - Fear of Friday the 13th.
- Parthenophobia - Fear of virgins or young girls.
- Pathophobia - Fear of disease.
- Patroiophobia - Fear of heredity.
- Pediculophobia, Phthiriophobia - Fear of lice.
- Pediophobia - Fear of dolls.
- Pediphobia, Pedophobia - Fear of children.
- Peladophobia - Fear of bald people.
- Pellagrophobia - Fear of pellagra.
- Peniaphobia - Fear of poverty.
- Pentheraphobia - Fear of one's mother-in-law.
- Phagophobia - Fear of swallowing, eating or of being eaten.
- Phalacrophobia - Fear of becoming bald.
- Phallophobia - Fear of a penis, esp. erect.
- Pharmacophobia - Fear of taking medicine.
- Phasmophobia, Spectrophobia - Fear of ghosts.
- Phengophobia - Fear of daylight or sunshine.
- Philemaphobia, Philematophobia - Fear of kissing.
- Philophobia - Fear of falling in love or being in love.
- Philosophobia - Fear of philosophy.
- Phobophobia - Fear of phobias.
- Photoaugliaphobia - Fear of glaring lights.
- Photophobia - Fear of light (also refers to aversion to light due to an inflamed/painful eye or excessively dilated pupils)
- Phonophobia - Fear of noises, voices, one's own voice or of telephones.
- Phronemophobia - Fear of thinking.
- Phthisiophobia, Tuberculophobia - Fear of tuberculosis.
- Placophobia - Fear of tombstones.
- Plutophobia - Fear of wealth.
- Pneumatiphobia - Fear of spirits.
- Pnigophobia, Pnigerophobia - Fear of choking or being smothered.
- Pogonophobia - Fear of beards.
- Poliosophobia - Fear of contracting poliomyelitis.
- Politicophobia - Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians.
- Polyphobia - Having many phobias.
- Ponophobia - Fear of overworking or of pain.
- Porphyrophobia - Fear of the colour purple.
- Potamophobia - Fear of rivers or running water.
- Pharmacophobia - Fear of drugs.
- Proctophobia, Rectophobia - Fear of the rectum or of rectal diseases.
- Prosophobia - Fear of progress.
- Psellismophobia - Fear of stuttering.
- Psychophobia - Fear of the mind.
- Pteronophobia - Fear of being tickled by feathers.
- Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets.
- Pyrophobia - Fear of fire.
Q
R
- Radiophobia - Fear of radiation or X-rays.
- Ranidaphobia - Fear of frogs.
- Rhabdophobia - Fear of being severely punished or beaten with a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic.
- Rhodophobia - Fear of the colour red.
- Rhypophobia - Fear of defecation.
- Rhytiphobia - Fear of getting wrinkles.
- Rupophobia - Fear of dirt.
- Russophobia - Fear of Russians.
S
- Samhainophobia - Fear of Halloween.
- Satanophobia, Orcusophobia - Fear of Satan.
- Scabiophobia - Fear of scabies.
- Scelerophibia - Fear of bad men, burglars.
- Sciophobia, Sciaphobia - Fear of shadows.
- Scoleciphobia, Vermiphobia - Fear of worms.
- Scopophobia, Scoptophobia - Fear of being seen or stared at.
- Scotomaphobia - Fear of blindness in visual field.
- Scriptophobia - Fear of writing in public.
- Selachophobia - Fear of sharks.
- Selaphobia - Fear of light flashes.
- Selenophobia - Fear of the moon.
- Seplophobia - Fear of decaying matter.
- Siderodromophobia - Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
- Siderophobia - Fear of stars.
- Sinistrophobia - Fear of things to the left of oneself.
- Sinophobia - Fear of the Chinese, Chinese culture, etc.
- Soceraphobia - Fear of parents-in-law.
- Social Phobia - Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
- Sociophobia - Fear of society or people in general.
- Somniphobia - Fear of sleep.
- Sophophobia - Fear of learning.
- Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
- Spacephobia - Fear of outer space.
- Spectrophobia - Fear of mirrors.
- Spermatophobia or Spermophobia - Fear of sperm.
- Spheksophobia - Fear of wasps.
- Staurophobia - Fear of crosses or crucifixes.
- Stenophobia - Fear of narrow things or places.
- Symbolophobia - Fear of symbolism.
- Symmetrophobia - Fear of symmetry.
- Syngenesophobia - Fear of relatives.
- Syphiliphobia - Fear of syphilis.
T
- Tachophobia - Fear of speed.
- Taeniophobia, Teniophobia - Fear of tapeworms.
- Taphephobia, Taphophobia - Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
- Tapinophobia - Fear of being contagious.
- Taurophobia - Fear of bulls.
- Technophobia - Fear of technology.
- Teleophobia - Fear of definite plans or of religious ceremony.
- Telephonophobia - Fear of telephones.
- Teratophobia - Fear of bearing a deformed child, of monsters or of deformed people.
- Teratrophobia - Fear of monsters.
- Testophobia - Fear of taking tests.
- Tetanophobia - Fear of tetanus, lockjaw.
- Textophobia - Fear of certain fabrics.
- Thalassophobia - Fear of the sea.
- Thanatophobia, Thantophobia - Fear of death or dying.
- Theatrophobia - Fear of theatres.
- Theologicophobia - Fear of theology.
- Theophobia - Fear of gods or religion.
- Thermophobia - Fear of heat.
- Tocophobia - Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
- Tomophobia - Fear of surgical operations.
- Tonsurephobia - Fear of haircuts.
- Topophobia - Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
- Toxiphobia, Toxophobia, Toxicophobia - Fear of poison or of being accidentally poisoned.
- Traumatophobia - Fear of injury.
- Tremophobia - Fear of trembling.
- Trichinophobia - Fear of trichinosis.
- Triskaidekaphobia - Fear of the number 13. Having a superstition.
- Tropophobia - Fear of moving or making changes.
- Trypanophobia - Fear of injections.
- Tyrannophobia - Fear of tyrants.
U
- Uranophobia - Fear of the heavens.
- Urophobia - Fear of urine or urinating.
V
- Vaccinophobia - Fear of vaccination.
- Verbophobia - Fear of words.
- Vestiphobia - Fear of clothing.
- Virginitiphobia - Fear of rape.
- Vitricophobia - Fear of one's stepfather.
W
- Walloonphobia - Fear of the Walloon people or their languages.
- Wiccaphobia - Fear of witches and witchcraft.
- Wikiphobia - Fear of the BambooWeb.
X
- Xanthophobia - Fear of the colour yellow or the word yellow.
- Xenoglossophobia - Fear of foreign languages.
- Xenophobia - Fear of strangers or foreigners.
- Xerophobia - Fear of dryness.
- Xylophobia - Fear of wooden objects or fear of forests.
- Xyrophobia - Fear of razors.
Y
- Ymophobia - Fear of contrariety.
Z
- Zelotypophobia - Fear of jealousy.
- Zeusophobia - Fear of Gods.
- Zoophobia - Fear of animals.
