A phobia is the fear of something, typically a strong, irrational fear that prompts an overreaction. Phobias can be serious psychological problems for some people, and some phobias are medical conditions.
acrophobia - heights
agoraphobia – open spaces; used to refer to very strong fear or anxiety of situations that cause a person to feel anxious, typically, but not necessary, in public or social situations
anatidaephobia – being watched by a duck; coined by Gary Larson in a Far Side cartoon
androphobia – men
anthropophobia - people
arachibutyrophobia – peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
athazagoraphobia – forgetting, or being forgotten or ignored
cacophobia – ugliness
coimetrophobia - cemeteries
cenosillicaphobia – an empty glass; probably coined speciously by a Latin major on his 21st birthday
coulrophobia – clowns
cryophobia – cold, extreme cold, ice or frost
ergasiophobia – work or functioning, particularly a surgeon’s fear of operating
food neophobia – unfamiliar food; avoiding of or reluctance to taste unfamiliar food
iatrophobia – medical doctors
phobophobia – fear or phobias
photophobia – bright light; sufferers can have strong sensitivity to light and may experience pain or migraines
sesquipedalophobia – long words (a silly variation, not used in formal writing, is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia)
xenophobia – foreigners
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