Introduction
A Phobia is a type of anxiety disorder that causes an individual to experience extreme, irrational fear about a situation, living creature, place, or object. Individuals having a phobia will experience extreme and intense distress when they encounter the source of their phobia. In such situations of intense distress, the individual may have a panic attack. In the United States alone, approximately 19 million people have phobias.
Phobias are often more serious than simple fear sensation as they lead to panic attacks and are not limited to fears of specific triggers. Though the individuals understand that their phobia is irrational, they cannot control the fear reaction. Common symptoms observed in patients when encountered with their source of phobia may include sweating, and chest pains. Through medication and behavioral therapy the individuals can try to cope with their phobias. The article Phobias List presents the different types of Phobias experienced by individuals across the globe. This article plays a prominent role in GA/GK preparations as questions from the topic of Phobias are frequently seen in many competitive exams such as SSC CGL, IBPS, RRB, UPSC, CPO, SSC CHSL, Civil Services etc.
Phobias
Phobias List in alphabetical order:
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Acarophobia | Fear of itching or of insects causing itching |
| Acrophobia | Fear of heights |
| Aerophobia/Aviophobia | Fear of flying or draughts |
| Agoraphobia | Fear of open spaces |
| Agyiophobia | Fear of crossing busy streets |
| Aichmophobia | Fear of sharp or pointed objects |
| Ailurophobia | Fear of cats |
| Algophobia | Fear of pain |
| Amathophobia | Fear of dust |
| Amaxophobia | Fear of riding in a car |
| Ambulophobia | Fear of walking |
| Anglophobia | Fear of England or the English |
| Anthrophobia | Fear of humans |
| Anuptaphobia | Fear of staying single |
| Aquaphobia | Fear of water |
| Arachibutyrophobia | Fear of peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth |
| Arachnophobia | Fear of spiders |
| Astraphobia | Fear of being struck by lightning |
| Astrapophobia | Fear of thunder and lightning |
| Automysophobia | Fear of being dirty |
| Autophobia | Fear of solitude |
| Acousticophobia | Fear of Noise |
| Achluophobia | Fear of Darkness |
| Apiphobia | Fear of Bees |
| Arithmophobia | Fear of Numbers |
| Arrhenphobia/Androphobia | Fear of Men |
| Atychiphobia | Fear of Failure |
| Alektorophobia | Fear of Chickens |
| Aphenphosmphobia | Fear of Intimacy |
| Ablutophobia | Fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning |
| Agraphobia | Fear of sexual abuse |
| Aurophobia | Fear of gold |
| Agrizoophobia | Fear of wild animals |
| Apeirophobia | Fear of infinity or eternity |
| Ancraophobia | Fear of Wind |
| Antlophobia | Fear of Floods. |
| Arsonphobia | Fear of Fire |
| Aulophobia | Fear of Flutes |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Ballistophobia | Fear of missiles |
| Bathophobia | Fear of falling from a high place |
| Fear of Depths | |
| 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 |
| Bibliomania | Obsession for Books |
| Barophobia | Fear of gravity |
| Bathmophobia | Fear of stairs or slopes |
| Botanophobia | Fear of plants |
| Bacteriophobia | Fear of bacteria |
| Basophobia | Fear of walking/standing erect |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Cancerophobia/Carcinophobia | 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 |
| Chemophobia | Fear of chemicals |
| Chiroptophobia | Fear of bats |
| Chromophobia/chromatophobia | Fear of colors |
| Chronophobia | Fear of time and time moving forward |
| Coimetrophobia | Fear of cemeteries |
| Colorphobia | Fear or a strong aversion towards a particular color |
| Coprophobia | Fear of feces or defecation |
| Coulrophobia | Fear of clowns |
| Cacophobia | Fear of Ugliness |
| Catoptrophobia | Fear of Mirrors |
| Coasterphobia | Fear of roller coaster |
| Cacomorphobia | Fear of fat people |
| Cleithrophobia | Fear of being trapped |
| Cainophobia | Fear of newsness, novelty |
| Cardiophobia | Fear of Heart |
| Carnophobia | Fear of meat |
| Chaetophobia | Fear of hair |
| Cheimaphobia | Fear of cold |
| Chionophobia | Fear of snow |
| Chiraptophobia | Fear of Being Touched |
| Cholerophobia | Fear of anger or Fear of cholera |
| Chorophobia | Fear of Dancing |
| Chronomentrophobia | Fear of clocks |
| Cryophobia | Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost |
| Cyclophobia | Fear of bicycles |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Dromophobia | Fear of crossing streets |
| Dysmorphophobia | Fear of physical deformities |
| Decidophobia | Fear of making decisions |
| Demonophobia, daemonophobia | Fear of demons |
| Dentophobia | Fear of dentists and dental procedures |
| Demophobia | Fear of Crowds or Mobs |
| Disposophobia | Fear of getting rid of stuff |
| Dendrophobia | Fear of trees |
| Dikephobia | Fear of justice |
| Dipsophobia | Fear of drinking |
| Dystychiphobia | Fear of accidents |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Ecophobia | Fear of home |
| Eleutherophobia | Fear of freedom |
| Eosophobia | Fear of dawn |
| Ergasiophobia/Ergophobia | Fear of work |
| Erotophobia | Fear of sex |
| Erythrophobia | Fear of red lights or of blushing |
| Euphobia | Fear of good news |
| Eurotophobia | aversion to female genitals |
| Emetophobia | Fear of vomiting |
| Enochlophobia | Fear of crowds |
| Ephebiphobia | Fear of youth |
| Electrophobia | Fear of Electricity |
| Entomophobia | Fear of Bugs and Insects |
| Ecclesiophobia | Fear of church |
| Elurophobia | Fear of cats |
| Enetophobia | Fear of pins |
| Epistemophobia | Fear of Knowledge |
| Equinophobia | Fear of horses |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Francophobia | Fear of France or the French |
| Frigophobia | Fear of becoming too cold |
| Febriphobia | Fear of fever |
| Frigophobia | Fear of cold |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Gelotophobia | Fear of being laughed at |
| Gephyrophobia | Fear of bridges |
| Gerontophobia | Fear of the elderly |
| Globophobia | Fear of balloons |
| Glossophobia | Fear of speaking in public |
| Gynophobia | Fear of women |
| Galeophobia | Fear of cats |
| Genuphobia | Fear of Knees |
| Geumaphobia | Fear of taste |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Halitophobia | Fear of bad breath |
| Haphephobia | Fear of being touched |
| Hedonophobia | Fear of obtaining pleasure |
| Hemophobia, Haemophobia | Fear of blood |
| Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia | Fear of the number 666 |
| Hoplophobia | Fear of firearms |
| Hypnophobia | Fear of sleep |
| Hamartophobia | Fear of Sinning or Errors |
| Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia | Fear of Long Words |
| Hippophobia | Fear of horses |
| Hylophobia | Fear of trees, forests or wood |
| Hadephobia | Fear of hell |
| Hagiophobia | Fear of saints or holy things |
| Hodophobia | Fear of road travel |
| Hormephobia | Fear of shock |
| Hypengyophobia | Fear of responsibility |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Iatrophobia | Fear of going to the doctor |
| Iconophobia | Fear or hatred of images |
| Ichthyophobia | Fear of fish, including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish |
| Iophobia | Fear of Poison |
| Ideophobia | Fear of ideas |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Judeophobia | Fear of Jews |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Kainotophobia | Fear of change |
| Kakorrhaphiophobia | Fear of failure |
| Kenophobia | Fear of empty spaces |
| Koumpounophobia | Fear of buttons |
| Katsaridaphobia | Fear of Cockroaches |
| Kleptomania | Obsession to Steal |
| Kinemortophobia | Fear of Zombies |
| Kinetophobia, Kinesophobia | Fear of movement |
| Kleptophobia | Fear of stealing or being stolen |
| Kinesophobia | Fear of high speed |
| Koinoniphobia | Fear of rooms |
| Kynophobia | Fear of rabies |
| Kyphophobia | Fear of stooping |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Ligyrophobia | Fear of loud noises |
| Linonophobia | Fear of string |
| Lygophobia | Fear of darkness |
| Lyssophobia | Fear of hydrophobia |
| Lilapsophobia | Fear of tornadoes or hurricanes |
| Lalophobia | Fear of Speaking |
| Lepidopterophobia | Fear of Butterflies |
| Legophobia | Fear of study |
| Lachanophobia | Fear of vegetables |
| Limnophobia | Fear of lakes |
| Logophobia | Fear of words |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Macrophobia | Fear of prolonged waiting |
| Metrophobia | Fear of poetry |
| Monophobia | Fear of being alone |
| Muriphobia | Fear of mice |
| Mysophobia | Fear of contamination or dirt |
| Mageirocophobia | Fear of cooking |
| Melanophobia | Fear of the color black |
| Melissophobia | Fear of bees |
| Musophobia, murophobia | Fear of mice or rats |
| Myrmecophobia | Fear of ants |
| Mysophobia | Fear of germs, contamination or dirt |
| Methyphobia | Fear of Alcohol |
| Microphobia | Fear of Small Things |
| Mechanophobia | Fear of machines |
| Meteorophobia | Fear of meteors |
| Mnemophobia | Fear of memories |
| Megalophobia | Fear of large objects |
| Maieusiphobia | Fear of childbirth |
| Metallophobia | Fear of metal |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Nebulaphobia | Fear of fog |
| Negrophobia | Fear of blacks |
| Neophobia | Fear of novelty |
| Nosophobia | Fear of disease |
| Novercaphobia | Fear of one's stepmother |
| Nyctophobia | Fear of the night or darkness |
| Necrophobia | Fear of death or the dead |
| Nomophobia | Fear of being out of mobile phone contact |
| Nosocomephobia | Fear of hospitals |
| Nostophobia | Fear of returning home |
| Numerophobia | Fear of numbers |
| Nelophobia | Fear of glass |
| Nephophobia | Fear of clouds |
| Noctiphobia | Fear of night |
| Nomatophobia | Fear of names |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Oikophobia | Fear of home surroundings and household appliances |
| Oneirophobia | Fear of dreams |
| Omphalophobia | Fear of belly buttons |
| Osmophobia, Olfactophobia | Fear of smells |
| Orthophobia | Fear of propriety or correct behavior |
| Ochophobia | Fear of vehicles |
| Octophobia | Fear of the figure 8 |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Paedophobia | Fear of children |
| Fear of dolls | |
| Panophobia | Melancholia marked by groundless fears |
| Pantophobia | Fear of everything |
| Parthenophobia | Fear of young girls (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 |
| Pogonophobia | Fear of beards |
| Psychrophobia | Fear of the cold |
| Pteronophobia | Fear of being tickled by feathers |
| Pyrophobia | Fear of fire |
| Panphobia | Fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause |
| Phallophobia | Fear of erections |
| Pharmacophobia | Fear of medications |
| Phasmophobia | Fear of ghosts or phantoms |
| Philophobia | Fear of love |
| Phobophobia | Fear of fear itself or of having a phobia |
| Pornophobia | Fear of pornography |
| Pyromania | Obsession with Fire |
| Pseudodysphagia | Fear of choking |
| Podophobia | Fear of feet |
| Paraskevidekatriaphobia | Fear of friday the 13th |
| Potophobia | Fear of alcohol |
| Peniaphobia | Fear of poverty |
| Papaphobia | Fear of the pope |
| Papyrophobia | Fear of paper |
| Phronemophobia | Fear of thinking |
| Psychophobia | Fear of mind |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Russophobia | Fear of Russia or Russians |
| Radiophobia | Fear of radioactivity or X-rays |
| Ranidaphobia | Fear of frogs |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sexophobia | Fear of sexual organs or sexual activities |
| Siderodromophobia | Fear of trains or railroads |
| Sociophobia | Fear of people or social situations |
| Spectrophobia | Fear of mirrors |
| Stasiphobia | Fear of standing or walking |
| Sidonglobophobia | Fear of cottong balls |
| Somniphobia | Fear of sleep |
| Selenophobia | Fear of the moon |
| Sophophobia | Fear of learning |
| Scolionophobia | Fear of school |
| Siderophobia | Fear of stars |
| Syngenesophobia | Fear of relatives |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Taphophobia, taphephobia | Fear of the grave |
| Technophobia | Fear of advanced technology |
| Telephone phobia | Fear or reluctance of making or taking telephone calls |
| Teratophobia | Fear of disfigured people |
| Tetraphobia | Fear of the number 4 |
| Thalassophobia | Fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean |
| Thanatophobia | Fear of dying |
| Thermophobia | Intolerance to high temperatures |
| Tokophobia | Fear of childbirth or pregnancy |
| Tomophobia | Fear of invasive medical procedure |
| Toxiphobia | Fear of being poisoned |
| Traumatophobia | Fear of having an injury |
| Trichophobia | Fear of hair loss |
| Triskaidekaphobia, terdekaphobia | Fear of the number 13 |
| Trypanophobia | Fear of needles or injections |
| Trypophobia | Fear of holes or textures with a pattern of holes |
| Tachophobia | Fear of speed |
| Thaasophobia | Fear of sitting |
| Thalassophobia | Fear of the sea |
| Theophobia | Fear of gods or religious |
| Tuberculophobia | Fear of tuberculosis |
| Tonitrophobia | Fear of thunder |
| Topophobia | Fear of certain places |
| Toxicophobia | Fear of poisoning |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Uranophobia | Fear of heaven or the sky |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Vaccinophobia | Fear of vaccination |
| Verbophobia | Fear of words |
| Vestiphobia | Fear of clothing |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Workplace phobia | Fear of the workplace |
| Walloonphobia | Fear of the walloons |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Xanthophobia | Fear of the color yellow |
| Xenophobia | Fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens |
| Xenoglossophobia | Fear of foreign languages |
| Xerophobia | Fear of dryness |
| Xyrophobia | Fear of razors |
| Xylophobia | Fear of trees, forests or wood |
| Phobia | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Zelophobia | Fear of jealousy |
| Zeusophobia | Fear of gods |
| Zoophobia | Fear of animals |