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Names of Phobias in English
English provides a rather extensive list of all the possible things people can be afraid of. Although phobias in the clinical sense must be taken seriously, the names for some of the more unlikely phobias can be quite entertaining. The list below includes both the phobias found in psychiatry as well as some more fanciful ones. Enjoy.
| Acarophobia | Fear of mites, parasites |
| Acousticophobia | Fear of noise |
| Acrophobia | Fear of heights |
| Aelurophobia | Fear of cats |
| Aerophobia | Fear of air |
| Agoraphobia | Fear of open spaces, the outdoors |
| Aichurophobia | Fear of being touched by pointed objects |
| Algophobia | Fear of pain |
| Alychiphobia | Fear of failure |
| Amathophobia | Fear of dust |
| Amaxophobia | Fear of riding in vehicles |
| Ambulophobia | Fear of walking |
| Androphobia | Fear of men |
| Anemophobia | Fear of cyclones, hurricanes, wind |
| Anglophobia | Fear of English people |
| Anthophobia | Fear of flowers |
| Anthropophobia | Fear of people |
| Antlophobia | Fear of floods |
| Anuptaphobia | Fear of staying single |
| Apiophobia | Fear of bees |
| Aquaphobia | Fear of water |
| Arachibutyrophobia | Fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the proof of the mouth |
| Arachnephobia | Fear of spiders |
| Asthenophobia | Fear of weakness |
| Astraphobia | Fear of lightning, thunder |
| Ataxiophobia | Fear of disorder |
| Auroraphobia | Fear of northern lights |
| Automysophobia | Fear of being dirty |
| Bacilliphobia | Fear of bacilli |
| Bacteriaphobia | Fear of bacteria |
| Ballistrophobia | Fear of being shot |
| Basophobia | Fear of standing (for fear of falling) |
| Batarachophobia | Fear of frogs, toads |
| Bathophobia | Fear of depth |
| Bibliophobia | Fear of books |
| Blennophobia | Fear of slime |
| Blenophobia | Fear of pins and needles |
| Bogyphobia | Fear of demons and goblins |
| Bromidrosophobia | Fear of body smells |
| Brontophobia | Fear of thunderstorms |
| Cainophobia | Fear of novelty |
| Cardiophobia | Fear of heart disease |
| Cathisophobia | Fear of sitting |
| Catophtrophobia | Fear of mirrors |
| Cheimaphobia | Fear of cold |
| Cherophobia | Fear of gaiety |
| Chionophobia | Fear of snow |
| Chrematophobia | Fear of wealth |
| Chromophobia | Fear of colors |
| Chronophobia | Fear of time |
| Cibophobia | Fear of food |
| Claustrophobia | Fear of enclosed spaces |
| Climacophobia | Fear of staircases |
| Coitophobia | Fear of sexual intercourse |
| Cometophobia | Fear of comets |
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