Check out this list of phobias from A to Z.
LIST OF PHOBIAS – Here’s a comprehensive list of types of fears and their meanings, with over 100 examples.
What is a phobia? Fear is a natural human response that helps protect us from danger, but when fear becomes excessive, irrational, and persistent over a certain situation or object, this is called a phobia. Certain stimuli to fears may include the most common objects or situations like elevators, needles, or animals. This is more than just a simple fear.
Here is a list of some of the most common fears with their definitions:
A
- Ablutophobia – Fear of bathing or washing
- Acrophobia – Fear of heights
- Aerophobia – Fear of flying or drafts
- Algophobia – Fear of pain
- Agoraphobia – Fear of open spaces or crowds
- Aichmophobia – Fear of sharp objects like needles
- Arachnophobia – Fear of spiders
- Astraphobia – Fear of thunder and lightning
- Autophobia – Fear of being alone
- Aviophobia – Fear of flying
B
- Bacteriophobia – Fear of bacteria
- Bibliophobia – Fear of books or reading
- Botanophobia – Fear of plants
- Bufonophobia – Fear of toads
C
- Cacophobia – Fear of ugliness
- Carcinophobia – Fear of cancer
- Claustrophobia – Fear of confined spaces
- Coulrophobia – Fear of clowns
- Cynophobia – Fear of dogs
D
- Dentophobia – Fear of dentists
- Dendrophobia – Fear of trees
- Dystychiphobia – Fear of accidents
E
- Emetophobia – Fear of vomiting
- Entomophobia – Fear of insects
- Equinophobia – Fear of horses
F
- Frigophobia – Fear of becoming too cold
G
- Gamophobia – Fear of marriage
- Globophobia – Fear of balloons
- Glossophobia – Fear of public speaking
H
- Heliophobia – Fear of the sun
- Hemophobia – Fear of blood
- Herpetophobia – Fear of reptiles
I
- Iatrophobia – Fear of doctors
- Ichthyophobia – Fear of fish
- Insectophobia – Fear of insects
J
- Japanophobia – Fear of Japanese culture or people
K
- Kinemortophobia – Fear of zombies
- Kleptophobia – Fear of theft
L
- Lachanophobia – Fear of vegetables
- Lilapsophobia – Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
- Limnophobia – Fear of lakes
M
- Mageirocophobia – Fear of cooking
- Megalophobia – Fear of large objects
- Musophobia – Fear of mice
N
- Necrophobia – Fear of death or dead things
- Nosocomephobia – Fear of hospitals
- Nyctophobia – Fear of the dark
O
- Obesophobia – Fear of gaining weight
- Ophidiophobia – Fear of snakes
- Ornithophobia – Fear of birds
P
- Panophobia – Fear of an unknown evil
- Phasmophobia – Fear of ghosts
- Pogonophobia – Fear of beards
Q
- Quadraphobia – Fear of the number four
R
- Radiophobia – Fear of radiation
- Ranidaphobia – Fear of frogs
S
- Samhainophobia – Fear of Halloween
- Sciophobia – Fear of shadows
- Scolionophobia – Fear of school
T
- Technophobia – Fear of technology
- Thanatophobia – Fear of death
- Trypanophobia – Fear of needles
U
- Uranophobia – Fear of heaven
V
- Vaccinophobia – Fear of vaccines
W
- Wiccaphobia – Fear of witches
X
- Xenophobia – Fear of strangers or foreigners
Y
- Ymophobia – Fear of opposition or contrariness
Z
- Zoophobia – Fear of animals