Phobias – Idea Stimulator
posted by Ian Summers on August 28th, 2008
A list of hundreds of phobias – real and imagined – may be found at The Phobia List. Posters and T-shirts are available. Here is a selection from The Phobia List where the compiler claims all listings were found in reference sources. Use phobias as a point of departure for a series of images.
Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia- Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
Ballistophobia- Fear of missiles or bullets.
Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
Batophobia- Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.
Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.
Cainophobia or Cainotophobia- Fear of newness, novelty.
Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Chionophobia- Fear of snow.
Chiraptophobia- Fear of being touched.
Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.
Dishabiliophobia- Fear of undressing in front of someone.
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage.
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.
Gerontophobia- Fear of old people or of growing old.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish.
Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.
Kainolophobia or Kainophobia- Fear of anything new, novelty.
Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables.
Leukophobia- Fear of the color white.
Mechanophobia- Fear of machines.
Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry.
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds.
Ochlophobia- Fear of crowds or mobs.
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at.
Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.
Pedophobia- Fear of children.
Peladophobia- Fear of bald people.
Psellismophobia- Fear of stuttering.
Scoleciphobia- Fear of worms.
Stenophobia- Fear of narrow things or places.
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.
Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Xenoglossophobia- Fear of foreign languages.
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