Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Begin with A Few Root words

A

ablutophobia: washing or bathing

acarophobia: itching

acerophobia: sourness

achluophobia: darkness

acousticophobia: noise

acrophobia: heights

aeroacrophobia: open high places

aeronausiphobia: vomiting secondary to airsickness

aerophobia: drafts, air

aeruophobia: flying

agliophobia: pain

agoraphobia: open spaces

agraphobia: sexual abuse

agrizoophobia: wild animals

agyrophobia: streets or crossing the street

aichmophobia: needles or pointed objects

ailurophobia: cats

albuminurophobia: kidney disease

alektorophobia: chickens

algophobia: pain

alliumphobia: garlic

allodoxaphobia: opinions

altophobia: heights

amathophobia: dust

amaxophobia: riding in a car, or vehicles

ambulophobia: walking

amnesiphobia: amnesia

amychophobia: scratches or being scratched

anablephobia: looking up

ancraophobia: wind

androphobia: men

anemophobia: air drafts or wind

anginophobia: angina, choking or narrowness

Anglophobia: England, English culture, etc

angrophobia: becoming angry

ankylophobia: immobility of a joint

anthophobia: flowers

anthrophobia: people

anthropophobia: people or society

antlophobia: floods

anuptaphobia: staying single

apeirophobia: infinity

aphenphosmphobia: being touched

apiphobia: bees

apotemnophobia: persons with amputations

arachibutyrophobia: peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth

arachnophobia: spiders

arithmophobia: numbers

arrhenphobia: men

arsonphobia: fire

asthenophobia: fainting or weakness

astraphobia: thunder and lightning

astrophobia: stars and celestial space

asymmetriphobia: asymmetrical things

ataxiophobia: ataxia (muscular incoordination)

ataxophobia: disorder or untidiness

atelophobia: imperfection

atephobia: ruin or ruins

athazagoraphobia: being forgotten or ignored

atomosophobia: atomic explosions

atychiphobia: failure

aulophobia: flutes

aurophobia: gold

auroraphobia: northern lights

autodysomophobia: one that has a vile odor

automatonophobia: ventiloquist dummies or wax statues

automysophobia: being dirty

autophobia: being alone or of oneself

aviophobia: flying


B


bacillophobia
: microbes

bacteriophobia: bacteria

bactrachophobia: reptiles

ballistophobia: missles or bullets

barophobia: gravity

basophobia: inability to stand

bathophobia: depth

batonophobia: plants

batophobia: heights

batrachophobia: amphibians

belonephobia: pins and needles

bibliophobia: books

blennophobia: slime

bogyphobia: the bogeyman

Bolshephobia: Bolsheviks

botanophobia: plants

bromidrosiphobia: body smells

brontophobia: thunder and lightning

bufonophobia: toads


C


cacophobia: ugliness

cainophobia: newness, novelty

caligynephobia: beautiful women

carcinophobia: cancer

cardiophobia: the heart

carnophobia: meat

catagelophobia: being ridiculed

catapedaphobia: jumping from high and low places

cathisophobia: sitting

catoptrophobia: mirrors

cenophobia: new things or ideas

ceraunophobia: thunder

chaetophobia: hair

cheimaphobia or cheimatophobia: cold

chemophobia: chemicals

cherophobia: gaiety

chionophobia: snow

chiraptophobia: being touched

cholerophobia: anger

chorophobia: dancing

chrometophobia: money

chromophobia: colors

chronomentrophobia: clocks

chronophobia: time

cibophobia: food

claustrophobia: enclosed spaces

cleisiophobia: being locked in

cleptophobia: stealing

climacophobia: stairs

clinophobia: going to bed

clithrophobia: being enclosed

cnidophobia: stings

coimetrophobia: cemeteries

cometophobia: comets

contreltophobia: sexual abuse

coprastasophobia: constipation

coprophobia: feces

coulrophobia: clowns

cremnophobia: precipices

cryophobia: extreme cold, ice or frost

crystallophobia: crystals or glass

cyberphobia: computers or working on a computer

cyclophobia: bicycles

cymophobia: waves or wave like motions

cynophobia: dogs


D


decidophobia: making decisions

defecaloesiophobia: painful bowel movements

deipnophobia: dining

dementophobia: insanity

demonophobia: demons

demophobia: crowds (Agoraphobia)

dendrophobia: trees

dentophobia: dentists

dermatophobia: skin lesions

dermatosiophobia: skin disease

dextrophobia: objects at the right side of the body

diabetophobia: diabetes

didaskaleinophobia: going to school

dikephobia: justice

dinophobia: dizziness

diplophobia: double vision

dipsophobia: drinking

dishabiliophobia: undressing in front of someone

domatophobia: houses or being in a house

doraphobia: fur or skins of animals

dromophobia: crossing streets

dutchphobia: the dutch

dysmorphophobia: deformity

dystychiphobia: accidents


E


ecclesiophobia: church

eicophobia: home surroundings

eisoptrophobia: mirrors or seeing oneself in a mirror

electrophobia: electricity

eleutherophobia: freedom

elurophobia: cats (Ailurophobia)

emetophobia: vomiting

enetophobia: pins

enochlophobia: crowds

enosiophobia: committing an unpardonable sin

entomophobia: insects

eosophobia: dawn or daylight

epistaxiophobia: nosebleeds

epistemophobia: knowledge

equinophobia: horses

eremophobia: being oneself

ereuthrophobia: blushing

ergasiophobia: surgical instruments

ergophobia: work

erotophobia: sexual love

erythrophobia: the color red

euphobia: hearing good news

eurotophobia: female genitalia



F


febriphobia: fever

felinophobia: cats

Francophobia: france, french culture

frigophobia: cold


G


galeophobia: cats

gallophobia or galiophobia: fear France, French culture

gamophobia: marriage

gatophobia: cats

geliophobia: laughter

geniophobia: chins

genophobia: sex

genuphobia: knees

gephyrophobia: crossing bridges

gerascophobia: growing old

germanophobia: Germany, German culture

gerontophobia: old people or of growing old

geumaphobia: taste

glossophobia: speaking in public

gnosiophobia: knowledge

graphophobia: writing

gymnophobia: nudity

gynophobia: women


H


hadephobia: hell

hagiophobia: saints or holy things

hamartophobia: sinning

haphephobia: being touched

harpaxophobia: being robbed

hedonophobia: feeling pleasure

heliophobia: the sun

hellenologophobia: Greek terms

helminthophobia: worms

hemophobia: blood

herpetophobia: reptiles

heterophobia: the opposite sex (sexophobia)

hierophobia: priests

hippophobia: horses

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: long words

hobophobia: bums or beggars

hodophobia: road travel

homichlophobia: fog

homilophobia: sermons

hominophobia: men

homophobia: homosexuality

hoplophobia: firearms

hormephobia: shock

hydrargyophobia: mercurial medicines

hydrophobia: water

hydrophobophobia: rabies

hyelophobia or hyalophobia: glass

hygrophobia: liquids, dampness, or moisture

hylephobia: materialism

hylophobia: forests

hypegiaphobia: responsibility

hypnophobia: sleep

hypsiphobia: height


I


iatrophobia: doctors

ichthyophobia: fish

ideophobia: ideas

illyngophobia: veritgo

insectophobia: insects

iophobia: poison

isolophobia: solitude, being alone

isopterophobia: termites

ithyphallophobia: erection


J


Japanophobia: Japanese

Judeophobia: Jews


K


kainolophobia: novelty

kakorraphiaphobia: failure

katagelophobia: ridicule

kathisophobia: sitting down

kenophobia: voids

keraunophobia: thunder

kinetophobia: movement or motion

kleptophobia: stealing

koinoniphobia: rooms

koniophobia: dust (Amathophobia)

kopophobia: fatigue

kosmikophobia: cosmic phenomenon

kymophobia: waves

kynophobia: rabies

kyphophobia: stooping


L


lachanophobia: vegetables

laliophobia: speaking

leprophobia: leprosy

leukophobia: the color white

levophobia: things to the left side of the body

ligyrophobia: loud noises

lilapsophobia: tornadoes and hurricanes

limnophobia: lakes

linonophobia: string

liticaphobia: lawsuits

lockiophobia: childbirth

logizomechanophobia: computers

logophobia: words

luiphobia: syphilis

lutraphobia: otters

lygophobia: darkness

lyssophobia: rabies or of becoming mad


M


macrophobia: long waits

mageirocophobia: cooking

maieusiophobia: childbirth

malaxophobia: love play

maniaphobia: insanity

mastigophobia: punishment

mechanophobia: machines

megalophobia: large things

melanophobia: the color black

melissophobia: bees

melophobia: fear or hatred of music

meningitophobia: brain disease

menophobia: menstruation

merinthophobia: being bound or tied up

metallophobia: metal

metathesiophobia: changes

meteorophobia: meteors

methyphobia: alcohol

metrophobia: fear or hatred of poetry

microbiophobia: microbes (bacillophobia)

microphobia: small things

misophobia: being contaminated with dirt of germs

mnemophobia: memories

molysmophobia: dirt or contamination

monopathophobia: definite disease

monophobia: solitude or being alone

motorphobia: automobiles

mottephobia: moths

musophobia: mice

mycophobia: fear or aversion to mushrooms

mycrophobia: small things

myctophobia: darkness

myrmecophobia: ants

mysophobia: germs or contamination or dirt

mythophobia: myths or stories or false statements

myxophobia: slime (blennophobia)


N


nebulaphobia: fog (homichlophobia)

necrophobia: death

nelophobia: glass

neopharmaphobia: new drugs

neophobia: anything new

nephophobia: clouds

noctiphobia: the night

nomatophobia: names

nosemaphobia: illness

nosocomephobia: hospitals

nosophobia: disease

nostophobia: returning home

novercaphobia: step-mothers

nucleomituphobia: nuclear weapons

nudophobia: nudity

numerophobia: numbers

nyctophobia: the dark or of night


O


obesophobia: gaining weight

ochlophobia: crowds or mobs

ochophobia: vehicles

octophobia: the figure 8

odontophobia: dental surgery

odynophobia: pain

oenophobia: wines

oikophobia: home surroundings, house

olfactophobia: smells

ombrophobia: rain

ommetaphobia: eyes

oneirogmophobia: wet dreams

oneirophobia: dreams

onomatophobia: hearing a certain word

ophidiophobia: snakes

ophthalmophobia: being stared at

optophobia: opening one's eyes

ornithophobia: birds

orthophobia: property

osmophobia: smells or odors

osphresiophobia: smells

ostraconophobia: shellfish

ouranophobia: heaven


P


pagophobia: ice or frost

panophobia: everything

panthophobia: disease

pantophobia: fears

Papaphobia: the pope

papyrophobia: paper

paralipophobia: neglecting duty

paraphobia: sexual perversion

parasitophobia: parasites

paraskavedekatriaphobia: Friday the 13th

parthenophobia: virgins or young girls

parturiphobia: childbirth

pathophobia: disease

patroiophobia: heredity

peccatophobia: sinning (imaginary crime)

pediculophobia: lice

pediophobia: dolls

pedophobia: children

peladophobia: bald people

pellagrophobia: pellagra

peniaphobia: poverty

pentheraphobia: mother-in-law

phagophobia: swallowing

phalacrophobia: becoming bald

phallophobia: a penis, esp erect

pharmacophobia: taking medicine

pharmacophobia: drugs

phasmophobia: ghosts

phengophobia: daylight or sunshine

philemaphobia: kissing

philophobia: falling in love

philosophobia: philosophy

phobophobia: one's own fears

phonophobia: noises or voices

photoaugliaphobia: glaring lights

photophobia: light

phronemophobia: thinking

phthiriophobia: lice (pediculophobia)

phthisiophobia: tuberculosis

pinigerophobia: smothering

placophobia: tombstones

plutophobia: wealth

pluviophobia: rain or of being rained on

pneumatiphobia: spirits

pnigophobia: choking or being smothered

pocrescophobia: gaining weight (obesophobia)

pogonophobia: beards

poinephobia: punishment

poliosophobia: contracting poliomyelitis

politicophobia: politicians

polyphobia: many things

ponophobia: overworking or of pain

porphyrophobia: the color purple

potamophobia: rivers or running water

potophobia: alcohol

proctophobia: rectum

prosophobia: progress

psellismophobia: stuttering

psychophobia: mind

psychrophobia: cold

pteromerhanophobia: flying

pteronophobia: being tickled by feathers

pupaphobia: puppets pyrexiophobia

pyrophobia: fire :


R


radiophobia: radiation, x-rays

ranidaphobia: frogs

rhabdophobia: being severely punished or beaten by a rod

rhypophobia: defecation

rhytiphobia: getting wrinkles

rupophobia: dirt

Russophobia: Russians


S


samhainophobia: Halloween

sarmassophobia: love play

satanophobia: satan

scabiophobia: scabies

scelerophibia: bad men, burglars

schlionophobia: school

sciophobia: shadows

scoleciphobia: worms

scolionophobia: school

scopophobia: being stared at

scotomaphobia: blindness in visual field

scotophobia: darkness

scriptophobia: writing in public

selaphobia: light flashes

selenophobia: the moon

seplophobia: decaying matter

sesquipedalophobia: long words

sexophobia: the opposite sex

siderodromophobia: trains

siderophobia: stars

sinistrophobia: left-handedness

sinophobia: chinese, chinese culture

sitophobia: food or eating

snakephobia: snakes (ophidiophobia)

soceraphobia: parents-in-law

social phobia: being evaluated negatively

sociophobia: society

somniphobia: sleep

sophophobia: learning

soteriophobia: dependence on others

spacephobia: outer space

spectrophobia: specters or ghosts

spermophobia: germs

sphexsophobia: wasps

stasibasiphobia: standing or walking

staurophobia: crosses or the crucifix

stenophobia: narrow things or places

stygiophobia: hell

suriphobia: mice

symbolophobia: symbolism

symmetrophobia: symmetry

syngenesophobia: relatives

syphilophobia: syphilis


T


tachophobia: speed

taeniophobia or teniophobia: tapeworms

taphephobia: being buried alive

tapinophobia: being contagious

taurophobia: bulls

technophobia: technology

teleophobia: definate plans

telephonophobia: telephones

telosphobia: being last

teratophobia: bearing a deformed child

testophobia: taking tests

tetanophobia: lockjaw, tetanus

teutophobia: German or German things

textophobia: certain fabrics

thaasophobia: sitting

thalassophobia: the ocean

thanatophobia: death or dying

theatrophobia: theatres

theologicophobia: theology

theophobia: god(s) or religion

thermophobia: heat

tocophobia: childbirth

tomophobia: surgical operations

tonitrophobia: thunder

topophobia: performing (stage fright)

toxiphobia: poison

traumatophobia: injury

tremophobia: trembling

trichinophobia: trichinosis

trichopathophobia: hair

triskaidekaphobia: the number 13

tropophobia: moving or making changes

trypanophobia: injections

tuberculophobia: tuberculosis

tyrannophobia: tyrants


U


uranophobia: heaven

urophobia: urine or urinating


V


vaccinophobia: vaccination

venustraphobia: beautiful women

verbophobia: words

verminophobia: germs

vestiphobia: clothing

virginitiphobia: rape

vitricophobia: step-fathers


W


Walloonphobia: the Walloons

wiccaphobia: witches and witchcraft


X


xanthophobia: the color yellow

xenophobia: strangers

xerophobia: dryness

xylophobia: forests :


Z


zelophobia: jealousy

zemmiphobia: the great mole rat

zeusophobia: God or gods

zoophobia: animals

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