List of 99 Phobias – Common Phobias from A to Z
What is Phobia?
A phobia is fear of a specific object, situation, or activity. It goes beyond a typical fear response and can cause intense anxiety or panic when faced with a phobic stimulus. Phobias can cause significant distress and can impact a person’s daily life, often requiring therapy or treatment to manage.
List of common 99 phobias
| 1. | Acrophobia | Fear of heights. |
| 2. | Arachnophobia | Fear of spiders. |
| 3. | Claustrophobia | Fear of confined spaces. |
| 4. | Agoraphobia | Fear of situations where escape might be difficult or help unavailable. |
| 5. | Ophidiophobia | Fear of snakes. |
| 6. | Trypophobia | Fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps. |
| 7. | Cynophobia | Fear of dogs. |
| 8. | Hemophobia | Fear of blood. |
| 9. | Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) | Fear of social situations and scrutiny by others. |
| 10. | Mysophobia | Fear of germs or dirt. |
| 11. | Astraphobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. |
| 12. | Nomophobia | Fear of being without a mobile phone or being unable to use it. |
| 13. | Ergophobia | Fear of work or functioning. |
| 14. | Xenophobia | Fear or dislike of strangers or foreigners. |
| 15. | Triskaidekaphobia | Fear of the number 13. |
| 16. | Glossophobia | Fear of public speaking. |
| 17. | Thanatophobia | Fear of death or dying. |
| 18. | Pteromerhanophobia | Fear of flying. |
| 19. | Ablutophobia | Fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning. |
| 20. | Automatonophobia | Fear of human-like figures, such as mannequins, robots, or animatronics. |
| 21. | Coulrophobia | Fear of clowns. |
| 22. | Nyctophobia | Fear of darkness or night. |
| 23. | Zoophobia | Fear of animals. |
| 24. | Emetophobia | Fear of vomiting. |
| 25. | Entomophobia | Fear of insects. |
| 26. | Phonophobia | Fear of loud noises or sounds. |
| 27. | Aquaphobia | Fear of water. |
| 28. | Nosophobia | Fear of contracting a disease. |
| 29. | Ephebiphobia | Fear of teenagers or adolescence. |
| 30. | Ornithophobia | Fear of birds. |
| 31. | Taphophobia | Fear of being buried alive. |
| 32. | Genuphobia | Fear of knees or kneeling. |
| 33. | Pogonophobia | Fear of beards. |
| 34. | Aichmophobia | Fear of needles or pointed objects. |
| 35. | Coulrophobia | Fear of clowns. |
| 36. | Chromophobia | Fear of colors. |
| 37. | Ligyrophobia | Fear of loud noises. |
| 38. | Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia | Fear of long words. |
| 39. | Pediophobia | Fear of dolls. |
| 40. | Selenophobia | Fear of the moon. |
| 41. | Anuptaphobia | Fear of staying single or unmarried. |
| 42. | Chronophobia | Fear of time or time passing. |
| 43. | Necrophobia | Fear of death or dead things. |
| 44. | Anginophobia | Fear of choking or narrowness. |
| 45. | Emetophobia | Fear of vomiting. |
| 46. | Coulrophobia | Fear of clowns. |
| 47. | Nyctohylophobia | Fear of dark wooded areas or forests at night. |
| 48. | Phasmophobia | Fear of ghosts. |
| 49. | Selachophobia | Fear of sharks. |
| 50. | Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia | Fear of the number 666. |
| 51. | Dermatophobia | Fear of skin diseases. |
| 52. | Athazagoraphobia | Fear of being forgotten or ignored. |
| 53. | Mageirocophobia | Fear of cooking. |
| 54. | Amaxophobia | Fear of riding in a car. |
| 55. | Heliophobia | Fear of the sun or sunlight. |
| 56. | Chiroptophobia | Fear of bats. |
| 57. | Catoptrophobia | Fear of mirrors. |
| 58. | Eisoptrophobia | Fear of mirrors or seeing oneself in a mirror. |
| 59. | Haphephobia | Fear of being touched. |
| 60. | Athazagoraphobia | Fear of being forgotten or ignored. |
| 61. | Ombrophobia | Fear of rain or being rained on. |
| 62. | Philophobia | Fear of falling in love or emotional attachment. |
| 63. | Spheksophobia | Fear of wasps. |
| 64. | Gymnophobia | Fear of nudity. |
| 65. | Scriptophobia | Fear of writing in public. |
| 66. | Euphobia | Fear of good news. |
| 67. | Arithmophobia | Fear of numbers. |
| 68. | Barophobia | Fear of gravity. |
| 69. | Astrophobia | Fear of stars or celestial space. |
| 70. | Spectrophobia | Fear of mirrors or one’s own reflection. |
| 71. | Theophobia | Fear of God or religion. |
| 72. | Kakorrhaphiophobia | Fear of failure or defeat. |
| 73. | Geniophobia | Fear of chins. |
| 74. | Koinoniphobia | Fear of rooms full of people. |
| 75. | Phobophobia | Fear of fear or developing a phobia. |
| 76. | Spectrophobia | Fear of ghosts or specters. |
| 77. | Papyrophobia | Fear of paper. |
| 78. | Bibliophobia | Fear of books. |
| 79. | Deipnophobia | Fear of dining or dinner conversations. |
| 80. | Venustraphobia | Fear of beautiful women. |
| 81. | Verbophobia | Fear of words. |
| 82. | Tocophobia | Fear of childbirth or pregnancy. |
| 83. | Iatrophobia | Fear of doctors or going to the doctor. |
| 84. | Myrmecophobia | Fear of ants. |
| 85. | Xylophobia | Fear of wooden objects or forests. |
| 86. | Apeirophobia | Fear of infinity. |
| 87. | Coitophobia | Fear of sexual intercourse. |
| 88. | Paraskavedekatriaphobia | Fear of Friday the 13th. |
| 89. | Athazagoraphobia | Fear of being forgotten or ignored. |
| 90. | Allodoxaphobia | Fear of opinions. |
| 91. | Rhytiphobia | Fear of getting wrinkles. |
| 92. | Symmetrophobia | Fear of symmetry or symmetrical things. |
| 93. | Zemmiphobia | Fear of the great mole rat. |
| 94. | Cibophobia | Fear of food or eating. |
| 95. | Nomatophobia | Fear of names. |
| 96. | Phronemophobia | Fear of thinking. |
| 97. | Papaphobia | Fear of the Pope or the papacy. |
| 98. | Novercaphobia | Fear of stepmothers. |
| 99. | Zelophobia | Fear of jealousy or jealousy itself. |
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