{"id":1245,"date":"2021-05-16T11:17:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T11:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A phobia is an irrational fear of something that\u2019s unlikely to cause harm. The word itself comes from the Greek word phobic, which means fear or horror.<br><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" sr"},"modified":"2022-01-24T13:35:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T13:35:26","slug":"common-phobias-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/common-phobias-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Common phobias list"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-3419632552\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>A phobia is an irrational fear of something that\u2019s unlikely to cause harm. The word itself comes from the Greek word phobic, which means fear or horror.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n                <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n                <script>\n                     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n                <\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ablutophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning<\/li><li><strong>Acousticophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of noise \u2013 a branch of phonophobia<\/li><li><strong>Acrophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of heights<\/li><li><strong>Agoraphobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of helplessness and of leaving safe places<\/li><li><strong>Agraphobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of sexual abuse<\/li><li><strong>Ablutophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of washing or bathing.<\/li><li><strong>Achluophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of darkness.<\/li><li><strong>Acousticophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of noise.<\/li><li><strong>Ailurophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear\/dislike of cats.<\/li><li><strong>Alektorophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of chickens.<\/li><li><strong>Androphobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of men.<\/li><li><strong>Anthrophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of flowers.<\/li><li><strong>Arithmophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of numbers.<\/li><li><strong>Atychiphobia<\/strong> &#8211; fear of failure<\/li><li><strong>Aurophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of gold.<\/li><li><strong>Barophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of gravity<\/li><li><strong>Bathophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of stairs or slopes<\/li><li><strong>Botanophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of plants<\/li><li><strong>Catoptrophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of mirrors.<\/li><li><strong>Chrematophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of money.<\/li><li><strong>Chromatophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of colors.<\/li><li><strong>Cynophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of dogs or rabies.<\/li><li><strong>Dendrophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of trees.<\/li><li><strong>Dikephobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of justice.<\/li><li><strong>Eleutherophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of freedom.<\/li><li><strong>Entomophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear\/dislike of insects.<\/li><li><strong>Gamophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of marriage, commitment<\/li><li><strong>Gelotophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of being laughed at<\/li><li><strong>Gerascophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of growing old or aging<\/li><li><strong>Gerontophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly<\/li><li><strong>Globophobia<\/strong> &#8211; fear of balloons<\/li><li><strong>Glossophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak<\/li><li><strong>Gymnophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of nudity<\/li><li><strong>Gynophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of women<\/li><li><strong>Glossophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak<\/li><li><strong>Gynophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of women.<\/li><li><strong>Heliophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of sunlight\/sun<\/li><li><strong>Hemophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of blood.<\/li><li><strong>Herpetophobia<\/strong> &#8211; fear\/dislike of reptiles.<\/li><li><strong>Hippophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of horses.<\/li><li><strong>Ichthyophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear\/dislike of fish.<\/li><li><strong>Kinetophobia\/kinesophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of movement<\/li><li><strong>Kleptophobia\/cleptophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of stealing or being stolen<\/li><li><strong>Mechanophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of machines<\/li><li><strong>Melanophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of the color black<\/li><li><strong>Melissophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of bees<\/li><li><strong>Meteorophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of meteors<\/li><li><strong>Methyphobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of alcohol<\/li><li><strong>Mnemophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of memories<\/li><li><strong>Myrmecophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of ants<\/li><li><strong>Necrophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of death and\/or the dead<\/li><li><strong>Nosocomephobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of hospitals<\/li><li><strong>Nosophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of contracting a disease<\/li><li><strong>Nosocomephobia<\/strong> &#8211; fear of hospitals.<\/li><li><strong>Osmophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of smells.<\/li><li><strong>Phobophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of having a phobia.<\/li><li><strong>Potophobia\/Methyphobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of alcohol<\/li><li><strong>Pyrophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of fire<\/li><li><strong>Selenophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of the moon.<\/li><li><strong>Sophophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of learning.<\/li><li><strong>Tachophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of speed.<\/li><li><strong>Thaasophobia\/ Kathisophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of sitting.<\/li><li><strong>Thalassophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of the sea.<\/li><li><strong>Thermophobia<\/strong> &#8211; Fear of heat.<\/li><li><strong>Xanthophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of the color yellow<\/li><li><strong>Xenophobia<\/strong> \u2013 fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n                <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n                <script>\n                     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n                <\/script>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A phobia is an irrational fear of something that\u2019s unlikely to cause harm. 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