Today I am sharing the word list on Phobias (Intense Fear of) which is very important for your upcoming competitive exams. A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation the affected person will go to great lengths to avoid, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed. The list is given below:
Word List: Phobias (Intense Fear of)
| Word
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Definition
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| Acarophobia
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Fear of itching or of insects causing itching
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| Acrophobia
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Fear of heights
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| Aerophobia
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Fear of flying or draughts
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| Agoraphobia
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Fear of open spaces
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| Agyiophobia
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Fear of crossing busy streets
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| Aichmophobia
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Fear of sharp or pointed objects
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| Ailurophobia
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Fear of cats
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| Algophobia
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Fear of pain
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| Amathophobia
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Fear of dust
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| Amaxophobia
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Fear of riding in a car
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| Ambulophobia
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Fear of walking
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| Anglophobia
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Fear of England or the English
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| Anthrophobia
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Fear of humans
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| Anuptaphobia
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Fear of staying single
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| Aquaphobia
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Fear of water
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| Arachibutyrophobia
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Fear of peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth
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| Arachnophobia
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Fear of spiders
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| Astraphobia
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Fear of being struck by lightning
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| Astrapophobia
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Fear of thunder and lightning
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| Automysophobia
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Fear of being dirty
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| Autophobia
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Fear of solitude
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| Ballistophobia
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Fear of missiles
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| Bathophobia
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Fear of falling from a high place
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| Batophobia
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Fear of heights or being close to tall buildings
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| Batrachophobia
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Fear of frogs and toads
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| Belonephobia
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Fear of pins and needles
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| Bibliophobia
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Fear of books
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| Blennophobia
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Fear of slime
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| Brontophobia
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Fear of thunder and lightning
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| Cancerophobia
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Fear of cancer
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| Cathisophobia
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Fear of sitting
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| Cenophobia
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Fear of empty spaces
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| Chrematophobia
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Fear of money
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| Cibophobia
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Fear of or distaste for food
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| Claustrophobia
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Fear of closed spaces
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| Climacophobia
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Fear of falling down stairs
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| Clinophobia
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Fear of staying in bed
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| Cremnophobia
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Fear of cliffs and precipices
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| Cyberphobia
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Fear of computers
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| Cynophobia
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Fear of dogs
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| Dromophobia
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Fear of crossing streets
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| Dysmorphophobia
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Fear of physical deformities
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| Ecophobia
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Fear of home
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| Eleutherophobia
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Fear of freedom
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| Eosophobia
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Fear of dawn
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| Ergasiophobia
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Fear of work
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| Ergophobia
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Fear of work
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| Erotophobia
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Fear of sex
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| Erythrophobia
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Fear of red lights or of blushing
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| Euphobia
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Fear of good news
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| Francophobia
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Fear of France or the French
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| Gallophobia
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Fear of France or the French
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| Gamophobia
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Fear of marriage
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| Geniophobia
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Fear of chins
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| Genophobia
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Fear of sex
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| Gerascophobia
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Fear of growing old
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| Graphophobia
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Fear of writing
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| Gymnophobia
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Fear of nudity
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| Heliophobia
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Fear of sunlight
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| Herpetophobia
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Fear of snakes
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| Hierophobia
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Fear of sacred things
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| Homichlophobia
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Fear of fog
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| Homophobia
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Fear of homosexuals
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| Hydrophobia
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Fear of water
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| Hypsophobia
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Fear of high places
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| Iatrophobia
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Fear of going to the doctor
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| Iconophobia
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Fear or hatred of images
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| Kainotophobia
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Fear of change
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| Kakorrhaphiophobia
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Fear of failure
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| Kenophobia
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Fear of empty spaces
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| Ligyrophobia
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Fear of loud noises
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| Linonophobia
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Fear of string
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| Lygophobia
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Fear of darkness
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| Lyssophobia
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Fear of hydrophobia
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| Macrophobia
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Fear of prolonged waiting
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| Metrophobia
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Fear of poetry
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| Monophobia
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Fear of being alone
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| Muriphobia
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Fear of mice
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| Myophobia
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Fear of mice
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| Mysophobia
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Fear of contamination or dirt
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| Nebulaphobia
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Fear of fog
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| Necrophobia
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Fear of corpses
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| Negrophobia
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Fear of blacks
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| Neophobia
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Fear of novelty
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| Nosophobia
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Fear of disease
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| Novercaphobia
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Fear of one's stepmother
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| Nyctophobia
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Fear of the night or darkness
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| Ochlophobia
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Fear of crowds
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| Oenophobia
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Fear or hatred of wine
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| Ombrophobia
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Fear of rain
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| Onomatophobia
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Fear of hearing a certain word
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| Ophidiophobia
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Fear of snakes
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| Ophthalmophobia
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Fear of being stared at
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| Optophobia
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Fear of opening one’s eyes
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| Ornithophobia
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Fear of birds
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| Paedophobia
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Fear of children; fear of dolls
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| Panophobia
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Melancholia marked by groundless fears
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| Pantophobia
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Fear of everything
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| Parthophobia
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Fear of virgins
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| Pathophobia
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Fear of disease
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| Pediculophobia
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Fear of lice
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| Pentheraphobia
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Fear or hatred of one’s mother-in-law
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| Phagophobia
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Fear of eating
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| Phengophobia
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Fear of daylight
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| Phonophobia
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Fear of noise or of speaking aloud
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| Photophobia
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Fear of light
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| Pogonophobia
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Fear of beards
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| Psychrophobia
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Fear of the cold
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| Pteronophobia
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Fear of being tickled by feathers
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| Pyrophobia
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Fear of fire
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| Russophobia
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Fear of Russia or Russians
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| Satanophobia
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Fear of the devil
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| Sciaphobia
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Fear of shadows
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| Scopophobia
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Fear of being looked at
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| Scoptophobia
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Fear of being looked at
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| Scotophobia
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Fear of the dark
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| Sitiophobia
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Fear of food
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| Sitophobia
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Fear of food or eating
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| Spectrophobia
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Fear of looking in a mirror
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| Symmetrophobia
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Fear of symmetry
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| Syphilophobia
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Fear of syphilis
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| Taphephobia
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Fear of being buried alive
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| Technophobia
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Fear of technology
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| Thalassophobia
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Fear of the sea
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| Thanatophobia
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Fear of death
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| Theophobia
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Fear of God
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| Tocophobia
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Fear of pregnancy or childbirth
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| Tonitrophobia
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Fear of thunder
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| Topophobia
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Fear of performing; fear of certain places
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| Toxicophobia
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Fear of poisoning
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| Toxiphobia
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Fear of poison or being poisoned
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| Triskaidekaphobia
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Fear of the number thirteen
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| Uranophobia
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Fear of heaven
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| Xenophobia
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Fear of foreigners
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| Zelophobia
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Fear of jealousy
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| Zoophobia
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Fear of animals
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