List of Important Phobias

We have compiled the complete list of Important Phobias which are generally asked in various Competitive Exams (i.e. SSC CGL, IBPS, RRB etc.). Students should consider this as an essential post for all Upcoming Competitive Exams.
According to the American Psychiatric Association, phobias are the most common psychiatric illness among women and the second most common among men. The National Institute of Mental Health suggests that phobias affect approximately 19.2 million U.S. adults. These phobias typically emerge during childhood or adolescence and continue into adulthood. They also impact twice as many women as they do men.
These common phobias typically involve the environment, animals, fears of injections and blood, as well as certain specific situations.

Name of Phobia	Fear of
Ablutophobia	Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia	Fear of itching
Achluophobia	Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia	Fear of noise.
Acrophobia	Fear of heights.
Aerophobia	Fear of drafts
Aeroacrophobia	Fear of open high places.
Agliophobia	Fear of pain.
Ailurophobia	Fear of cats.
Alektorophobia	Fear of chickens.
Algophobia	Fear of pain.
Altophobia	Fear of heights.
Amathophobia	Fear of dust.
Ancraophobia	Fear of wind
Androphobia	Fear of men.
Anthrophobia	Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia	Fear of people or society.
Antlophobia	Fear of floods.
Apiphobia	Fear of bees.
Arsonphobia	Fear of fire.
Atychiphobia	Fear of failure.
Aulophobia	Fear of flutes.
Aurophobia	Fear of gold.
Aviophobia	Fear of flying.
Bacteriophobia	Fear of bacteria.
Ballistophobia	Fear of missiles or bullets.
Bathophobia	Fear of depth.
Bibliophobia	Fear of books.
Botanophobia	Fear of plants.
Brontophobia	Fear of thunder and lightning
Cacophobia	Fear of ugliness.
Cainophobia	Fear of newness, novelty.
Cardiophobia	Fear of the heart.
Carnophobia	Fear of meat.
Cathisophobia	Fear of sitting.
Catoptrophobia	Fear of mirrors.
Cenophobia	Fear of new things or ideas.
Chaetophobia	Fear of hair.
Cheimaphobia	Fear of cold.
Chionophobia	Fear of snow.
Chiraptophobia	Fear of being touched.
Chiroptophobia	Fear of bats.
Cholerophobia	Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.
Chorophobia	Fear of dancing.
Chrometophobia	Fear of money.
Chromophobia	Fear of colors.
Chronophobia	Fear of time.
Chronomentrophobia	Fear of clocks.
Cibophobia	Fear of food
Cryophobia	Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost.
Crystallophobia	Fear of crystals or glass.
Cyberphobia	Fear of computers or working on a computer.
Cyclophobia	Fear of bicycles.
Cynophobia	Fear of dogs or rabies.
Decidophobia	Fear of making decisions.
Demophobia	Fear of crowds
Dendrophobia	Fear of trees.
Dipsophobia	Fear of drinking.
Dystychiphobia	Fear of accidents.
Ecclesiophobia	Fear of church.
Ecophobia	Fear of home.
Electrophobia	Fear of electricity.
Eleutherophobia	Fear of freedom.
Elurophobia	Fear of cats.
Emetophobia	Fear of vomiting.
Enetophobia	Fear of pins.
Entomophobia	Fear of insects.
Epistemophobia	Fear of knowledge.
Equinophobia	Fear of horses.
Febriphobia	Fear of fever.
Frigophobia	Fear of cold
Galeophobia	Fear of cats.
Gamophobia	Fear of marriage.
Geliophobia	Fear of laughter.
Genuphobia	Fear of knees.
Geumaphobia	Fear of taste.
Glossophobia	Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
Hadephobia	Fear of hell.
Hagiophobia	Fear of saints or holy things.
Hamartophobia	Fear of sinning.
Hedonophobia	Fear of feeling pleasure.
Heliophobia	Fear of the sun.
Hemophobia	Fear of blood.
Hodophobia	Fear of road travel.
Hormephobia	Fear of shock.
Homichlophobia	Fear of fog.
Hylophobia	Fear of forests.
Hypengyophobia	Fear of responsibility.
Ichthyophobia	Fear of fish.
Ideophobia	Fear of ideas.
Iophobia	Fear of poison.
Judeophobia	Fear of Jews.
Koinoniphobia	Fear of rooms.
Kynophobia	Fear of rabies.
Kyphophobia	Fear of stooping.
Lachanophobia	Fear of vegetables.
Laliophobia or Lalophobia	Fear of speaking.
Limnophobia	Fear of lakes.
Logophobia	Fear of words.
Melissophobia	Fear of bees.
Metallophobia	Fear of metal.
Mnemophobia	Fear of memories.
Myrmecophobia	Fear of ants.
Necrophobia	Fear of death or dead things.
Nelophobia	Fear of glass.
Nephophobia	Fear of clouds.
Noctiphobia	Fear of the night.
Nomatophobia	Fear of names.
Nosocomephobia	Fear of hospitals.
Ochophobia	Fear of vehicles.
Octophobia	Fear of the figure 8.
Oneirophobia	Fear of dreams.
Ophidiophobia	Fear of snakes.
Ornithophobia	Fear of birds.
Papaphobia	Fear of the Pope.
Papyrophobia	Fear of paper.
Pediophobia	Fear of dolls.
Pedophobia	Fear of children.
Phasmophobia	Fear of ghosts.
Photophobia	Fear of light.
Phronemophobia	Fear of thinking.
Potophobia	Fear of alcohol.
Pharmacophobia	Fear of drugs.
Psychophobia	Fear of mind.
Pyrophobia	Fear of fire.
Quadraphobia	Fear of the number four.
Quintaphobia	Fear of the number five.
Radiophobia	Fear of radiation, x-rays
Ranidaphobia	Fear of frogs.
Scolionophobia	Fear of school.
Selenophobia	Fear of the moon.
Siderophobia	Fear of stars.
Somniphobia	Fear of sleep.
Suriphobia	Fear of mice.
Syngenesophobia	Fear of relatives.
Tachophobia	Fear of speed.
Technophobia	Fear of technology.
Telephonophobia	Fear of telephones.
Thaasophobia	Fear of sitting.
Thalassophobia	Fear of the sea.
Theophobia	Fear of gods or religion.
Thermophobia	Fear of heat.
Traumatophobia	Fear of injury.
Tuberculophobia	Fear of tuberculosis.
Uranophobia	Fear of heaven.
Vaccinophobia	Fear of vaccination.
Verbophobia	Fear of words.
Vestiphobia	Fear of clothing.
Walloonphobia	Fear of the Walloons.
Xenoglossophobia	Fear of foreign languages.
Xenophobia	Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Xerophobia	Fear of dryness.
Xyrophobia	Fear of razors.
Zelophobia	Fear of jealousy.
Zeusophobia	Fear of God or gods.
Zoophobia	Fear of animals.

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