Phobias

Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society
Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth
Arachnephobia- Fear of spiders
Astrophobia- Fear of stars and celestial space
Brontophobia- Fear of thunder or lightning
Chiraptophobia- Fear of being touched
Chronophobia- Fear of time
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns
Dementophobia- Fear of insanity
Diaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school
Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors or seeing oneself in a mirror
Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia
Felinophobia- Fear of cats
Francophobia- Fear of the French
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun
Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with with worms
Hemaphobia- Fear of blood
Homophobia- Fear of homosexuals
Hylophobia- Fear of forests
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep
Hypertrichophobia- Fear of hair
Maniaphobia- Fear of insanity
Melanophobia- Fear of the color black
Menophobia- Fear of menstruation
Nyctohylophobia- Fear of forests at night
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night
Ommetaphobia- Fear of eyes
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams
Optophobia- Fear of opening one's eyes
Phengophobia- Fear of daylight or sunshine
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias
Pluviophobia- Fear of rain or being rained on
Pneumatiphobia- Fear of spirits
Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers
Pyrophobia- Fear of fire
Samhainophobia- Fear of Halloween
Sciaphobia- Fear of shadows
Scoliophobia- Fear of school
Scotophobia- Fear of darkness
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon
Somniphobia- Fear of sleep
Taphephobia- Fear of being buried alive
Thanatophobia- Fear of death and dying
Triakaidekaphobia- Fear of the number thirteen
Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women
Wiccaphobia- Fear of witches and witchcraft
Zeusophobia- Fear of the gods

many of these were found at phobialist.com.

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