English for Students

Names of Phobias

Names of Phobias Beginning with A :

1. Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing
   
   
2. Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching
   
   
3. Acerophobia- Fear of sourness
   
   
4. Achluophobia- Fear of darkness
   
   
5. Acousticophobia- Fear of noise
   
   
6. Acrophobia- Fear of heights
   
   
7. Aerophobia- Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances
   
   
8. Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places
   
   
9. Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness
   
   
10. Agateophobia- Fear of insanity
    
    
11. Agliophobia- Fear of pain
    
    
12. Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place
    
    
13. Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse
    
    
14. Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals
    
    
15. Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street
    
    
16. Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects
    
    
17. Ailurophobia- Fear of cats
    
    
18. Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease
    
    
19. Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens
    
    
20. Algophobia- Fear of pain
    
    
21. Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic
    
    
22. Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions
    
    
23. Altophobia- Fear of heights
    
    
24. Amathophobia- Fear of dust
    
    
25. Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car
    
    
26. Ambulophobia- Fear of walking
    
    
27. Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia
    
    
28. Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched
    
    
29. Anablephobia- Fear of looking up
    
    
30. Ancraophobia- Fear of wind (Anemophobia)
    
    
31. Androphobia- Fear of men
    
    
32. Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind(Ancraophobia)
    
    
33. Anginophobia- Fear of angina, choking or narrowness
    
    
34. Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture
    
    
35. Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry
    
    
36. Ankylophobia- Fear of immobility of a joint
    
    
37. Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers
    
    
38. Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society
    
    
39. Antlophobia- Fear of floods
    
    
40. Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single
    
    
41. Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity
    
    
42. Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched (Haphephobia)
    
    
43. Apiphobia- Fear of bees
    
    
44. Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with amputations
    
    
45. Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
    
    
46. Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders
    
    
47. Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers
    
    
48. Arrhenphobia- Fear of men
    
    
49. Arsonphobia- Fear of fire
    
    
50. Asthenophobia- Fear of fainting or weakness
    
    
51. Astraphobia or Astrapophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning(Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia)
    
    
52. Astrophobia- Fear of stars or celestial space
    
    
53. Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things
    
    
54. Ataxiophobia- Fear of ataxia (muscular incoordination)
    
    
55. Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or untidiness
    
    
56. Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection
    
    
57. Atephobia- Fear of ruin or ruins
    
    
58. Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting
    
    
59. Atomosophobia- Fear of atomic explosions
    
    
60. Atychiphobia- Fear of failure
    
    
61. Aulophobia- Fear of flutes
    
    
62. Aurophobia- Fear of gold
    
    
63. Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern lights
    
    
64. Autodysomophobia- Fear of one that has a vile odor
    
    
65. Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being
    
    
66. Automysophobia- Fear of being dirty
    
    
67. Autophobia- Fear of being alone or of oneself
    
    
68. Aviophobia or Aviatophobia- Fear of flying