List of phobias: a dictionary to understand them.

A list of phobias explained in summary and alphabetical order.

Phobias are an incredibly diverse type of psychological disorder. Compared to other anxiety disorders, the causes that trigger the crises (the moments when their symptoms are most noticeable) are very diverse and, in some cases, curious or downright bizarre.

In this article we will see a list of phobias by way of a small specialized dictionary in this type of clinical phenomenon, to understand which are the stimuli that trigger the extreme fear or the peaks of anxiety.

List of phobias: dictionary with their meaning.

This is a list of phobias summarized and ordered alphabetically.

1. Acrophobia

Acrophobia is extreme fear of heightsIt is one of the most common phobias.

2. Aerophobia

As its name indicates, it is the fear of riding in an airplane or any type of aircraft.

3. Agoraphobia

A phobia based on the fear of situations in which the sufferer experiences a crisis and has no one nearby to help him/her.

4. Arrenophobia

This is the phobia of menIt is a phobia of men, usually because of the characteristics associated with masculinity.

5. Arsonophobia

Arsonophobia is the intense and clinically significant fear of fire.

6. Autodysomophobia

This curious phobia is the extreme fear of smelling bad.

7. Basophobia

This is the phobia to falls that can produce wounds or broken bones.

8. Batophobia

Batophobia is the extreme fear of depth, usually in bodies of water.

9. Bovinophobia

The bovinophobia is the fear to the cows, the bulls, the oxen and all similar animals belonging to the bovine family.

10. Brontophobia

Fear of storms, lightning and thunder is relatively frequent, and it wears down the quality of life of many people who need to go to therapy to overcome it.

11. Carcinophobia

Carcinophobia is the extreme fear of getting cancer.

12. Cardiophobia

This is the phobia of the possibility of having a Heart attack.

13. Cymophobia

The cimophobia is the fear to the waves of the sea or the oceans.

14. Claustrophobia

Claustrophobia is the intense fear of being in very small or narrow spaces, such as a cellar or a narrow corridor.

15. Kleptophobia

This is the phobia of being robbed, either by breaking into our house or by taking what we are carrying.

16. Coimetrophobia

This is the phobia of cemeteries, and has a powerful cultural charge due to the fear of death.

17. Contreltophobia

This anxiety disorder is the fear of being abused or raped, and affects mostly women.

18. Dentophobia

This is the phobia to the dentistand can favor the appearance of serious health problems in the mouth.

19. Diabetophobia

This is the phobia of the possibility of developing diabetes, so it is about avoiding everything that can trigger its onset.

20. Electrophobia

This is the phobia of electricity, i.e. the tendency to worry excessively about not having electrical current accidents.

21. Entomophobia

Entomophobia is the phobia of insects in general.

22. Phobophobia

The phobophobia is the fear to the own fear, a fish that bites the tail.

23. Gymnophobia

It is the phobia to the nudity, either own or others.whether it is one's own or someone else's.

24. Gelotophobia

This type of phobia has to do with social interactions, since it is the fear of being made fun of.

25. Glossophobia

This is one of the most common phobias: it is the intense fear of speaking in public.

26. Hamartophobia

This psychological disorder is related to religion, since it is the fear of sinning.

27. Hemophobia

This is the phobia to the blood and other elements associated with it, such as wounds or injections. It is one of the most frequent of this list of phobias, and for which more people go to psychotherapy.

28. Iophobia

This is one of the most curious elements of this list of phobias, since it is the fear of being poisoned. It is related to delusional thinking, although it does not go beyond this aspect of life.

29. Katsaridaphobia

This is one of the easiest anxiety disorders to understand for those who do not experience it: it is the phobia of cockroaches.

30. Liticaphobia

From the name, the meaning of this anxiety disorder is already intuited: the phobia of litigation and judicial processes in general. It is feared the idea that somebody accuses us.

31. Locchiophobia

This anxiety disorder arises in women who develop fear to give birth.

32. Mastigofobia

The mastigofobia is the intense fear to the punishments.. It usually occurs in boys and girls, not so much in adults.

33. Myrmecophobia

Myrmecophobia is the phobia of ants, which is problematic, considering how common these insects are.

34. Necrophobia

Necrophobia is the fear of dead bodies, and it is usually more intense if they are human.

35. Nelophobia

In this case we speak about the phobia to the glass, associated to the facility that this one has to break in sharp forms.

36. Nosocomephobia

This is the phobia to hospitals; it can arise due to the unpleasant or traumatic experiences that sometimes occur in these.

37. Chiroptophobia

Chiroptophobia is the phobia of chiropterans, that is to say, bats.

38. Selacophobia

This consists of the intense fear to the possibility of suffering a shark attack.

39. Tachophobia

By tacophobia we understand the phobia to the speed, in which one can be oneself victim of accidents.

40. Thalassophobia

Thalassophobia is the extreme fear to the sea or the ocean.

41. Testophobia

As its name suggests, it is the phobia of tests or examinations.

42. Zoophobia

This is another item on this list of phobias that is understood by name. It is a concept that refers to animal phobias, although in practice it occurs in relation to certain animals and not others.

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