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Strange Phobias
To fear something is to have a phobia. According to a national survey, 86 percent of adults and 91 percent of youngsters are afraid of something. Nearly one in five adults also says they are scared of something more now than they were as a child. Here is a list of such strange fears or phobias.
Ailurophobia - Fear of Cats.
Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders.
Aerophobia (Aviophobia) - Fear of Flying.
Agoraphobia - Fear of going public places.
Brontophobia - Fear of thunder.
Eisoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors.
Entomophobia - Fear of insects.
Enochlophia - Fear of crowds.
Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns.
Lepidopterophobia - Fear of butterflies.
Verminophobia - Fear of germs.
Ablutophobia - The fear of bathing.
Basophobia - The fear of walking.
Barophobia - The fear of gravity.
Cathisophobia - The fear of sitting.
Chronophobia - The fear of time.
Chrometophobia - The fear of money.
Chaetophobia - The fear of hair.
Cibophobia - The fear of food.
Clinophobia - The fear of going to bed.
Dendrophobia - The fear of trees.
Eleutherophobia - The fear of freeom.
Genuphobia - The fear of knees.
Geliophobia - The fear of laughter.
Gnosiophobia - The fear of knowledge.
Heliophobia - The fear of the sun.
Hedonophobia - The fear of feeling pressure.
Hypnophobia - The fear of sleep.
Ideophobia - The fear of ideas.
Kainophobia - The fear of anything new.
Lachanophobia - The fear of vegetables.
Logophobia - The fear of words.
Melophobia - The fear of music.
Mnemophobia - The fear of memories.
Nebulaphobia - The fear of fog.
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By Geethalakshmi, On - 2008-10-09 |
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