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This is the world's biggest collection of phobia words – almost 650 in total. Although most are rare, they have all appeared in print. Where a word is marked 'syn. of' this indicates that it is a synonym of the following word. (In many cases this simply reflects spelling variations.) Sources are listed in brackets after each entry; see the footnotes for the meanings of the abbreviations.

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ecclesiophobia	Fear of church. [OED, ID, CE]
ecophobia	Fear of home. [ID, CE]
eisoptrophobia	syn. of catoptrophobia. [ID, CE]
electrophobia	syn. of elektrophobia. [ID]
elektrophobia	Fear of electricity. [CE]
eleutherophobia	Fear of freedom. [ID, CE, WP]
elurophobia	syn. of ailurophobia. [ID]
emetophobia	Fear of vomiting. [ID, CE]
enetophobia	syn. of belonephobia. [ID]
enissophobia	syn. of hamartophobia. [ID]
enochlophobia	syn. of ochlophobia. [ID]
enosiophobia	syn. of hamartophobia. [ID]
entomophobia	Fear of insects. [ID]
entonophobia	Fear of ticks. [CE]
entophobia	syn. of entomophobia. [CE]
eosophobia	Fear of dawn. [ID, CE]
eremiophobia	syn. of autophobia. [ID]
eremophobia	syn. of autophobia. [ID]
ereuthophobia	syn. of erythrophobia. [ID]
ereuthrophobia	syn. of erythrophobia. [CE]
ergasiophobia	Fear of work. [ID, CE]
ergophobia	syn. of ergasiophobia. [OED, ID]
ermitophobia	syn. of autophobia. [ID]
erotophobia	syn. of coitophobia. [ID, CE]
erythrophobia	(1) Fear of the colour red; (2) Fear of blushing. [OED, ID, CE]
esodophobia	syn. of primeisodophobia. [ID]
euphobia	Fear of good news. [ID]
euphophobia	syn. of euphobia. [WP]
eurotophobia	syn. of kolpophobia. [ID, CE]
expansophobia	syn. of corpulophobia. [WP]

- F -

febriphobia	Fear of fever. [ID, CE]
felinophobia	syn. of ailurophobia. [ID]
feminophobia	syn. of gynephobia. [OED, ID]
Francophobia	Fear of France or the French. [OED, ID]
frigophobia	syn. of cheimaphobia. [ID]

- G -

galeophobia	syn. of ailurophobia. [ID, CE]
Gallophobia	syn. of Francophobia. [OED, ID, CE]
gametophobia	syn. of gamophobia. [ID]
gamophobia	Fear of marriage. [ID, CE]
gatophobia	syn. of ailurophobia. [ID]
geliophobia	syn. of gelophobia. [CE]
gelophobia	Fear of laughter. [ID, WP]
geniophobia	Fear of chins. [ID, WP]
genophobia	syn. of coitophobia. [ID]
gentianophobia	Resistance (of cells) to staining with gentian. [ID]
gephydrophobia	syn. of gephyrophobia. [ID]
gephyrophobia	Fear of crossing a bridge. [ID, CE]
gerascophobia	Fear of growing old. [ID, CE]
Germanophobia	Fear of Germany or Germans. [OED, ID]
geumaphobia	syn. of geumophobia. [ID]
geumatophobia	syn. of geumophobia. [ID]
geumophobia	Fear of unfamiliar tastes. [ID]
glossophobia	Fear of talking. [ID, CE]
graphophobia	Fear of writing. [ID, CE]
grecophobia	Fear of Greek customs. [ID]
gringophobia	Fear of Gringos. [ID]
gymnophobia	Fear of nudity. [ID, CE]
gynephobia	Fear of women. [ID, CE]
gynophobia	syn. of gynephobia. [OED, ID]

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hadephobia	Fear of hell. [ID]
haematophobia	syn. of hematophobia. [OED]
hagiophobia	Fear of holy things. [ID, CE]
halophobia	(1) Fear of speaking; (2) Inability (of plants) to grow in salt-rich soil. [ID, CE]
hamartophobia	Fear of sin or sinning. [ID, CE]
haphephobia	Fear of being touched. [ID, CE]
hapnophobia	syn. of haphephobia. [ID]
haptephobia	syn. of haphephobia. [ID]
haptophobia	syn. of haphephobia. [ID]
harmatophobia	syn. of hamartophobia. [ID]
harpaxophobia	syn. of kleptophobia. [ID]
hedonophobia	Fear of pleasure. [ID, CE, WP]
heliophobia	Fear of sunlight. [OED, ID, CE, WP]
hellenophobia	Fear of Greek or Latin terms. [ID, WP]
helminthophobia	Fear of being infested with worms. [ID]
hemaphobia	syn. of hematophobia. [ID]
hematophobia	Fear of blood. [ID, CE]
hemophobia	syn. of hematophobia. [ID]
heresyphobia	Fear of heresy. [ID]
herpetophobia	syn. of ophidiophobia. [ID, CE]
hierophobia	(1) Fear of clergymen; (2) syn. of hagiophobia. [OED, ID, CE]
hippophobia	Fear of horses. [OED, ID, CE]
hodophobia	Fear of travel. [ID, CE]
homichlophobia	Fear of fog. [ID, CE]
homilophobia	Fear of sermons. [ID, CE, WP]
homophobia	(1) Fear or hatred of homosexuals; (2) Fear of monotony. [OED, ID, CE]
hoplophobia	Fear of firearms. [CE]
hormephobia	Fear of shock. [ID]
hyalophobia	syn. of crystallophobia. [ID]
hydrophobia	(1) Fear of water; (2) Medical term for rabies. [OED, ID]
hydrophobophobia	Fear of rabies. [ID]
hydrophophobia	syn. of hydrophobophobia. [CE]
hyelophobia	syn. of crystallophobia. [ID]
hygrophobia	Fear of dampness or liquids, especially water or wine. [ID, WP]
hylephobia	(1) Fear of forests or wood; (2) Fear of materialism. [ID]
hylophobia	syn. of hylephobia. [ID, CE]
hypegiaphobia	syn. of hypengyophobia. [ID]
hypengyophobia	Fear of responsibility. [ID]
hypnophobia	Fear of sleep. [OED, ID, CE]
hypophobia	Absence of fear. [ID]
hypsiphobia	syn. of acrophobia. [ID]
hypsophobia	syn. of acrophobia. [ID]

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Footnotes:

OED: Oxford English Dictionary. Words marked 'OED' are all mentioned in this dictionary, but may not have their own entry.
ID: The Insomniac's Dictionary of the Outrageous, Odd, and Unusual by Paul Hellweg.
CE: Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Language by Richard Lederer.
WP: Words at Play: Quips, Quirks, and Oddities by O. V. Michaelsen. Also in The Wordplay Almanac by O. V. Michaelsen.

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