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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.
- R -
| radiaphobia | syn. of corpulophobia. [WP] |
| radiophobia | Fear of X-rays. [ID, CE] |
| rectophobia | syn. of proctophobia. [ID] |
| rhabdophobia | Fear of magic or being beaten with rods. [ID, CE] |
| rhinophobia | Fear of noses. [WP] |
| rhypophobia | Fear of filth. [ID, CE] |
| rhytiphobia | Fear of getting wrinkles. [ID, CE] |
| rupophobia | syn. of rhypophobia. [ID] |
| Russophobia | Fear of Russia or Russians. [ID, CE] |
| rypophobia | syn. of rhypophobia. [ID] |
- S -
| sarmassophobia | Fear of love-play. [ID] |
| Satanophobia | Fear of Satan. [OED, ID, CE] |
| scabiophobia | Fear of scabies. [ID] |
| scatophobia | syn. of coprophobia. [ID] |
| scelerophobia | Fear of bad men. [ID] |
| sciaphobia | syn. of sciophobia. [ID] |
| sciophobia | Fear of shadows. [ID, CE] |
| scoleciphobia | syn. of vermiphobia. [ID] |
| scopophobia | Fear of being stared at. [ID] |
| scoptophobia | syn. of scopophobia. [ID] |
| scotomaphobia | Fear of scotomas (blind areas in visual field). [ID] |
| scotophobia | syn. of achluophobia. [OED, ID] |
| scriptophobia | syn. of graphophobia. [CE] |
| selaphobia | Fear of flashes. [ID, CE] |
| selenophobia | Fear of the moon. [ID, CE, WP] |
| septophobia | Fear of decaying matter. [ID, CE] |
| sexophobia | Fear of the opposite sex. [ID] |
| sheksophobia | syn. of spheksophobia. [CE] |
| siderodromophobia | Fear of railways/railroads. [OED, ID, CE] |
| siderophobia | syn. of astrophobia. [ID, WP] |
| sinistrophobia | syn. of levophobia. [ID, WP] |
| Sinophobia | Fear of China or the Chinese. [OED, ID, CE] |
| sitiophobia | syn. of sitophobia. [OED, ID] |
| sitophobia | Fear of food. [OED, ID] |
| skiaphobia | syn. of sciophobia. [CE] |
| snakephobia | syn. of ophidiophobia. [ID] |
| soceraphobia | Fear of one's parents-in-law. [ID] |
| sociophobia | Fear of society. [ID, CE] |
| soleciphobia | syn. of vermiphobia. [CE] |
| sophophobia | Fear of learning. [ID, CE, WP] |
| Sovietophobia | Fear of the Soviet Union. [OED] |
| spacephobia | Fear of outer space. [ID] |
| spectrophobia | (1) Fear of spectres;
(2) syn. of catoptrophobia. [ID, CE] |
| spermatophobia | Fear of semen. [ID] |
| spermophobia | syn. of spermatophobia. [ID] |
| spheksophobia | Fear of wasps. [ID] |
| stasibasiphobia | Fear of standing and walking. [ID] |
| stasiphobia | Fear of standing. [ID, CE] |
| stasobasiphobia | syn. of stasibasiphobia. [ID] |
| stasophobia | syn. of stasiphobia. [ID] |
| staurophobia | Fear of crucifixes. [ID, CE] |
| stenophobia | Fear of narrow places. [ID, CE] |
| stygiophobia | syn. of hadephobia. [ID, CE] |
| swinophobia | Fear of swine/pigs. [ID, CE] |
| symbolophobia | Fear of symbolism. [ID] |
| symmetrophobia | Fear of symmetry. [OED, ID] |
| syngenescophobia | syn. of syngenesophobia. [CE] |
| syngenesophobia | Fear of relatives. [ID] |
| syphilidophobia | syn. of syphiliphobia. [ID] |
| syphiliphobia | Fear of syphilis. [ID] |
| syphilophobia | syn. of syphiliphobia. [OED, ID] |
- T -
| tabophobia | Fear of tabes dorsalis (degenerative spinal disease). [ID] |
| tachophobia | Fear of speed. [ID, CE] |
| taeniiphobia | syn. of taeniophobia. [OED] |
| taeniophobia | Fear of tapeworms. [ID, CE] |
| taphephobia | Fear of being buried alive. [ID, CE] |
| taphophobia | syn. of taphephobia. [ID] |
| tapinophobia | syn. of microphobia. [ID, CE] |
| taurophobia | Fear of bulls. [ID, CE] |
| technophobia | Fear of technology. [OED, ID, CE] |
| teleophobia | Fear of teleology. [OED, ID, CE] |
| telephonophobia | Fear of telephones. [ID, CE] |
| teletophobia | Fear of religious ceremonies. [ID] |
| teniophobia | syn. of taeniophobia. [ID] |
| teratophobia | Fear of monsters or giving birth to a monster. [ID, CE, WP] |
| Teutonophobia | syn. of Germanophobia. [OED, ID] |
| Teutophobia | syn. of Germanophobia. [OED, ID, CE] |
| textophobia | Fear of certain fabrics. [ID] |
| thaasophobia | Fear of sitting (idle). [ID] |
| thalassophobia | Fear of seas. [OED, ID, CE] |
| thanatophobia | Fear of death. [OED, ID, CE] |
| thassophobia | [CE] |
| theatrophobia | Fear of theatres. [OED, ID, CE] |
| theologicophobia | Fear of theology. [ID] |
| theophobia | Fear of God. [OED, ID, CE] |
| thermophobia | Fear of heat. [ID] |
| thixophobia | syn. of haphephobia. [ID] |
| tocophobia | syn. of maieusiophobia. [ID] |
| tomophobia | Fear of surgery. [ID, CE] |
| tonitrophobia | syn. of brontophobia. [ID] |
| tonitruphobia | syn. of brontophobia. [ID] |
| topophobia | (1) Fear of performing, i.e. stage fright;
(2) Fear of a specific place. [OED, ID, CE] |
| toxicophobia | syn. of toxiphobia. [OED, ID, CE] |
| toxiphobia | Fear of poisoning. [OED, ID] |
| toxophobia | syn. of toxiphobia. [ID] |
| traumatophobia | Fear of injury or war. [ID, CE] |
| tredecaphobia | syn. of tridecaphobia. [ID] |
| tremophobia | Fear of trembling. [ID] |
| triakaidekaphobia | syn. of tridecaphobia. [ID] |
| trichinophobia | Fear of trichinosis. [ID] |
| trichopathophobia | Fear of hair disease. [ID] |
| trichophobia | Fear of hair. [OED, ID, CE] |
| tridecaphobia | Fear of the number thirteen. [ID] |
| triskadekaphobia | syn. of tridecaphobia. [ID] |
| triskaidekaphobia | syn. of tridecaphobia. [OED, ID, CE] |
| tropophobia | Fear of changes. [ID, CE] |
| tryapanophobia | Fear of injections. [CE] |
| tuberculophobia | Fear of tuberculosis. [OED, ID] |
| tyrannophobia | Fear of tyrants. [OED, ID] |
- U -
| uranophobia | Fear of heaven. [ID, CE, WP] |
| urophobia | Fear of urinating. [ID] |
- V -
vacansopapuroso-
phobia | Fear of blank paper. [WP] |
| vaccinophobia | Fear of vaccinations. [OED, ID, CE] |
| venereophobia | syn. of cypridophobia. [ID, CE] |
| venustaphobia | Fear of beautiful women. [ID, WP] |
| verbaphobia | syn. of logophobia. [CE] |
| verbophobia | syn. of logophobia. [ID] |
| vermiophobia | syn. of bacillophobia. [CE] |
| vermiphobia | Fear of worms. [ID] |
| vestiophobia | Fear of clothing. [ID, CE, WP] |
| virgivitiphobia | Fear of rape. [ID] |
| virgivitphobia | Fear of virgins. [CE] |
| vitricophobia | Fear of one's stepfather. [ID] |
- X -
| xenophobia | Fear of strangers or foreigners. [OED, ID, CE] |
| xerophobia | Fear of dryness and dry places. [ID, CE] |
| xylophobia | syn. of hylephobia. [ID] |
- Y -
- Z -
| zelophobia | Fear of jealousy. [ID] |
| zenophobia | syn. of xenophobia. [OED] |
| zoophobia | Fear of animals. [OED, ID, CE] |
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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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