Phobias You Might Not Know About

There are phobias for everything imaginable including the fear of phobias. Take a look at the list.

Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.

Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.

Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.

Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals.

Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.

Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.

Amathophobia- Fear of dust.

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Aurophobia- Fear of gold.

Barophobia- Fear of gravity.

Bibliophobia- Fear of books.

Botanophobia- Fear of plants.

Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.

Chirophobia- Fear of hands.

Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.

Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed.

Dromophobia- Fear of crossing streets.

Eosophobia- Fear of dawn or daylight.

Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge.

Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.

Geniophobia- Fear of chins.

Heliophobia- Fear of the sun.

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia- Fear of glass.

Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down.

Leukophobia- Fear of the color white.

Lutraphobia- Fear of otters.

Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking.

Melanophobia- Fear of the color black.

Meteorophobia- Fear of meteors.

Methyphobia- Fear of alcohol.

Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry.

Omphalophobia- Fear of belly buttons.

Placophobia- Fear of tombstones.

Pogonophobia- Fear of beards.

Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles.

Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.

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