Fear Factor - Interesting Phobias

Category : General Knowledge

All of us fear one thing or the other. Some of us shiver at the sight of a cockroach. Most of us are afraid of thunder and lightning. This is termed as phobia. Phobia means ‘‘excessive fear’’ or ‘‘strong hatred’’. Find here below a selective list of phobias.

animals : zoophobia
automobiles : ochophobia
bees : apophobia
birds : ornithophobia
blood : hematophobia
books : bibliophobia
cancer : carcinophobia
cat : ailurophobia
corpses : necrophobia
crowds : ochlophobia
darkness : nyctophobia
death : thanatophobia
diseases : pathophobia
dogs : cynophobia
drugs : pharmacophobia
English : anglophobia
fire : pyrophobia
foreigners : xenophobia
germs : bacillophobia
ghosts : phasmophobia
heart attact : anginophobia
hell : hadephobia
hospitals : nosocomephobia
marriage : gamophobia
men : androphobia
poisoning : toxicophobia
skin disease : dermatophobia
sleep : hypnophobia
snakes : ophidiophobia
solitude : isolophobia
spiders : arachnophobia
talking : glossophobia
water : aquaphobia
women : feminophobia