Wow. I'm enjoying this way too much...not that I'm making fun of anyone suffering from any of these phobias...I just find it all very interesting! Especially that there are names for many of these. (see previous post)
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects. I read this as 'fear of needlepoint.' Told you there's something wrong with me.
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsely represents a sentient being.
Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
Catapedaphobia- Fear of jumping from high and low places.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.
Deipnophobia- Fear of dining or dinner conversations.
Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch
Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church.
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers.
Felinophobia- Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia)
Graphophobia- Fear of writing or handwriting
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia- Fear of movement or motion.Levophobia- Fear of things to the left side of the body.
Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry.
Mythophobia- Fear of myths or stories or false statements.
Nomatophobia- Fear of names.
Novercaphobia- Fear of your step-mother.
Odontophobia- Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
Optophobia- Fear of opening one's eyes.
Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything.
Peladophobia- Fear of bald people.
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias. Guess that answers my question from the last post.
Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple. I love that movie!
Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles.
Scatophobia- Fear of fecal matter.
Syngenesophobia- Fear of relatives.
Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia- Fear of hair. (Chaetophobia, Hypertrichophobia)
Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating.
Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing.
Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.
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