Do You Know the Names of These 50 Phobias? Let’s Find Out!

1. What is the name of the intense fear of spiders?

Answer: arachnophobia. Women are likelier to be arachnophobes than men.

2. What is the name of the extreme fear of snakes?

Answer: ophidiophobia. It’s more severe than the general, common fear of snakes.

3. What is the name of the fear of insects?

Answer: entomophobia. It’s also known as insectophobia or acarophobia.

4. What is the name of the intense fear of dogs?

Answer: cynophobia. Around one-third of individuals with animal phobias have cynophobia.

5. What is the name of the intense fear of bats?

Answer: chiroptophobia. It is not considered a very common phobia!

6. What is the name of the intense fear of heights?

Answer: acrophobia. It is a very common phobia that impacts 3-6% of individuals.

7. What is the name of the fear of water?

Answer: aquaphobia. It is more common in children than in adults, and impacts 2-3% of Americans.

8. What is the name of the fear of thunder and lightning?

Answer: astraphobia. Children and individuals with autism are likelier to have this phobia.

9. What is the name of the intense fear of needles?

Answer: trypanophobia. Anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can increase your likelihood of trypanophobia.

10. What is the name of the fear of flying?

Answer: aerophobia. It is a common fear that affects 25 million adult Americans.

11. What is the name of the fear of enclosed spaces?

Answer: claustrophobia. It is more common in women than men.

12. What is the name of the extreme fear of the dark?

Answer: nyctophobia. It is one of the top fears in children aged 6 to 12.

13. What is the name of the fear of clowns?

Answer: coulrophobia. Children as young as three years old have shown symptoms of this phobia.

14. What is the name of the intense fear of vomiting?

Answer: emetophobia. This phobia is rare and only affects 0.1% of the world.

15. What is the name of the fear or disgust of clusters of holes?

Answer: trypophobia. Individuals with trypophobia might experience more disgust than fear towards hole patterns, like sponges or sunflowers.

16. What is the name of the fear of cats?

Answer: ailurophobia. It is also sometimes referred to as felinophobia or gatophobia.

17. What is the name of the fear of disease?

Answer: nosophobia. This originates from the Greek words “nosos” (disease) and “phobos” (fear).

18. What is the name of the extreme fear of germs?

Answer: mysophobia. Individuals with this phobia might also have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

19. What is the name of the intense fear of hens or chickens?

Answer: alektorophobia. Children under the age of 10 are likelier to have this phobia.

20. What is the name of the intense fear of frogs?

Answer: ranidaphobia. The specific fear of toads is called bufonophobia.

21. What is the name of the intense fear of being afraid?

Answer: phobophobia. Individuals with phobophobia might fear the symptoms of a phobia (e.g., heart palpitations) or developing a particular phobia.

22. What is the name of the fear of horses?

Answer: equinophobia. Sufferers of this phobia might fear riding, touching or being near a horse.

23. What is the name of the fear of flowers?

Answer: anthophobia. Individuals with anthophobia might experience other related phobias like apiphobia, the fear of bees.

24. What is the name of the fear of accidents?

Answer: dystychiphobia. This is characterized by an extreme fear of being in an accident.

25. What is the name of the extreme fear of computers?

Answer: cyberphobia. Adults aged 65+ might be more prone to this fear since they did not grow up with computers.

26. What is the name of the extreme fear of rain?

Answer: ombrophobia. This can be caused by the belief that rain causes harm, like via flooding or landslides.

27. What is the name of the intense fear of cooking?

Answer: mageirocophobia. It is sometimes linked to perfectionism or OCD.

28. What is the name of the intense fear of mirrors?

Answer: eisoptrophobia. Sometimes people experience this fear due to self-image issues.

29. What is the name of the intense fear of hospitals?

Answer: nosocomephobia. This can cause someone to avoid the hospital even if they need medical assistance.

30. What is the name of the fear of pain?

Answer: algophobia. It is a common fear in those with chronic pain syndromes (e.g., back pains).

31. What is the name of the fear of animals?

Answer: zoophobia. This can be characterized by a fear of a particular animal or a general fear towards all animals.

32. What is the name of the intense fear of school?

Answer: scolionophobia. This phobia impacts up to 5% of children.

33. What is the name of the extreme fear of snow?

Answer: chionophobia. Individuals might experience a panic attack when they see snow.

34. What is the name of the intense fear of sleep?

Answer: somniphobia. Individuals with this fear might be afraid of having nightmares or sleepwalking.

35. What is the name of the fear of driving?

Answer: amaxophobia. Individuals with this fear might be fine driving but not like being a passenger.

36. What is the name of the fear of trees?

Answer: dendrophobia. “Dendron” is the Greek word for tree.

37. What is the name of the extreme fear of birds?

Answer: ornithophobia. Individuals with this fear might be afraid of a particular bird species or all birds.

38. What is the name of the obsessive fear of imperfection?

Answer: atelophobia. This phobia can cause depression, anxiety or self-esteem issues.

39. What is the name of the intense fear of failure?

Answer: atychiphobia. Individuals with this fear might avoid taking risks or trying new things.

40. What is the name of the intense fear of being touched?

Answer: haphephobia. This phobia extends to being touched by friends and family, not just strangers.

41. What is the name of the extreme fear of being alone?

Answer: autophobia. This is also called monophobia.

42. What is the name of the intense fear of small things?

Answer: microphobia. This can lead to other fears like a fear of insects (entomophobia) or germs (mysophobia).

43. What is the name of the intense fear of plants?

Answer: botanophobia. Individuals with this phobia might believe that plants have germs or are toxic.

44. What is the name of the fear of knees?

Answer: genuphobia. Other fears that those with genuphobia might experience include basiphobia (fear of falling) or traumatophobia (fear of injury).

45. What is the name of the extreme fear of untidiness?

Answer: ataxophobia. This is deeply connected to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

46. What is the name of the fear of paper?

Answer: papyrophobia. Individuals might fear getting a paper cut, and panic when they see, touch or write on paper.

47. What is the name of the intense fear of the colour purple?

Answer: porphyrophobia. One might experience a panic attack upon seeing the colour purple.

48. What is the name of the fear of chest pain?

Answer: anginophobia. Individuals with this phobia might worry excessively about choking, strangulation and suffocation.

49. What is the name of the fear of trees?

Answer: dendrophobia. Related phobias include hylophobia (fear of forests) and nyctohylophobia (fear of dark woods or forests at night).

50. What is the name of the intense fear of hurricanes or tornadoes?

Answer: lilapsophobia. Individuals with this phobia might also have astraphobia or ombrophobia.

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