Phobias - A

Here is a list of all the different definitions for different kinds of phobias for information purposes. If you find a phobia that is not on this list, please e-mail me from the contact page

• Ablutophobia Fear of washing or bathing.
• Acarophobia Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
• Acerophobia Fear of sourness.
• Achluophobia Fear of darkness.
• Acousticophobia Fear of noise.
• Acrophobia Fear of heights.
• Aerophobia Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
• Aeroacrophobia Fear of open high places.
• Aeronausiphobia Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
• Agateophobia Fear of insanity.
• Agliophobia Fear of pain.
• Agoraphobia Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
• Agraphobia Fear of sexual abuse.
• Agrizoophobia Fear of wild animals.
• Agyrophobia Fear of streets or crossing the street.
• Aichmophobia Fear of needles or pointed objects.
• Ailurophobia Fear of cats.
• Albuminurophobia Fear of kidney disease.
• Alektorophobia Fear of chickens.
• Algophobia Fear of pain.
• Alliumphobia Fear of garlic.
• Allodoxaphobia Fear of opinions.
• Altophobia Fear of heights.
• Amathophobia Fear of dust.
• Amaxophobia Fear of riding in a car.
• Ambulophobia Fear of walking.
• Amnesiphobia Fear of amnesia.
• Amychophobia Fear of scratches or being scratched.
• Anablephobia Fear of looking up.
• Ancraophobia Fear of wind. (Anemophobia)
• Androphobia Fear of men.
• Anemophobia Fear of air drafts or wind.(Ancraophobia)
• Anginophobia Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
• Anglophobia Fear of England or English culture, etc.
• Angrophobia Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
• Ankylophobia Fear of immobility of a joint.
• Anthrophobia or Anthophobia Fear of flowers.
• Anthropophobia Fear of people or society.
• Antlophobia Fear of floods.
• Anuptaphobia Fear of staying single.
• Apeirophobia Fear of infinity.
• Aphenphosmphobia Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia)
• Apiphobia Fear of bees.
• Apotemnophobia Fear of persons with amputations.
• Arachibutyrophobia Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
• Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia Fear of spiders.
• Arithmophobia Fear of numbers.
• Arrhenphobia Fear of men.
• Arsonphobia Fear of fire.
• Asthenophobia Fear of fainting or weakness.
• Astraphobia or Astrapophobia Fear of thunder and lightning.(Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia)
• Astrophobia Fear of stars or celestial space.
• Asymmetriphobia Fear of asymmetrical things.
• Ataxiophobia Fear of ataxia. (muscular incoordination)
• Ataxophobia Fear of disorder or untidiness.
• Atelophobia Fear of imperfection.
• Atephobia Fear of ruin or ruins.
• Athazagoraphobia Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
• Atomosophobia Fear of atomic explosions.
• Atychiphobia Fear of failure.
• Aulophobia Fear of flutes.
• Aurophobia Fear of gold.
• Auroraphobia Fear of Northern lights.
• Autodysomophobia Fear of one that has a vile odor.
• Automatonophobia Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
• Automysophobia Fear of being dirty.
• Autophobia Fear of being alone or of oneself.
• Aviophobia or Aviatophobia Fear of flying.