Phobias - S

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

• Samhainophobia Fear of Halloween.
• Sarmassophobia Fear of love play. (Malaxophobia)
• Satanophobia Fear of Satan.
• Scabiophobia Fear of scabies.
• Scatophobia Fear of fecal matter.
• Scelerophibia Fear of bad men, burglars.
• Sciophobia Sciaphobia Fear of shadows.
• Scoleciphobia Fear of worms.
• Scolionophobia Fear of school.
• Scopophobia or Scoptophobia Fear of being seen or stared at.
• Scotomaphobia Fear of blindness in visual field.
• Scotophobia Fear of darkness. (Achluophobia)
• Scriptophobia Fear of writing in public.
• Selachophobia Fear of sharks.
• Selaphobia Fear of light flashes.
• Selenophobia Fear of the moon.
• Seplophobia Fear of decaying matter.
• Sesquipedalophobia Fear of long words.
• Sexophobia Fear of the opposite sex. (Heterophobia)
• Siderodromophobia Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
• Siderophobia Fear of stars.
• Sinistrophobia Fear of things to the left or left-handed.
• Sinophobia Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.
• Sitophobia or Sitiophobia Fear of food or eating. (Cibophobia)
• Snakephobia Fear of snakes. (Ophidiophobia)
• Soceraphobia Fear of parents-in-law.
• Social Phobia Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
• Sociophobia Fear of society or people in general.
• Somniphobia Fear of sleep.
• Sophophobia Fear of learning.
• Soteriophobia Fear of dependence on others.
• Spacephobia Fear of outer space.
• Spectrophobia Fear of specters or ghosts.
• Spermatophobia or Spermophobia Fear of germs.
• Spheksophobia Fear of wasps.
• Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia Fear of standing or walking. (Ambulophobia)
• Staurophobia Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
• Stenophobia Fear of narrow things or places.
• Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia Fear of hell.
• Suriphobia Fear of mice.
• Symbolophobia Fear of symbolism.
• Symmetrophobia Fear of symmetry.
• Syngenesophobia Fear of relatives.
• Syphilophobia Fear of syphilis.