Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Phobias... (A)


The following is a list of Phobias that began with the letter 'A'!


  • 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.
  • 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)
  • Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc.
  • Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
  • 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.
  • Arsonphobia- Fear of fire.
  • Asthenophobia- Fear of fainting or weakness.
  • Astraphobia or Astrapophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia)
  • Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things.
  • 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.
Signing out, Annabella :)

P.S. Random:
Cats sleep from 16 to 18 hours a day.


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