While looking around for a class project I fell across an enormously long list of Phobias......you may think my list is long but it dosen't even compare to the other list i found!!!
Do you have or know someone that has these strange phobias? Did you know there was actually a fear of being single or a fear of dancing?
Here are the strangest yet most interesting phobias I think there were on this list from A-Z.
What do you think? which are the oddest to you??
Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia- Fear of pain.
Androphobia- Fear of men.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
Automysophobia- Fear of being dirty.
Bibliophobia- Fear of books.
Botanophobia- Fear of plants.
Brontophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.
Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.
Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Chorophobia- Fear of dancing.
Contreltophobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
Decidophobia- Fear of making decisions.
Dentophobia- Fear of dentists.
Diplophobia- Fear of double vision.
Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch.
Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church
Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom.
Equinophobia- Fear of horses.
Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news.
Francophobia- Fear of France or French culture.
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage.
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.
Geniophobia- Fear of chins.
Genophobia- Fear of sex.
Graphophobia- Fear of writing or handwriting.
Gymnophobia- Fear of nudity.
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun.
Hobophobia- Fear of bums or beggars.
Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish.
Ithyphallophobia- Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.
Japanophobia- Fear of Japanese.
Katagelophobia- Fear of ridicule.
Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down.
Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables.
Laliophobia or Lalophobia- Fear of speaking.
Lutraphobia- Fear of otters.
Lygophobia- Fear of darkness.
Mastigophobia- Fear of punishment.
Mnemophobia- Fear of memories.
Mycrophobia- Fear of small things.
Nomatophobia- Fear of names.
Numerophobia- Fear of numbers.
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams.
Optophobia- Fear of opening one's eyes.
Papyrophobia- Fear of paper.
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia- Fear of kissing.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Pyrophobia- Fear of fire.
Rupophobia- Fear of dirt.
Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles.
Satanophobia- Fear of Satan.
Somniphobia- Fear of sleep.
Sophophobia- Fear of learning.
Tachophobia- Fear of speed.
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
Tropophobia- Fear of moving or making changes.
Uranophobia or Ouranophobia- Fear of heaven.
Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating.
Verminophobia- Fear of germs.
Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing.
Vitricophobia- Fear of step-father.
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.
Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Xenoglossophobia- Fear of foreign languages.
Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Xerophobia- Fear of dryness.
Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Zeusophobia- Fear of God or gods.
Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.
Zoophobia- Fear of animals.
the ones that prolly most amazed me were fear of beautiful women and fear of ugliness