Phobias From A to Z

You’ve probably heard of arachnophobia, thanks in part to the movie with the same name, and claustrophobia, but what about gamophobia or phobophobia?  Here’s a brief introduction to phobias, from the familiar to the more obscure.
 
Acrophobia: Fear of heights

Agoraphobia: Fear of being in a public place

Ailurophobia: Fear of cats

Androphobia: Fear of men

Anthropophobia: Fear of human companionship

Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders

Bathophobia: Fear of deep places

Claustrophobia: Fear of enclosed spaces

Cynophobia: Fear of dogs

Entomophobia: Fear of insects

Ereuthophobia: Fear of blushing

Gamophobia: Fear of marriage

Gephyrophobia: Fear of crossing a bridge

Gymnophobia: Fear of seeing a naked person

Gynephobia: Fear of women

Hedonophobia: Fear of pleasure

Hypengyophobia: Fear of responsibility

Hypnophobia: Fear of sleep

Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish

Mysophobia: Fear of dirt

Nostophobia: Fear of going home

Nyctophobia: Fear of night or darkness

Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes