Talk:List of phobias/Archive 2

Meningitophobia
I was under the impression that meningitophobia was the fear of brain disease, and not "fear of a masturbation disease" as stated in this article. Google appears to concur.


 * Yes, it seems to have been vandalised here. I've reverted it. sjorford &rarr;&bull;&larr; 09:40, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Is this a joke?
Some phobias are real, and cause a lot of distress for those who suffer from them. But a lot of the phobias mentioned on this list are ones that I had never heard of until I looked at this list tonight. JesseG 04:34, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, but that does not mean there are no people out there who are suffering from them. A lot of phobias are quite rare. -- AlexR 08:58, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

List splitting
I suggest to split the list into entries that may have valid articles and the rest, the likes of Asymmetriphobia - Fear of asymmetry and geophobia and lupophobia, strangely absent from the list. Otherwise it looks like a big joke. mikka (t) 21:39, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The same is probably with -philia, mikka (t) 21:41, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Circular links
Many of the links on this page (to phobia names) go to redirects that simply return here. These should either be made into real pages, or non-links to avoid confusion, IMHO. -Harmil 29 June 2005 13:03 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. I think this has been stated before, but let's repeat it: We don't need articles any phobia where all the material we have is a one sentence definition. We don't need wikilinks to any of them. "Circular links", meaning links that go back to this article with the definition, should be removed from this page. Only those phobias where we can have a minimum of a paragraph or two of serious discussion (preferably with references) should have their own article. -- Infrogmation June 29, 2005 13:16 (UTC)
 * Umm. One of the basic ideas about wikipedia is that it is unlimited in size; there should be nothing to stop anyone creating articles as they want, even if they start off small. If there is a substub sized article about a particular phobia then we should let it stay but provide a link to this article. I might get round to removing the circular links too. tommylommykins 17:25, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi, Tommy, I think that's not what is meant by what has been said. Take Apeirophobia, Alliumphobia, Alektophobia, to take just a few examples, clicking on them leads you straight back to this list, rather than to a separate article which would make sense to have a link to. This is what is meant by a circular link. However, I think there is some kind of bug in this article. If there isn't already an article present, all a linked item should do is create a red link, not lead it back to this list. Other entries do that as is correct, such as Allodoxaphobia or Amathophobia.


 * Perhaps someone can take a look at this and sort it? Many thanks. Dieter Simon 23:28, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * This is not a bug; this is a normal behavior of redirect pages. Are you familiar with this notion? See redirect. Or did I misunderstand you? mikka (t) 23:53, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Well yes, of course, Mikka, you are absolutely spot on. I got carried away here, apologies. Bearing this in mind, however, would it be best to remove the links and leave the entries unlinked when creating a redirect as a normal procedure, especially since most of those redirected entries probably would never amount to any decent articles in their own right? If and when suddenly somone has a brainwave and/or has a lot of material, they could always create an article and link the entry then, couldn't they?. Hell, is it all worth it?{;-) Dieter Simon 00:37, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I really doubt that we may expect many new phobia articles. But if some appear, no big deal to maintain links in this this list. And hardly that important. If someone wants to learn about a particular phobia, he will just search for it. mikka (t) 02:52, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I am in total agreement. Dieter Simon 22:01, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I think the best advice would be to remove the links from all phobias in the list unless they do now go to a half deceent article. You could list all the circular redirects for deletion and get the red links back but this would offer a lot of jucy red links, which people would make rather useless stub articles from and they will be listed for deletion and redirection back here, which is probably why there are so many circular links now. MeltBanana 23:50, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * In fact, some guy not long ago did just the opposite: added square brackets for A-J (and probably lost the patience). mikka (t) 23:53, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Phobophobia - Fear of phobias
Is this a real phobia? It would seem that would cause one to fear a fear, then fear that fear, then fear that fear and so on and so forth. what happens next? would one spontaneously combust? How does this phobia work, and how did it come about? --Jake--09:51, 5 August 2005 (UTC) Edit: Also, are there Phobophilics (-philic: loving, as opposed to fearing), or are they just classed as thrill seekers?
 * The list was plagued by jokers and as well as by good-memaning but irresponible people who copied the names from all over the internet. I am slowly cleaning this (and -philia) article from garbage, letter by letter. I work slowly, because I am checking the references, and it takes much more time than to simply dump the whole list from some site which are abound. I did not reach the letter "P" yet, but I am readily deleting this one, since it attracted attention. mikka (t) 20:33, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, it could be real, have you checked? It sounds silly, but then so do most -phobias don't they? --Ballchef 00:52, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, phobophobia is real, but not in the way of the current article. If Julie Marie Myatt is notable (it appears she is, then I write the article. redirect phobophobia there, and list in here).
 * The notion of specific phobia says that anything may be a source of phobia. We are not going to collect the whole set of nouns (and verbs, by the way) in this article, are we? The criterion is the same as everywhere in wikipedia: notability. mikka (t) 01:22, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a nonnotable joke worming over blogs and inscrupulous phobia healing websites. there are only about 600 unique hits, none of them reputable. Please provide at least one serious reference, none of the above. The criterion of inclusion in such list is the same as everywhere in wipipedia: reputable source and notability. mikka (t) 23:27, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, here is one, Mikka. see ::http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onelife/health/healthy_mind/phobia5.shtml
 * Unless it's a hell of a stir. If this a Wiki mirror website, they are not saying. Look at their "Further Information", their last page alon, looks pretty solid. Dieter Simon 23:51, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I have a feeling you might want to put it back again, unless you will run the risk of calling the BBC website a nonnotable joke site? (-)Dieter Simon 00:08, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I am willing to take this risk. Unlike paparazzi of BBC, an encyclopedia has a responsibility. This list of strange phobias circulates for quite some time in the net. I am repeating, unless one provides a serious source, i.e., the one which seriously discusses this phobia, rather than gives a dicdef or a cliche, of type given in our article, the phobia is out.
 * It is known that a specific phobia may be caused by virtually anything, and speaking about informal coinage, a person may dislike anything, e.g., a dislike of persons whose name starts with D and ends with R is quite possible. Most of these phobias are nonnotable, hence do not deserve inclusion here, unless, say, a celebrity picked an irrational fear of     chicken flying high, then welcome acroalektorophobia to wikipedia.
 * BBC has, e.g.,
 * "Catapedophobia - Fear of jumping from high and low places"
 * And you are willing to take it as a serious source... mikka (t) 00:54, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * No not because it's the BBC, Mikka, only because the rest of that website does seem to have some valuable articles about various "psychiatric" problems. Not at all like "Auntie", but slightly more down-to-earth, that speaks directly to the average person, even if it reflects Radio 1 standards in its approach.
 * I do realize your sterling work on the -phobia page, in fact you are the one person who sorts out the list time and time again, and stops it from descending into total chaos at times. But don't forget it is in the nature of phobias that a list such as this would sooner or later do exactly that, become chaotic. As you say, anybody can be fearful of literally anything, sometimes a very real terror may ensue. However, including everything would make the list and the page never-ending, something that could just not be contemplated, no, the way you are looking after it is just right. So I leave it to you to do as you see fit.
 * Never mind, hippo-whats-it. Many thanks. Dieter Simon 21:53, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi, Francs, please see the previous contributions on this subject. As you can see, at one stage I stood up for 'hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia'. Frankly I could see Mikkalai's point of view. But I did mention that at least one website, that of the BBC Radio 1 website, was a valuable citeable reference, however didn't think it worthwile to get into an argument over it. Leave it to you, if you want to put it back in. 80.43.40.89 00:38, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

FYI, this word is in wiktionary:. I'm not expressing an opinion, mind you. -- SCZenz 03:28, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Red Links
Why are there so many red links? And why do many of the links just link back to the -phobia page? There isn't really point to doing this. Someone should clean this up. --Nympseudo 06:24, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, you can do it yourself. There is nothing to stop you if you have the time. Dieter Simon 00:11, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Red-link means someone hasn't written the article yet. Feel free to turn some of those to blue if you have the time. (Signed: J.Smith) 18:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

There isn't a single thing someone hasn't a phobia about
I think we should bear in mind, that every single thing, every single thought is likely to engender a phobia in someone out there in that great wide world. And we almost certainly will be able to supply evidence that someone has created a wonderful word of Greek etymology describing this. However, are we to include all those words in a list such as this? You would be talking about millions of words here. Take the different plants and animals, diseases, political and philosophical concepts, all of these have someone who is totally and irrationally phobic about them. And I am absolutely sorry for anyone who is literally suffering from such a fear. I myself fear things going round in a circle around me, panning in a film gives me the jitters. Although I have no name for this affliction, does it mean this kind of phobia should be included in our list? I don't think so. We would end up with a whole tome of a list.

A fear of ferns, however real it may be for a person, might as well convoke a fear of roses, of hyacinths, of lilies-of-the-valley, of any plant, there really is no end to it. After all, some plants have thorns, some are poisonous, some we have had bad experiences about. And that's only the plants. Every animal causes a certain attitudinal problem in us. Please, let a list such as this just give us a flavour of the type of things people may be fearful of, apart from the very common phobias, such as agoraphobia, acrophobia, etc., which really do cause behavioural problems tothe sufferer, in things they cannot avoid. If someone is fearful of crossing an open space, of meeting people, of lightning, well he really has a problem. But if fears ferns he doesn't really need to go near them, does he?

Please, spare a thought for the reader, far from helping him identify his own phobia, it must be absolutely bewildering since he very likely doesn't speak Greek. Where will he start? And he will probably have a phobia nobody else has ever thought of. Have a thought. Dieter Simon 01:31, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Making an order
I am slowly moving into a direction of making a normal encyclopedic article, based on the major wikipedia criteria: notability, and what is more important, Verifiability. There are plenty self-feeding phobia lists sit over the 'net, and there is no reason to copycat them. We also have a wiktionary.

Therefore I suggest to allow an addition to this list only well-referenced words, i.e., not from phobia lists, blogs/message boards or those neuroprogramming sites that promise to heal any phobia they picked from these lists.

The best solution would be an article that says more than the standard template given in -phobia article. In other cases a quotation of notable usage should do.

I have nothing against joke phobias, and I introduced a separate section for them. But again, these jokes must be notable. Anatidaephobia is proven notable. Peanutbutterphobia not yet.

So, what do you say? mikka (t) 17:12, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: -phobia
Continuing from my user talk page, because User:Mikkalai asked me to.

Now when you put it that way, I have to agree. The concepts of the phobias are real but I can't find a verifiable case of anyone actually having them. The reason I contacted you directly was that I wanted to discuss why you removed all the phobias I inserted in one edit, without providing an edit summary, so I didn't understand the reason. &mdash; J I P | Talk 22:19, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't say they are not real. I know this firsthand. I have a 100% phobia towards poison oak, but I cannot say nothing beyond that I just hate it in a truly irrational way, not just afraid of it. I know a woman who cannot force herself to cross a road alone even in absence of traffic (a post-traumatic experience). I my childhood I lived in a village in a swampy area which survived a peat fire, a kind of underground fire that may kindle for years. People there developed a true phobia to any outdoor fire and could beat a stranger to half-death if he would have thrown a match on the ground in winter time.


 * So I have no reasons to disbelieve other so-called "specific phobias". However in most cases there is really nothing encyclopedic in them. mikka (t) 01:21, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Phobia names
Many of the names of phobias listed on this page are bogus for one simple reason: the root work of the alleged phobia must come from Greek (phobia, as we all should know, is Greek). Therefore, silly names like "gatophobia" (from Spanish "gato") for ailurophobia, or noctiphobia (from Latin "nox") for nyctophobia need to be excised from this list. Additionally, there are a number of others that do use Greek roots, but use them incorrectly. Bottom line: unless you know Classical Greek, please refrain from listing these phobias -- even if you have citations.

Jim62sch 00:41, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Are they bogus because they are grammatically unpure or because they don't exist? --Stalfur 11:26, 17 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Whatever the form is, the trouble is that people can make up phobias as they go along. If they can't find a Greek compound, they'll make it up by "impure" forms. Who is to say that it doesn't exist somewhere in an obscure publication, which they say exists but we aren't necessarily able to trace, Google or not.


 * The real problem is, there are millions of objects, concepts, or conditions out there, all of which are likely to cause someone somewhere in the world to be phobic of, sometimes irrationally so. These fears or phobias are real, I'm sure so, but what sort of article would that create in an encyclopaedia? It would be never-ending, wouldn't it? I think what we could ever feasibly achieve is to give the reader a flavour of the thing, we couldn't possibly include every phobia that has ever existed for the simple reason readers would get lost in the sheer volume of them all, and it wouldn't really be of any help to them.
 * An encyclopaedia depends on our being able to keep it relatively short, otherwise it becomes unmanageable. Dieter Simon 00:38, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Arachnophobia
Arachnophobia is already represented under the heading 'Zoophobias'. Please read the full article before adding to it and so duplicating part of the lists. Dieter Simon 01:25, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Homophobia
Homophobia is already in the list of "wel-documented" phobias, heterophobia is not very meaningful. Have reverted. Dieter Simon 01:52, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Contact me
I am doing a project on phobias. If anyone has or knows someone with a phobia please contact me at VvPrincess04@yahoo.com. Thankyou. Vvprincess04 21:14, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

CTRN
The link to the CTRN (or CRTN, or whatever it is) links to a disambiguation page which does not actually have the phobia clinic as an article.

Hence, I believe it should be removed. Being a wiki non-regular, I don't want to do something that might interfere with standard procedure, after all...


 * The correct procedure would be to add the phobia clinic, if it is notable enough, i.e., described by someone else in a reputable source. mikka (t) 21:24, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Lets split the article already!
Lets split this into 2 articals. -phobia and list of phobias. I think they are realy diffrent issues. (Signed: J.Smith) 18:26, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll make the split in a few days if noone has anything to say about it either way. (Signed: J.Smith) 03:17, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Phobia of evil clowns
Hi Mukadderat, how do you recognise an evil clown? I think it's a nonsensical phobia. I have been saying that there isn't a thing in the world someone isn't afraid of, but we can't include them all, can we? You'd need an unmanageable tome of a book to include even part of them all, leave alone a mere article in an encyclopedia. I am sorry, but we really can only give an idea of what is meant by a -phobia, not include all the artificial constructs someone might think of. What about clowns with white faces, that would make more sense, as regard how young children would feel. Think about it, there are limits as to what an encyclopedia can achieve. Dieter Simon 23:40, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

I find all clowns evil. But on a more serious note, people are scared of Clowns (like me), we thought they were evil as children. This affects us as we grow up, and we never get rid of our fear for clowns unless we get treatment (which you would only take if you were terrified of clowns.

Papaphobia
Papaphobia looks like a legit phobia... 15000 "fear of the pope and/or the roman catholic church" How are we deciding what belongs and what doesnt? Obviously this shouldn't be a huge list of everything, but what is the cut-off point? (Signed: J.Smith) 17:14, 27 January 2006 (UTC)


 * One should stick to phobias that are a documented medical condition or a scientifically documented dislike of some organisms and not "words that describe dislike or hatred of a particular thing or subject", or then, put the latter in a different category. I guess for instance that papaphobia falls under the second category. If we do not apply certain "rules" the list could become endless: wikiphobia would be an example that springs to mind. Moumine 18:46, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, a quick google search indicated to me that the term was in wide-spread use and that several sites were offering treatment...(or selling a book, not sure) *shrug* (Signed: J.Smith) 00:47, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Arrrggg... so much red...
Whoever added all those links... can we remove the red links? (or remove the ones not important enough to even have a stub from the list!) (Signed: J.Smith) 02:31, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Melissophobia??
I've spent years believing my fear of bees was called apiphobia. Both are defined as "fear of bees" by medterms.com, though apiphobia has far more hits on Google. Apis, if I remember correctly, is a specific genus of bees including the common honeybee. Melisso-, I assume, is from the Melittidae family of bees?

Can anyone help me out on which is the correct term for a generalized fear of bees? The taxonomic Superfamily is listed, in wikipedia, as Apoidea. Could this be used as a root to create a -phobia name that would address fear of all bees, and not just one genus? -Kasreyn 10:22, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Melissa is the Greek word for (honey)bee and apis is the Latin word for it. Generally one should always avoid creating Latin-Greek compounds, but it is done so frequently nowadays that one more doesn't probably matter that much. Also, as you have already said 'apiphobia' is already the more commonly used version than 'melissophobia'. Dieter Simon 17:43, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Aren't these things the same thing?
The list contains Thanatophobia, and necrophilia. I was wondering, are these the same thing or is it just a double listing?
 * Thanatophobia is the fear of death and dying, whereas necrophobia is the fear of dead bodies/corpses. Dieter Simon 00:15, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Islamophobia
why is it that every time I try to add this "well-documented" REAL phobia, some admin removes it from the site. Any why is it that Christophobia - the fear/dislike of Christianty and Judephobia - the fear of Judism is on the list and not Islamophobia. why does Islam get this highly special treatment in wikipedia. Is that becuase most of the admins here are Muslims? Do people not fear or dislike Islam anymore? Is Islam such a wonderfully peaceful religion that nobody for the past 1427 years have feared or disliked it? On the contrary, After the September 11 attacks and the thousands of suicide bombers and videos of beheadings, Islam is perhaps the most hated Ideology in the world. The filth of Islam has been exposed to the world and everybody know that the real agenda of Islam is. Fight and destroy humanity. So again, why does Islam get such a special treatment in this web site? Somebody answer my questions please


 * Maybe we keep removing it because the people who are pushing it appear to be rabid spittle-spraying bigots? Kind of harms the credibility of the push for its inclusion, you know.  We are talking about recognized psychiatric conditions here.  If you can provide a link to a reliable source on psychiatrically recognized cases of "Islamophobia", then it could be included.  (Though perhaps under a different name; Islamo- is not a greek word root.  Is there even a Greek word for Islam?  Does anyone know?)


 * In short, if you were to tone down the venomous nature of your rhetoric, people would be much more likely to give you a fair hearing. Just a friendly word of advice...  -Kasreyn 22:45, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, anon's pet phobia is present in the corresponding section. Actually the article is about the suffix, not about medical condition. mikka (t) 03:38, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Other phobias
All this phobias are out. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Just like with all other lists, beginning from List of webcomics and all lists of slang, unless there is no wikipedia article about a particular "-phobia" that is more than dicdef, the word has no place in this list. mikka (t) 03:45, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

A-G

 * Acousticophobia — Fear of noise.
 * Aerophobia — Fear of high objects, of drafts, of air-swallowing or of airborne noxious substances.
 * Agateophobia, Dementophobia, Maniaphobia — Fear of insanity.
 * Agliophobia, Algophobia, Odynophobia, Odynephobia — Fear of pain.
 * Agraphobia — Fear of sexual abuse.
 * Agyrophobia, Dromophobia — Fear of streets or crossing the street.


 * Alliumphobia — the abnormal fear of garlic that may extend to a variety of plants characterized by their pungent odor. including onions, leeks, chives, and shallots. Allium is the onion genus.
 * Amathophobia, Koniophobia — Fear of dust.
 * Amaxophobia — Fear of riding in a car.
 * Ambulophobia, — Fear of walking or standing.
 * Anemophobia — Fear of wind.
 * Ankhophobia, Anthrophobia, Anthophobia - Fear of flowers.
 * Anthropophobia — Fear of people or society.
 * Anuptaphobia — Fear of staying single.
 * Apotemnophobia — Fear/dislike of persons with amputations.
 * Arsonphobia, Pyrophobia — Fear of fire.
 * Asthenophobia — Fear of fainting or weakness.
 * Astrophobia — Fear of stars and celestial space.
 * Ataxophobia — Fear of disorder or untidiness.
 * Atychiphobia, Kakorrhaphiophobia — Fear of failure.
 * Atelophobia — fear of imperfection
 * Autophobia, Eremophobia, Ermitophobia, Isolophobia, Monophobia — Fear of being alone or fear of oneself.


 * Ballistophobia — Fear of bullets, fear of getting shot, fear of ballistics.
 * Barophobia — Fear of loss of gravity.
 * Basophobia, Basiphobia — Fear of walking or falling.
 * Bathmophobia — Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
 * Batophobia — Fear of heights or of being close to high buildings.
 * Batrachophobia — Fear of amphibians.
 * Bibliophobia — Fear/dislike of books.
 * Blennophobia, Myxophobia — Fear of slime.
 * Bromidrosiphobia, Bromidrophobia — Dislike of body odors.


 * Cacophobia — Fear of ugliness.
 * Cancerophobia, Carcinophobia — Fear of cancer.
 * Carbophobia — Fear of carbohydrates.
 * Cardiophobia — Fear of heart disease.
 * Catagelophobia, Katagelophobia — Fear of being ridiculed.
 * Cenophobia — Fear of empty rooms.
 * Cheimaphobia, Cheimatophobia, Psychrophobia — Fear of cold.
 * Chemophobia — Fear of chemicals or of working with chemicals.
 * Climacophobia — Fear of stairs or of climbing or falling down stairs.


 * Demonophobia — Fear of demons.
 * Dendrophobia — Fear of trees.
 * Dermatophobia, — Fear of skin disease.
 * Didaskaleinophobia, Scolionophobia — Fear of going to school.
 * Dinophobia — Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.
 * Dipsophobia — Fear of drinking.
 * Doxophobia — Fear of expressing opinions or receiving praise.
 * Dysmorphophobia — Fear of deformity.


 * Eleutherophobia — Fear of freedom.
 * Enosiophobia, Enissophobia — Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
 * Epistemophobia, Gnosiophobia — Fear of knowledge.
 * Ermitophobia — Fear of being alone, loneliness.


 * Gamophobia — Fear of marriage.
 * Gerascophobia — Fear of growing old.
 * Gerontophobia — Fear of old people or of growing old.
 * Graphophobia — Fear/dislike of writing or handwriting.
 * Gynephobia, Gynophobia — Fear of women.

H-O

 * Haemophobia, Hematophobia, Hemophobia — Fear of blood and bleeding.
 * Hagiophobia — Fear of saints or holy things. Also a fear of Santa Claus, which may occur in babies and young children
 * Haptophobia — Fear of being touched.
 * Hedonophobia — Fear of feeling pleasure.
 * Hemophobia, Hemaphobia, Hematophobia — Fear of blood or bleeding.
 * Hierophobia — Fear of priests or sacred things.
 * Hypegiaphobia, Hypengyophobia — Fear of responsibility.
 * Hypnophobia — Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.


 * Iatrophobia — Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
 * Iconophobia — Fear of images or icons.
 * Iophobia — Fear of poison or fear of rust.


 * Kenophobia — Fear of voids or empty spaces.
 * Kinetophobia, Kinesophobia — Fear of movement or motion.
 * Koniophobia — Fear of dust.
 * Kopophobia — Fear of fatigue.


 * Librophobia — Fear of having to balance.
 * Logophobia — Fear of words or of speaking.
 * Lyssophobia, Kynophobia — Fear of rabies or of becoming insane.


 * Mastigophobia, Poinephobia — Fear of punishment.
 * Mechanophobia — Fear of machines.
 * Megalophobia — Fear of large objects.
 * Melophobia — Fear or hatred of music.
 * Metrophobia — Fear or hatred of poetry.
 * Misophobia, Molysmophobia, Molysomophobia, Mysophobia, Verminophobia — Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs.
 * Mnemophobia — Fear of memories.
 * Monophobia — Fear of being alone, or of feeling alone.
 * Mycophobia — Fear or aversion to mushrooms.
 * Mysophobia — Fear of dirt.


 * Necrophobia — Fear of death or dead things.
 * Nephophobia — Fear of clouds.
 * Nosophobia, Nosemaphobia — Fear of becoming ill.


 * Ombrophobia, Pluviophobia — Fear of rain or of being rained on.
 * Oneirophobia — Fear of dreams.

P-Z

 * Pagophobia — Fear of ice or frost.
 * Panthophobia — Fear of suffering and disease.
 * Pathophobia — Fear of disease.
 * Peccatophobia — Fear of sinning.
 * Pediphobia, Pedophobia — Fear/dislike of children or dolls.
 * Phagophobia — Fear of swallowing, of eating or of being eaten.
 * Pharmacophobia — Fear of taking medicine, fear of drugs.
 * Phasmophobia, Spectrophobia — Fear of ghosts.
 * Philophobia — Fear of falling in love or being in love.
 * Phonophobia — Fear of noises, voices, one's own voice or of telephones.
 * Plutophobia — Fear/dislike of wealth.
 * Pnigophobia, Pnigerophobia — Fear of choking or being smothered.
 * Polyphobia — Having many phobias; fear of many things.
 * Ponophobia — Fear of overworking or of pain.
 * Psellismophobia — Fear of stuttering.
 * Pyrophobia — Fear of fire.


 * Sciophobia, Sciaphobia — Fear of shadows.
 * Scopophobia, Scoptophobia — Fear of being seen or stared at.
 * Selenophobia — Fear of the moon.
 * Siderophobia — Fear of stars.
 * Somniphobia — Fear of sleep.
 * Sophophobia — Fear of learning.
 * Soteriophobia — Fear of dependence on others.
 * Spectrophobia — Fear of mirrors.
 * Staurophobia — Fear of crosses or crucifixes.


 * Tachophobia — Fear of speed.
 * Taphephobia, Taphophobia — Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
 * Tapinophobia — Fear of being contagious.
 * Thalassophobia — Fear of the sea.
 * Thanatophobia, Thantophobia — Fear of death or dying.
 * Theophobia — Fear of gods or religion.
 * Tocophobia — Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
 * Tomophobia — Fear of surgical operations.
 * Topophobia — Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
 * Toxiphobia, Toxophobia, Toxicophobia — Fear of poison or of accidental poisoning.
 * Traumatophobia — Fear of injury.
 * Tropophobia — Fear of moving or making changes.

Fear of fear
I'm looking for a word that means "Fear of fear". Can you please tell me what it is? 24.113.85.137 (talk) 19:39, 18 December 2013 (UTC)HttydFan95


 * It is phobophobia. See Wiktionary. 86.130.40.127 (talk) 00:46, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Homophobia
Homophobia is the fear of sameness and monotony and not exclusively a fear of homosexuals. A homophobic could be afraid of marriage as it requires some level of sameness and monotony. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.131.38.76 (talk) 09:21, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Sounds like an etymological invention. Not true in the way this word is used in reality. 86.130.40.127 (talk) 00:45, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure, it was invented to let people with a natural aversion against perversion look awkward. --197.228.6.18 (talk) 13:04, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
Please add HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQIPEDALIOPHOBIA to the list. It is the fear of long words and I am really sad it is not on the list but friggatriskaidekaphobia (fear of Friday 13th) is. This is not a joke, look it up on Google. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.47.82.250 (talk) 12:30, 10 September 2013 (UTC)


 * For whatever reason, this is cited as having been first mentioned in Brainiac, though I have a copy of Terry Deary's Wicked Words (Horrible Histories book), published in 1996, which makes use of the word. Clearly it's an erroneous citation which ought to be removed. Thanks. 109.77.157.45 (talk) 23:31, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 January 2014
I have noticed a spelling mistake in the article.

Brandiino1 (talk) 19:39, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Brandino! Thank you! If you could tell us which word is misspelled, I'm sure someone will correct it.  Lova Falk     talk   20:05, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 March 2014
41.130.0.194 (talk) 18:19, 7 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting comment.svg Note: No request was made. -- El Hef  ( Meep? ) 19:07, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 March 2014
You have the fear of sharks wrong. The fear of sharks is Galeophobia.

24.62.31.99 (talk) 22:26, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: I found wiktionary entries for both https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/selachophobia and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/galeophobia. Merriam-Webster does not have entries for either word. If you can find a good source that has an entry for one but not the other then will reconsider Cannolis (talk) 15:58, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

You missed out in "C" Cynophobia which is the fear of dogs. CartoonWatcher732 (talk) 16:26, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Fear of automobiles
Here's a big one I don't see: Fear of driving. But what about fear of being a pedestrian? Hillmon7500 (talk) 16:44, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Fear of youth
Add Ephebiphobia. What is fear of becoming homeless? Fear of debt? Fear of flying Pteromerhanophobia Fear of sickness Emetophobia Nosemaphobia   Smoking is Capnophobia but I don't think there's a Wikipedia article for it. Hillmon7500 (talk) 17:08, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Fear of boredom
It's called Thaasophobia, I don't fear it, I just hate it, but there's no Wikipedia article yet. And what is fear of loneliness? Hillmon7500 (talk) 19:26, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Hillmon7500, thank you for your remark and please feel free to create the article. And isn't fear of loneliness part of autophobia?  Lova Falk     talk   18:32, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Some suggested additions
Ophidiophobia- http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/ophidiophobia Wiccaphobia'- http://www.socialsciencedictionary.com/Wiccaphobia Alliumphobia- http://common-phobias.com/allium/phobia.htm Santaphobia- http://www.fearofstuff.com/humans/santa-phobia/ Hadephobia- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hadephobia

Some of these you may already have, but I may have overlooked. I occasionally do that.War3271200 (talk) 18:48, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Fear of doctors
Fear of doctors is "Iatrophobia," but there's currently no page for it. I'm surprised there isn't, considering how so many kids, and a LOT of adults, are really apprehensive about seeing the doctor (especially in regards to checkups and shots). Ron Stoppable (talk) 17:00, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

School refusal
Hmmm, well they changed school phobia to school refusal, but it should be listed since schooling is forced on every child and adult (diplomas, grades, college degree, etc). Hillmon7500 (talk) 16:56, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

No, it's not. School sucks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.102.154.122 (talk) 13:01, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 August 2014
please add to letter F in list of phobias - foniasphobia a fear of murderers, serial killers, etc.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Shaikster (talk • contribs) 15:32, 26 August 2014‎ (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: I don't believe this site can be treated as a reliable source. -- ferret (talk) 22:42, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 September 2014
86.169.218.118 (talk) 22:17, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * ❌. You haven't made a request.-- Auric    talk  22:31, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 October 2014
Genuphobia-the fear of kneecaps

LilRed4 (talk) 20:12, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 23:55, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Tachophobia
I noticed under Tachopobia, it lists "speed" as the fear. However, 0 kph is still a speed. It seems to me that adding the descriptor "high" would be best to distinguish this, or "high or low" to specify that it could be low speeds but not high speeds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.170.131.227 (talk) 02:14, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Edit dispute
I dispute this edit. Yes, in general redlinks and lack of citations does not automatically imply that content should be removed, however the entries that Tandrum restored after I deleted them are not suitable content for Wikipedia. Most of them are neologisms—specifically made-up names for phobias found only on crufty online word lists, and not used for actual diagnosis or description of a real disorder.

Per WP:V I am challenging all of the restored entries that are not supported by a citation to a reliable source. If a suitable source is not provided, I will soon delete these entries again and insist that they not be restored until a source is found, as per policy.

The section on "Jocular and fictional phobias" raises different issues. Many of the entries there are supported by references, in some cases to reliable sources. Many of these, however, are single-use terms created for humorous effect in one article, TV episode etc. This is not material that we should be covering in the encyclopedia; it is undue coverage of the material. --Srleffler (talk) 00:38, 17 October 2014 (UTC)


 * This page, cited in the list, is noteworthy in that it is a reliable source that asserts that the terms globophobia, anatidaephobia, ephebiphobia, and ophthalmophobia are nonsense.--Srleffler (talk) 01:40, 17 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Srleffler is correct that all those terms should be removed. For a similar train of thought, including discussion of some of the terms, see this discussion at WP:Med. This article should be using WP:MEDRS-compliant sources unless it's a case where the phobia is purely a popular term matter rather than a medical matter. When I saw Tandrum revert, I was close to reverting him a minute or so after I saw him make that edit, but I held off to see what would happen. Flyer22 (talk) 07:45, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Jocular and fictional phobias
I propose to (again) remove the "Jocular and fictional phobias" section, for the reasons given above. The terms listed in this section are not worthy of discussion on Wikipedia, being mainly cases where an author made up a name of a fake phobia and used it once. The section itself is a problem, as its existence encourages editors to post more examples.

One might argue that links to artistic works that are named after fake phobias have some standing to be listed: Anachrophobia, Anoraknophobia, Venustraphobia, etc. One problem with that is that there are probably quite a few artistic works that are named after real phobias, which are not covered on this list. I think that listing this kind of material is really out of the scope of List of phobias.

Any comments on this?--Srleffler (talk) 22:31, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 October 2014

 * Ehsanophobia – fear of expending money.

202.59.74.212 (talk) 07:51, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. This list is for phobias with articles only. Stickee (talk) 08:13, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 November 2014
Autophobia – fear of ones potential actions or capabilities

Apostrophe is missing from "one's".

67.128.8.185 (talk) 02:31, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Stickee (talk) 02:50, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting comment.svg Note: I replaced that definition with the one from the article, which is supported by a reference.--Srleffler (talk) 05:18, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

spiders
don't be scared and calm down breathe deeply and count to 10. it worked for me. the worst are white tails al though they do not harm you they will hurt and curse pain to your cut/bite. if you see a spider get a rubber band and shoot it with it. hope this all helps it helped me a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.224.20.207 (talk) 21:32, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 December 2014
please add atelophobia to your list of phobias. Its is the fear of not being good enough. thankyou!

120.59.211.144 (talk) 12:16, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Stickee (talk) 12:30, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting comment.svg Note:The article on atelophobia lacks any references to reliable sources, so I have marked the entry in this list "citation needed". I may remove the entry if no reliable medical source is provided.--Srleffler (talk) 04:22, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 December 2014
Acerophobia - The fear of sourness Alliumphobia - The fear of garlic Allodoxaphobia - The fear of opinions Anuptaphobia - The fear of being single Deipnophobia - The fear of dinner parties Dutchphobia - The fear of Dutch people or culture Liticaphobia - The fear of lawsuits or being sued Metrophobia - the fear of poetry Sinistrophobia - The fear of things to the left Unusphobia - The fear of the number one Venustraphobia - The fear of beautiful women

BirdLover18 (talk) 01:51, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Since these are supposedly medical conditions, see Identifying reliable sources (medicine).--Srleffler (talk) 04:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 December 2014
I wish to add the fear Lupophobia, meaning the fear of wolves or werewolves

Hahaha231 (talk) 05:58, 22 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 09:16, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

disposophobia both is and is not compulsive hoarding
This list says disposophobia is "sometimes wrongly defined as compulsive hoarding." However, disposophobia redirects to the compulsive hoarding article, and since the article does not explain the distinction between the two (nor, in fact, even use the word "disposophobia" at all), the implication is that they are the same thing. These both cannot be correct, and I'm not enough of an expert to know which is. 2605:6000:EE4A:2900:6250:C93B:E4D4:B4BC (talk) 02:25, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. The definition of the term is not supported by any reference to a reliable source (and the term does not appear in the compulsive hoarding article). You have disputed the accuracy of the definition given here. I have therefore removed this item from the list. It must not be reinserted unless a reliable source for the definition of the term is given.--Srleffler (talk) 02:51, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

A lot more fears that should be added
Can you add: Lalophobia: Fear of speaking, Logophobia: Fear of words, Lyssophobia: Fear of going insane, Hypengyophobia: Fear of responsibility, Coprophobia: Fear of fecal matter, Kakorrhaphiophobia: Fear of failure, Batophobia: Fear of being near an object of great height (i.e. skyscrapers, and mountains), Ochlophobia: Fear of crowds,

Thanks! __John Freer (talk) 03:47, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Are there reliable sources that discuss these phobias? ... disco spinster   talk  11:36, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, I used an online Dictionary ( http://dictionary.reference.com/ )__John Freer (talk) 11:04, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I just got Autoconfirmed and added Kakorrhaphiophobia to the list (there is a page called Atychiphobia which is basically the same as Kakorrhaphiophobia) John Freer (talk) 12:25, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Can someone add Episcophobia: Fear of bishops, plz? (Queen Victoria was known to have suffered from it when she was a child.) Visokor (talk) 13:53, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Add Hippopotomonstrosesquippidaliophobia? It's fear of long words. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.188.252.10 (talk • contribs) 22:05, 19 November 2014‎
 * No, it isn't. It's a made-up word for a fear of long words. Please don't add it.--Srleffler (talk) 12:41, 20 November 2014 (UTC)


 * It isn't? It is listed in the dictionary.
 * hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. (n.d.). Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon. Retrieved February 05, 2015, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
 * "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia." Segen's Medical Dictionary. 2011. Farlex, Inc. 5 Feb. 2015 http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
 * IamLadyPeach (talk) 00:44, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Where's the medical sources covering the condition? --Neil N  talk to me 01:07, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Dictionary.com is not a dictionary, it's a website. When their source for a word is an actual dictionary, they cite the source. In this case, they don't cite any source, but rather say "Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon", which seems to be their way of labelling neologisms. Similarly the Free Dictionary cites only Wikipedia and "Segen's Medical Dictionary", published by the Free Dictionary's own company, Farlex. Whether that might be a reliable source is unclear to me. Segen is, indeed, an author of medical dictionaries, but this does not seem to be a reference to one of his regular published books.--Srleffler (talk) 06:04, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 March 2015
Please add carnophobia to the list because it is a fear (a fear of meat).

71.204.149.132 (talk) 03:09, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. A medical source is required to establish that this is a real medical condition.--Srleffler (talk) 05:22, 12 March 2015 (UTC)