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List of Common Phobias A-Z A. 1. Ablutophobia: fear of bathing 2. Acarophobia: fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching 3. Acerophobia: fear of sourness 4. Aeronausiphobia: fear of ...
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
This handsome 18" by 24" glossy is covered with definitions of hundreds of phobias that most of us were unaware of, or unaware such traits are considered phobias, rather than reasonable reactions ...
Aboulomania – indecisiveness (aboulo- (Greek) meaning irresolution or indecision); Andromania – human sexual behaviour and desire towards males in females (andro- (Greek) meaning man, men, male or masculine) Can be replaced by hypersexuality, nymphomania, cytheromania, hysteromania or aphrodisiomania.
Pages in category "Phobias" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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A specific phobia is a marked and persistent fear of an object or situation. Specific phobias may also include fear of losing control, panicking, and fainting from an encounter with the phobia. [1] Specific phobias are defined concerning objects or situations, whereas social phobias emphasize social fear and the evaluations that might accompany ...
Can we add "Bambakomallophobia" to the list, it's a real phobia, it's the phobia of Cotton Wool. YES it's real. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.216.249.234 06:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC) just met someone with this phobia , in the fom of cotton wool rolls or balls , not q tips oropen flattened wool — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.48.179 21:15, 11 March 2012 (UTC) []