Phobia Words: “phonophobia” to “pyrophobia”,
Part 11 of 13
Words that include: phobo-, phob-, -phobia, -phobias,
-phobe, -phobiac, -phobist, -phobic, -phobism, -phobous
(Greek: fear, extreme fear of; morbid, excessive, irrational fear, or terror of something or someone; however, sometimes this Greek element means a strong dislike or hatred for something or someone)
phonophobia:
An excessive or abnormal fear of noise, sounds, or of speaking out loud. Also a fear of the telephone.
photalgiophobia, photalgiaphobia, photalgiophobia:
A fear of photalgia (pain in the eyes caused by light).
photaugiaphobia, photaugiophobia:
An abnormal, pathological fear of light, especially glaring lights, directed upon one’s eyes which may cause photalgia (pain caused by light shining in the eyes).
photophobia, photophobic:
1. An excessive fear of and avoidance of light; painful sensitivity to light, especially visually.
2. In botany, the tendency to thrive in reduced light, as with certain plants. Intolerant of, or avoiding, conditions of full light.
photophobotaxis, photophobotactic:
In biology, a response of an organism to a temporal change in light intensity; positive when stimulated by a decrease in light intensity and negative when stimulated by an increase.
phronemophobia:
An excessive fear of thinking.
phthiriophobia; pediculophobia:
An intense fear of lice or of being infestated with lice.
phthisiophobia, phthisophobia:
An uncontrollable apprehension about getting or of being around those who have tuberculosis.
phyllophobia:
An excessive fear of leaves.
placophobia:
An excessive fear of tombstones.
pluviophobia:
1. An excessive fear of rain.
2. In biology, intolerant of conditions where there is abundant rainfall.
pneumatophobia:
An intense fear of incorporeal (disembodied) beings (ghosts, spirits); drafts.
pnigeraphobia, pnigerophobia, pnigophobia:
An excessive fear of smothering or choking, especially during sleep.
pocrescophobia:
An abnormal fear of gaining weight.
pogonophobia:
A fear or hatred of beards or of men wearing beards.
poinephobia:
An excessive fear of punishment.
poleophobous:
In biology, intolerant of urban habitats.
politicophobia:
An excessive fear of politicians.
polyphobia:
An excessive fear of many things.
ponophobia:
A fear of fatigue, especially through overworking; a hatred for exerting one’s self; dread of pain.
pornophobia:
Having a horror of pornography.
porphyrophobia:
An excessive fear of the color purple.
potamophobia, potomophobia:
A morbid fear of rivers, of running water, or of sheets of water. Such phobias may be aroused by the sight, and sometimes thought, of a river or any flow of water.
potophobia:
An excessive fear of drinking.
primeisodophobia:
An abnormal fear of losing one's virginity.
proctophobia; rectophobia:
An intense fear of pain experienced by those who suffer with a rectum disease or mental apprehension about such a disease.
prosophobia:
A fear of or aversion to progress.
proteinphobia:
An intense dislike of or aversion to protein foods.
psellismophobia:
An excessive fear of stuttering.
pseudohydrophobia:
An excessive fear of what is assumed to be hydrophobia, but which may only seem to be hydrophobia; any animal disease that has symptoms similar to rabies.
psychophobia:
A pathologic fear of the mind or psyche and, in particular, of the contents of one’s own mind.
psychrophobia:
An abnormal dread of coldness or cold weather; an extreme sensitiveness to cold.
pteronophobia:
An excessive fear of feathers or of anything having a featherlike appearance. This phobia may be related to a fear of birds, chickens, and other feathered things.
pyrexeophobia, pyrexiophobia:
An excessive fear of having a fever probably because of its relation to some illness.
pyrophobia:
1. An intense fear of fire, watching fires, or that one will start fires.
2. In biology, intolerant of the soil conditions produced by fire; a reference to a plant that is unable to re-establish itself following a fire.