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fear or reluctance of making or taking telephone calls Teratophobia fear of giving birth to a monster [38] or a disfigured foetus [39] Tetraphobia: fear of the number 4: Thalassophobia: fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean: Thanatophobia: fear of dying, a synonym of death anxiety; not to be confused with necrophobia: Thermophobia
Chromophobia (also known as chromatophobia [1] or chrematophobia [2]) is a persistent, irrational fear of, or aversion to, colors and is usually a conditioned response. [2] While actual clinical phobias to color are rare, colors can elicit hormonal responses and psychological reactions.
The antonym of misogyny is philogyny, the love, respect for and admiration of women. [5] Gynophobia is analogous with androphobia, the extreme and/or irrational fear of men. A subset of it is caligynephobia, or the fear of beautiful women. [6]
Phobophobia is a fear experienced before actually experiencing the fear of the feared phobias its somatic sensations that precede it, which is preceded by generalized anxiety disorders and can generate panic attacks. Like all the phobias, the patients avoids the feared phobia in order to avoid the fear of it.
Neophobia is the fear of anything new, especially a persistent and abnormal fear. In its milder form, it can manifest as the unwillingness to try new things or break from routine. In the context of children the term is generally used to indicate a tendency to reject unknown or novel foods. [1]
Submechanophobia (from Latin sub 'under'; and from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mechané) 'machine' and φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is a fear of submerged human-made objects, either partially or entirely underwater.
Pyrophobia is a fear of fire, which can be considered irrational if beyond what is considered normal. This phobia is ancient and primordial, perhaps since humanity's discovery of fire. [ 1 ] Usually pertaining to humans' comprehensible reaction to fire itself, the fear of fire by other animals cannot be considered pyrophobic, as they are ...
Ancraophobia, also known as anemophobia, is an extreme fear of wind or drafts. [1] It is rather uncommon, and can be treated. It has many different effects on the human brain. [2] It can cause panic attacks for those who have the fear, and can make people miss out on regular everyday activities such as going outside.