Appendix:English unattested phobias
A well-known set of words in the modern world is the "Phobia list". There are hundreds of web-sites and books containing them. Some of these are real words that are actually used outside of the lists; for those real words, see our phobias category. A good deal more of them are simply made up words, something that sounds plausible + -phobia. This list is an attempt to document these made up words. Please note that the phobias here may become real words in their own right, in which case they will be moved to real dictionary entries and added to the phobias category.
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- acerophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- An aversion to sourness
- acidophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Fear of acid; also said of plants which don't grow well in acidic soil.
- aeroacrophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Fear of open heights
- aeronausiphobia[entry][talk][citations]
- A fear of vomitting due to air-sickness
- agrizoophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of wild animals.
- aliumphobia[talk][citations]
- The fear of garlic
- allodoxaphobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Aversion to the opinions of others.
- amychophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Pathological fear of scratches.
- anemophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Fear of winds or gales.
- athazagoraphobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Fear of being forgotten or ignored.
- automatonophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- A fear of anything that falsely represents a sentient being: particularly ventriloquist's dummies.
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- ballistophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Fear of projectiles, normally weaponry.
- basileophobia[talk][citations]
- Fear of kings and royalty.
- batrachophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of amphibians.
- brephophobia[talk][citations]
- The fear of babies; infantophobia.
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- coprastasophobia[talk][citations]
- Fear of being constipated or suffering of the effects of constipation.
- ctenophobia[talk][citations]
- Fear of combs.
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- didaskaleinophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of attending school.
- dikephobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of justice.
- dinophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Aversion to dizziness or fear of whirlpools
- dipsophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Fear of drinking alcohol or becoming inebriated
- dishabiliophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- A fear of removing one's clothes in front of another.
- dystychiphobia[talk][citations]
- The fear of accidents.
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- geniophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Aversion to chins.
- genuphobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Aversion to knees.
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- helianthophobia[talk][citations]
- Fear of sunflowers (helianthus)
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- macrophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- A fear of long waits
- A fear of macros.
- medorthophobia[talk][citations]
- The fear of the erect penis
- medomalacuphobia[talk][citations]
- The fear of losing an erection
- melissophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of stinging insects, in particular bees.
- menophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of being alone.
- meteorophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of meteors
- maeiusophobia[talk][citations]
- The fear of pregnant or nursing women
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- odenyphobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Fear of pain.
- oneirogmophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- Aversion to wet dreams.
- ovophobia[talk][citations]
- The fear of eggs.
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- pentheraphobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of one's mother-in-law.
- phronemophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of thought or thinking.
- phyllophobia[talk][citations]
- The fear of leaves.
- pnigophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of being unable to breathe.
- pocrescophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of becoming fat.
- poinephobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of punishment
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- seplophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of things that are decaying
- scholionophobia[talk][citations]
- The fear of school
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- zambianoliangioticaloigisticologphobia[talk][citations]
- The fear of people who lack procerity.
- zelophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of becoming jealous or of jealousy itself.
- zemmiphobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of "the great mole rat", occasionally interpreted as rats or moles
- zeusophobia[entry][talk][citations]
- The fear of god or gods;