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Hedenophobia is the fear of pleasure.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=hedonophobia

 

 

Kakorrhaphiophobia is the fear of failure.

http://www.phobiaq.com/phobia/kakorrhaphiophobia76.html

 

 

Emetophobia is the fear of vomiting.

http://www.phobiaq.com/phobia/fearofvomiting244.html

 

 

Arithmophobia is the fear of numbers.

http://www.indianchild.com/phobias.htm

 

 

Musophobia is the fear of mice.

http://www.indianchild.com/phobias.htm

 

 

Ponophobia is the fear of overworking.

http://www.indianchild.com/phobias.htm

 

 

Nyctophobia is the fear of darkness.

http://www.indianchild.com/phobias.htm

 

 

Barophobia is the fear of gravity.

http://www.indianchild.com/phobias.htm

 

 

Triskaidekaphobia is a fear of the number 13.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Triskaidekaphobia

 

 

Paraskavedekatriaphobia is a fear of Friday the 13th.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paraskavedekatriaphobia

 

 

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

http://www.phobiaq.com/phobia/hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia245.html

 

 

Logophobia is the fear of words or talking.

http://www.phobiaq.com/phobia/logophobia258.html

 

 

Melissaphobia is a fear of bees.

http://www.phobiaq.com/phobia/melissaphobia59.html

 

 

Aulophobia is a fear of flutes.

http://www.phobiaq.com/phobia/aulophobia77.html

 

 

Glossophobia is the fear of speaking in public.

http://www.psychnet-uk.com/phobia_list/phobialist.html

 

 

Dentophobia is the fear of dentists.

http://www.psychnet-uk.com/phobia_list/phobialist.html

 

 

Keraunophobia is the fear of thunder and lightning.

http://www.psychnet-uk.com/phobia_list/phobialist.html

 

 

Logizomechanophobia is the fear of computers.  You don’t have to worry about it…

http://www.psychnet-uk.com/phobia_list/phobialist.html

 

 

If gymnophobia is the fear of nudity and gynophobia is the fear of women, would gymno-gynophobia be the fear of naked women?

http://www.psychnet-uk.com/phobia_list/phobialist.html

 

 

I understand vampires are commonly afflicted with eosophobia - the fear of dawn or daylight.

http://www.psychnet-uk.com/phobia_list/phobialist.html

 

 

Coulrophobia is the fear of clowns.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Kathisophobia is the fear of sitting down.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Melophobia  is the fear or hatred of music.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Bufonophobia of the fear of toads.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Spectrophobia is the fear of specters or ghosts.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Rhytiphobia is the fear of getting wrinkles.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Novercaphobia is the fear of your step-mother.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Phronemophobia is the fear of thinking.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Genuphobia is the fear of knees.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear of the number 666.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Ablutophobia is the fear of washing or bathing.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Ephebiphobia is the fear of teenagers.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Mageirocophobia is the fear of cooking.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Lutraphobia is the fear of otters.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

http://www.phobialist.com/index.html

 

 

OK, that’s about enough for this category.  If you want to see more fears than you could have ever possibly imagined, just follow any of the above links…

 

 

 

 

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