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    List Of Common Phobias – English Notes – For W.B.C.S. Examination.

    The flair of understanding literature is required. The knowledge of English is one aspect but critically examining the literary aspect is another or different angle to understand literature. If you are a beginner, you can start with summary of the stories with the help of following books. But, these are strictly recommended as supplementary books to develop interest or just to start.English is a very important part of W.B.C.S. Examination , covering a fair amount of the syllabus both in the prelims and the mains examination.English is full of confusing words that sound alike but are spelled differently.Regular practice and following previous years question papers can help in scoring a fair amount of marks in the W.B.C.S. Examination.A phobia is an irrational fear of something that’s unlikely to cause harm. The word itself comes from the Greek word phobos, which means fear or horror.Continue Reading List Of Common Phobias – English Notes – For W.B.C.S. Examination.

    Hydrophobia, for example, literally translates to fear of water.

    When someone has a phobia, they experience intense fear of a certain object or situation. Phobias are different than regular fears because they cause significant distress, possibly interfering with life at home, work, or school.

    People with phobias actively avoid the phobic object or situation, or endure it within intense fear or anxiety.

    Phobias are a type of anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are very common. They’re estimated to affect more than 30 percent of U.S. adults at some time in their lives.

    In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), the American Psychiatric Association outlines several of the most common phobias.

    Agoraphobia, a fear of places or situations that trigger fear or helplessness, is singled out as a particularly common fear with its own unique diagnosis. Social phobias, which are fears related to social situations, are also singled out with a unique diagnosis.

    Specific phobias are a broad category of unique phobias related to specific objects and situations. Specific phobias affect an estimated 12.5 percent of American adults.

    Phobias come in all shapes and sizes. Because there are an infinite number of objects and situations, the list of specific phobias is quite long.

    Here is a list of common Phobias –

    A
    Achluophobia Fear of darkness
    Acrophobia Fear of heights
    Aerophobia Fear of flying
    Algophobia Fear of pain
    Alektorophobia Fear of chickens
    Agoraphobia Fear of public spaces or crowds
    Aichmophobia Fear of needles or pointed objects
    Amaxophobia Fear of riding in a car
    Androphobia Fear of men
    Anginophobia Fear of angina or choking
    Anthophobia Fear of flowers
    Anthropophobia Fear of people or society
    Aphenphosmphobia Fear of being touched
    Arachnophobia Fear of spiders
    Arithmophobia Fear of numbers
    Astraphobia Fear of thunder and lightning
    Ataxophobia Fear of disorder or untidiness
    Atelophobia Fear of imperfection
    Atychiphobia Fear of failure
    Autophobia Fear of being alone
    B
    Bacteriophobia Fear of bacteria
    Barophobia Fear of gravity
    Bathmophobia Fear of stairs or steep slopes
    Batrachophobia Fear of amphibians
    Belonephobia Fear of pins and needles
    Bibliophobia Fear of books
    Botanophobia Fear of plants
    C
    Cacophobia Fear of ugliness
    Catagelophobia Fear of being ridiculed
    Catoptrophobia Fear of mirrors
    Chionophobia Fear of snow
    Chromophobia Fear of colors
    Chronomentrophobia Fear of clocks
    Claustrophobia Fear of confined spaces
    Coulrophobia Fear of clowns
    Cyberphobia Fear of computers
    Cynophobia Fear of dogs
    D
    Dendrophobia Fear of trees
    Dentophobia Fear of dentists
    Domatophobia Fear of houses
    Dystychiphobia Fear of accidents
    E
    Ecophobia Fear of the home
    Elurophobia Fear of cats
    Entomophobia Fear of insects
    Ephebiphobia Fear of teenagers
    Equinophobia Fear of horses
    F, G
    Gamophobia Fear of marriage
    Genuphobia Fear of knees
    Glossophobia Fear of speaking in public
    Gynophobia Fear of women
    H
    Heliophobia Fear of the sun
    Hemophobia Fear of blood
    Herpetophobia Fear of reptiles
    Hydrophobia Fear of water
    Hypochondria Fear of illness
    I-K
    Iatrophobia Fear of doctors
    Insectophobia Fear of insects
    Koinoniphobia Fear of rooms full of people
    L
    Leukophobia Fear of the color white
    Lilapsophobia Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
    Lockiophobia Fear of childbirth
    M
    Mageirocophobia Fear of cooking
    Megalophobia Fear of large things
    Melanophobia Fear of the color black
    Microphobia Fear of small things
    Mysophobia Fear of dirt and germs
    N
    Necrophobia Fear of death or dead things
    Noctiphobia Fear of the night
    Nosocomephobia Fear of hospitals
    Nyctophobia Fear of the dark
    O
    Obesophobia Fear of gaining weight
    Octophobia Fear of the figure 8
    Ombrophobia Fear of rain
    Ophidiophobia Fear of snakes
    Ornithophobia Fear of birds
    P
    Papyrophobia Fear of paper
    Pathophobia Fear of disease
    Pedophobia Fear of children
    Philophobia Fear of love
    Phobophobia Fear of phobias
    Podophobia Fear of feet
    Pogonophobia Fear of beards
    Porphyrophobia Fear of the color purple
    Pteridophobia Fear of ferns
    Pteromerhanophobia Fear of flying
    Pyrophobia Fear of fire
    Q-S
    Samhainophobia Fear of Halloween
    Scolionophobia Fear of school
    Selenophobia Fear of the moon
    Sociophobia Fear of social evaluation
    Somniphobia Fear of sleep
    T
    Tachophobia Fear of speed
    Technophobia Fear of technology
    Tonitrophobia Fear of thunder
    Trypanophobia Fear of needles or injections
    U-Z
    Venustraphobia Fear of beautiful women
    Verminophobia Fear of germs
    Wiccaphobia Fear of witches and witchcraft
    Xenophobia Fear of strangers or foreigners
    Zoophobia Fear of animals

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