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This is the world's biggest collection of phobia words – almost 650 in total. Although most are rare, they have all appeared in print. Where a word is marked 'syn. of' this indicates that it is a synonym of the following word. (In many cases this simply reflects spelling variations.) Sources are listed in brackets after each entry; see the footnotes for the meanings of the abbreviations.

- I -

iatrophobia	Fear of going to the doctor. [ID]
ichthyophobia	Fear of fish. [ID, CE]
iconophobia	Fear of images. [OED]
ideophobia	Fear of ideas. [ID, CE, WP]
illyngophobia	Fear of vertigo. [ID]
iophobia	(1) Fear of rust; (2) syn. of toxiphobia. [ID, CE]
isolophobia	syn. of autophobia. [ID]
isopterophobia	Fear of termites. [ID]
Italophobia	Fear of Italy or Italians. [OED]
ithyphallophobia	Fear of erect penises. [ID]

- J -

Japanophobia	Fear of Japan or the Japanese. [ID]
Judaeophobia	syn. of Judophobia. [OED, ID]
Judeophobia	syn. of Judophobia. [ID]
Judophobia	Fear or hatred of Jews. [ID]

- K -

kainophobia	Fear of novelty. [ID]
kainotophobia	syn. of kainophobia. [ID]
kakorraphiophobia	syn. of kakorrhaphiophobia. [ID]
kakorrhaphio- phobia	Fear of failure. [ID]
kakorrhphiophobia	syn. of kakorrhaphiophobia. [CE]
katagelophobia	syn. of catagelophobia. [ID, CE]
kathisophobia	syn. of thaasophobia. [ID]
kenophobia	Fear of voids. [ID, CE]
keraunophobia	Fear of thunder and lightning. [ID]
kinesophobia	Fear of motion. [ID, CE]
kinetophobia	syn. of kinesophobia. [ID]
kleptophobia	(1) Fear of thieves; (2) Fear of becoming a kleptomaniac. [ID, CE]
koinoniphobia	Fear of rooms full of people. [ID]
kolpophobia	Fear of the female genitals. [ID]
koniophobia	syn. of amathophobia. [ID, CE]
kopophobia	syn. of ponophobia. [ID, CE]
kynophobia	syn. of cynophobia. [ID]

- L -

lachanophobia	Fear of vegetables. [ID, CE]
laliophobia	syn. of glossophobia. [ID, CE]
lalophobia	syn. of glossophobia. [ID]
latrophobia	syn. of iatrophobia. [CE]
lepraphobia	Fear of leprosy. [ID, CE]
leprophobia	syn. of lepraphobia. [OED, ID]
levophobia	Fear of leftness and things to the left. [ID, WP]
ligyrophobia	syn. of acousticophobia. [ID]
lilapsophobia	Fear of tornadoes or hurricanes. [ID, CE]
limnophobia	Fear of lakes. [ID]
linonophobia	Fear of string. [ID, CE, WP]
liticaphobia	Fear of lawsuits. [CE]
logophobia	Fear of words. [OED, ID]
lunaediesophobia	Fear of Mondays. [WP]
lygophobia	syn. of achluophobia. [ID, CE]
lyssiophobia	syn. of maniaphobia. [CE]
lyssophobia	(1) syn. of maniaphobia; (2) syn. of hydrophobophobia; (3) Fear of water. [OED, ID, WP]

- M -

macrophobia	Fear of long waits. [ID, CE]
maieusiophobia	Fear of childbirth. [ID, CE]
malaxophobia	syn. of sarmassophobia. [ID]
maniaphobia	Fear of insanity. [ID]
mastigophobia	Fear of flogging. [ID, CE]
mechanophobia	Fear of machinery. [ID, CE]
medectophobia	Fear of the contour of one’s penis being visible through clothes. [ID, WP]
medomalacophobia	Fear of losing one's erection during coitus. [ID]
medorthophobia	syn. of ithyphallophobia. [ID]
megalophobia	Fear of large objects. [ID, CE]
melissophobia	syn. of apiphobia. [ID]
melophobia	syn. of musicophobia. [ID, WP]
meningitophobia	Fear of meningitis. [OED, ID]
menophobia	Fear of menstruation. [ID, CE]
merinthophobia	Fear of being bound. [ID, CE]
metallophobia	Fear of metals. [ID, CE]
meteorophobia	Fear of meteors and meteorites. [ID, CE]
metrophobia	Fear of poetry. [ID, CE, WP]
microbiophobia	Fear of microbes. [ID, CE]
microphobia	Fear of small objects. [ID]
misophobia	Fear of contamination. [ID, CE]
molysmophobia	syn. of misophobia. [ID]
molysomophobia	syn. of misophobia. [ID, CE]
monopathophobia	Fear of a specific disease. [ID]
monophobia	Fear of one thing or solitude. [OED, ID, CE]
motorphobia	Fear of cars/automobiles. [OED, ID, CE]
muriphobia	syn. of musophobia. [ID]
musicophobia	Fear of music. [OED, ID, CE]
musophobia	Fear of mice. [ID, CE]
mycophobia	Fear of mushrooms. [OED]
myctophobia	syn. of achluophobia. [ID]
myrmecophobia	Fear of ants. [ID, CE]
mysophobia	syn. of misophobia. [OED, ID]
mythophobia	Fear of myths (or lying). [ID]
myxophobia	syn. of blennophobia. [ID]

- N -

nebulaphobia	syn. of homichlophobia. [ID]
necrophobia	Fear of corpses. [OED, ID, CE]
negrophobia	Fear of black people. [OED, ID]
nelophobia	syn. of crystallophobia. [ID]
neopharmaphobia	Fear of new medicines. [ID]
neophobia	syn. of kainophobia. [OED, ID]
nephophobia	(1) Fear of clouds; (2) syn. of nosophobia. [ID, CE]
noctiphobia	Fear of the night. [ID]
nomatophobia	syn. of onomatophobia. [ID]
nosocomephobia	Fear of hospitals. [ID, CE]
nosophobia	Fear of diseases. [OED, ID, CE]
nostophobia	Fear of returning to home. [ID]
novercaphobia	Fear of one's stepmother. [ID, CE]
nucleomitophobia	Fear of atomic energy or nuclear weapons. [ID, CE]
nudiphobia	syn. of gymnophobia. [ID]
nudophobia	syn. of gymnophobia. [ID]
nyctophobia	syn. of noctiphobia. [OED, ID, CE]

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Footnotes:

OED: Oxford English Dictionary. Words marked 'OED' are all mentioned in this dictionary, but may not have their own entry.
ID: The Insomniac's Dictionary of the Outrageous, Odd, and Unusual by Paul Hellweg.
CE: Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Language by Richard Lederer.
WP: Words at Play: Quips, Quirks, and Oddities by O. V. Michaelsen. Also in The Wordplay Almanac by O. V. Michaelsen.

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