What is Anthropophobia mean?
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What is Anthropophobia mean?
Anthropophobia is the fear of people. The National Institute of Mental Health does not use the term. But if you search for the term on the NIMH website, the result “social anxiety disorder” turns up.
What is Allodoxaphobia?
Allodoxaphobia – I am talking about the fear of other peoples’ opinions, being ridiculed by other people, someone stronger not agreeing with you, looking a fool – a very common phobia. It’s fair to say that it impacts all of us at some time or another.
What is the most uncommon phobia?
13 of the most unusual phobias
- Xanthophobia – fear of the colour yellow.
- Turophobia- fear of cheese.
- Somniphobia- fear of falling asleep.
- Coulrophobia – fear of clowns.
- Hylophobia- fear of trees.
- Omphalophobia- fear of the navel.
- Nomophobia- fear of being without mobile phone coverage.
What is Mortuusequusphobia?
The formal title for a fear of ketchup, Wikipedia tells me, is mortuusequusphobia. It comes from the Latin, “boy playing with food.” But like any good grandparent will remind you, if you don’t like a food, you’ll learn to like it.
What is Pseudodysphagia?
Pseudodysphagia, or the fear of choking, is sometimes confused with phagophobia, or the fear of swallowing. Although both conditions involve the act of swallowing, the difference is in the precise nature of the fear.
What is Sidonglobophobia?
Fear of cotton wool balls is known as sidonglobophobia. Source: Public domain pictures. The fear of cotton wool balls is a sensory phobia which is believed to affect a handful of people around the world.
What is the phobia of nettles?
Cnidophobia (from Greek cnido meaning “nettle”) is the fear of stings or of getting stung by it. Cnidophobia is most commonly triggered due to getting stung by a bee, wasp, stinging plant nettles, or even needles used in medical procedures.
What are some phobias you are afraid of?
1 Samhainophobia – Fear of Halloween 2 Scolionophobia – Fear of school 3 Scoptophobia – Fear of being stared at 4 Selenophobia – Fear of the moon 5 Sociophobia – Fear of social evaluation 6 Somniphobia – Fear of sleep
What are some examples of phobias in literature?
Bibliophobia- Fear of books. Blennophobia- Fear of slime. Bogyphobia- Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman. Botanophobia- Fear of plants. Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia- Fear of body smells.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights. Aerophobia- Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances. Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places. Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
What are some phobias that start with D?
Cynophobia – Fear of dogs; D. Decidophobia – Fear of making decisions; Defecaloesiophobia – Fear of painful bowel movements; Deipnophobia – Fear of dining with others; Dementophobia – Fear of going insane; Demonophobia – Fear of demons; Dendrophobia – Fear of trees; Dentophobia – Fear of dentists