This document lists and defines over 100 specific phobias related to different objects, situations, and concepts. It begins by defining a phobia as an irrational or extreme fear of something. It then provides a table that alphabetically lists various phobias along with the object or concept that is feared, such as arachnophobia (fear of spiders), claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces), and agoraphobia (fear of open spaces). The table covers a wide range of phobias including fears of idleness, worms, body odor, and more.
This document lists and defines over 100 specific phobias related to different objects, situations, and concepts. It begins by defining a phobia as an irrational or extreme fear of something. It then provides a table that alphabetically lists various phobias along with the object or concept that is feared, such as arachnophobia (fear of spiders), claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces), and agoraphobia (fear of open spaces). The table covers a wide range of phobias including fears of idleness, worms, body odor, and more.
This document lists and defines over 100 specific phobias related to different objects, situations, and concepts. It begins by defining a phobia as an irrational or extreme fear of something. It then provides a table that alphabetically lists various phobias along with the object or concept that is feared, such as arachnophobia (fear of spiders), claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces), and agoraphobia (fear of open spaces). The table covers a wide range of phobias including fears of idleness, worms, body odor, and more.
This document lists and defines over 100 specific phobias related to different objects, situations, and concepts. It begins by defining a phobia as an irrational or extreme fear of something. It then provides a table that alphabetically lists various phobias along with the object or concept that is feared, such as arachnophobia (fear of spiders), claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces), and agoraphobia (fear of open spaces). The table covers a wide range of phobias including fears of idleness, worms, body odor, and more.
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List of phobias
We define a phobia as an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to
something. You are probably aware of the more common phobias, such as arachnophobia (fear of spiders), claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces), and agoraphobia (fear of open places), but did you know there are also words which describe the fear of idleness, worms, and even body odour? Explore the table below to discover the terms for some of the more interesting phobias you may come across. Object air travel American people and things animals bacteria beards beating bed bees birds blood blushing body odour bridges bullets burial alive cancer cats childbirth children Chinese people and things church clouds coitus cold colour comets computers constipation corpses correspondence crowds
dampness darkness dawn death depth dirt disease dogs dreams drink drugs dust electricity enclosed places English people and things everything eyes faeces failure fatigue fear feathers fever fire fish flesh floods flowers fog food foreigners freedom French people and things fur German people and things germs ghosts glass God gold hair heart disease
heat heaven hell heredity high buildings high places home homosexuals horses ice ideas idleness illness imperfection infinity injury inoculation insanity insects insect stings Italian people and things itching jealousy justice lakes leprosy lice light lightning lists loneliness machinery magic marriage men metal mice microbes mirrors mites mobs money monsters, giving birth to
motion music names narrowness needles new things night nudity open places pain parasites people philosophy pins places pleasure poison politics Pope poverty precipices priests punishment rabies rail travel religious works of art reptiles responsibility ridicule rivers robbers ruin Russian people and things saints Satan scabies Scottish people and things sea sex shadows sharpness shock sin
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I've Made This Response A Little Bit Longer Than Needed To Demonstrate Additional Vocabulary and Grammatical Structures. Your IELTS Essay Would Not Need To Be This Long.
