100+ Most Common Phobias For SSC, RRB, NTPC, TET & Exams |PDF

A phobia is an intense, persistent, and irrational fear of a specific object, situation, activity, or person that poses little or no actual danger. This fear is disproportionate to the actual threat and typically leads to significant distress and avoidance behavior.

Types of phobias:

Excessive or unreasonable fear:

The fear is far greater than the actual risk.
Immediate anxiety response:

Exposure to the feared stimulus almost always triggers an intense anxiety response (e.g., panic attack, rapid heartbeat, sweating, trembling).
Avoidance:

The individual makes every effort to avoid the feared object or situation.
Recognition of irrationality:

Most adults with phobias realize that their fear is excessive or unreasonable, but they feel powerless to control it.
Interference with life:

The phobia significantly disrupts daily functioning, work, relationships, or social activities.

Some Most Important Phobias for Upcoming Competitive Exams

List of Exam vocabulary - Phobias and Definition

Words	Definition
Acarophobia	Fear of mites
Arachnophobia	Fear of spiders
Asthenophobia	Fear of weakness
Astrapophobia	Fear of lighting
Acrophobia/Hypsophobia	Fear of high places
Agoraphobia	Fear of open places
Ailurophobia	Fear of cats
Algophobia	Fear of pain
Acerophobia	Fear of sourness
Antlophobia	Fear of floods
Apeirophobia	Fear of infinity
Apiphobia	Fear of bees
Atelophobia	Fear of imperfection
Atephobia	Fear of ruin
Acousticophobia	Fear of sound
Americophobia	Fear of American people
Androphobia	Fear of men
Anthophobia	Fear of flowers
Anthropophobia	Fear of people
Autophobia/Ermitophobia	Fear of loneliness
Anemophobia	Fear of wind
Anginophoiba	Fear of narrowness
Bromidrosiphobia	Fear of body odour
Brontophobia/Tonitrophobia/Keraunophobia	Fear of thunder
Batrachophobia	Fear of reptiles
Blennophobia	Fear of slime
Belonephobia	Fear of needles
Ballistophobia	Fear of bullets
Bacteriophobia	Fear of bacteria
Batophobia	Fear of high buildings
Bathophobia	Fear of depth
Cheimaphobia	Fear of cold
Coitophobia	Fear of coitus
Cremnophobia	Fear of constipation
Cyberbphobia	Fear of computers
Cyrnophobia	Fear of waves
Cometophobia	Fear of comets
Coprophobia	Fear of faeces

Words	Definition
Cardiophobia	Fear of heart disease
Claustrophobia	Fear of enclosed places
Cryophobia	Fear of ice
Clinophobia	Fear of bed
Carcinophobia	Fear of cancer
Chionophobia	Fear of money
Cynophobia	Fear of dogs
Chionophobia	Fear of snow
Chrysophobia/Aurophobia	Fear of gold
Chromophobia	Fear of colour
Chronophobia	Fear of time
Cibophobia/Sitophobia	Fear of food
Doraphobia	Fear of fur
Dikephobia	Fear of Justice
Dermatorsiophobia	Fear of skin disease
Demophobia/Ochiophobia	Fear of crowds
Electrophobia	Fear of electricity
Eosophobia	Fear of dawn
Ergophobia	Fear of work
Erythrophobia	Fear of blushing
Ecclesiophobia	Fear of church
Entomophobia	Fear of insects
Epistolophobia	Fear of correspondence
Eisoptrophobia	Fear of mirrors
Enetophobia	Fear if pins
Eleutherophobia	Fear of Freedom
Eremophobia	Fear of solitude
Febriphobia	Fear of fever
Geumatophobia	Fear of taste
Gamophobia	Fear of marriage
Gephyrophobia	Fear of bridges
Graphophobia	Fear of writing
Gymnophobia	Fear of nudity
Germanophobia/Teutophobia and things	Fear of German people
Gynophobia	Fear of women
Haptophobia	Fear of touch
Hydrophobophobia	Fear of rabies
Hypnophobia	Fear of sleep
Hadephobia/Stygiophobia	Fear of hell
Haemophobia	Fear of blood
Hamartophobia	Fear of sin
Harpaxophobia	Fear of robbers
Hygrophobia	Fear of dampness
Hedonophobia	Fear of pleasure
Hodophobia	Fear of travel
Hypegiaphobia	Fear of responsibility

Words	Definition
Homophobia	Fear of homosexuals
Hedonophobia	Fear of sun
Helminthophobia	Fear of worms
Hierophobia	Fear of priests
Hydrophobia	Fear of water
Homichlophobia	Fear of fog
Hormephobia	Fear of shock
Italophobia	Fear of Italian people and things
Ideophobia	Fear of ideas
Ichthyophobia	Fear of fish
Koniophoiba	Fear of dust
Kinetophobia	Fear of motion
Kakorrhaphiaphobia	Fear of failure
Kopophobia	Fear of fatigue
Kleptophobia	Fear of motion
Katagelophoiba	Fear of ridicule