Die 75 berühmtesten Phobien der Welt
Ranking nach den Aufrufen der englischen Wikipedia, gemittelt über 6 Monate — je näher an Platz 1, desto berühmter.
Agoraphobia steht oben — die Angst, die jeder beim Namen kennt —, gefolgt von Trypophobia, Xenophobia, Thalassophobia und Triskaidekaphobia. Das sind die 75 berühmtesten Phobien, gerankt nach den Aufrufen der englischen Wikipedia. Lies sie alle und frag dich, wie viele du buchstabieren könntest, geschweige denn nennen.
- AgoraphobiaAgoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations where the person perceives their…
- TrypophobiaTrypophobia is an aversion to the sight of repetitive patterns, or clusters, of small holes or bumps.
- XenophobiaXenophobia is the fear or dislike of people who are perceived as being foreign or strange.
- ThalassophobiaThalassophobia is the persistent and intense fear of deep bodies of water, such as the ocean, seas, or lakes.
- TriskaidekaphobiaTriskaidekaphobia is fear or avoidance of the number 13. It is also a reason for the fear of Friday the 13th, called…
- Social phobiaSocial anxiety disorder (SAD), previously known as social phobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by high levels of anxiety…
- AcrophobiaAcrophobia, also known as hypsophobia, is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not…
- PhotophobiaPhotophobia is a medical symptom of abnormal intolerance to visual perception of light.
- ArachnophobiaArachnophobia is the fear of spiders and other arachnids, such as scorpions and ticks.
- MysophobiaMysophobia, also known as verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia and bacteriophobia, is a pathological fear of…
- ThanatophobiaDeath anxiety is anxiety caused by thoughts of one's own death, and is also known as thanatophobia.
- EmetophobiaEmetophobia is a phobia that causes overwhelming, intense anxiety pertaining to vomit.
- TetraphobiaTetraphobia is the practice of avoiding instances of the digit number 4.
- ScopophobiaScopophobia, scoptophobia, or ophthalmophobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by an excessive fear of being stared at in…
- ClaustrophobiaClaustrophobia is a fear or anxiety of confined spaces. It is triggered by many situations or stimuli, including elevators,…
- HaphephobiaHaphephobia is a specific phobia that involves the fear of touching or of being touched.
- OrnithophobiaOrnithophobia is the abnormal and irrational fear of birds, as well as a type of specific phobia.
- CoulrophobiaThe evil clown is a subversion of the traditional comic clown character, in which the playful trope is instead depicted in a…
- ErythrophobiaBlushing or erubescence is the reddening of a person's face due to psychological reasons.
- AerophobiaFear of flying is the fear of being on an aircraft, such as an airplane or helicopter, while it is in flight.
- GynophobiaGynophobia or gynephobia (/ˌɡaɪnəˈfoʊbiə/) is a morbid and irrational fear of women, a type of specific social phobia.
- NyctophobiaFear of the dark is a common fear or phobia among toddlers, children and, to a varying degree, adults.
- AquaphobiaAquaphobia is an irrational fear of water. Someone with aquaphobia may have an anxious reaction to water in everyday encounters…
- OphidiophobiaOphidiophobia or ophiophobia is fear of snakes. It is sometimes called by the more general term herpetophobia, fear of reptiles.
- DomatophobiaOikophobia is a tendency to criticise or reject one's own home or home society while praising others.
- HemophobiaBlood phobia is an extreme fear of blood, a type of specific phobia.
- AilurophobiaAilurophobia is the persistent and excessive fear of cats and felines in general.
- NomophobiaNomophobia is the fear of not having a working mobile phone. It has been considered a symptom of problematic digital media use…
- AstraphobiaAstraphobia, also known as astrapophobia, brontophobia, ceraunophobia, or tonitrophobia, is the fear of thunder and lightning or…
- EntomophobiaEntomophobia, sometimes known as insectophobia, is a specific phobia characterized by an excessive or unrealistic fear (disgust)…
- LepidopterophobiaEntomophobia, sometimes known as insectophobia, is a specific phobia characterized by an excessive or unrealistic fear (disgust)…
- CynophobiaCynophobia is the fear of dogs, wolves and canines in general.
- TheophobiaFear of God or theophobia may refer to fear itself, but more often to a sense of awe, and submission to, a deity.
- TrypanophobiaFear of needles, known in medical literature as needle phobia, is the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or…
- MonophobiaAutophobia is the specific phobia or a morbid fear or dread of oneself or of being alone, isolated, abandoned, and ignored.
- GlossophobiaGlossophobia or speech anxiety is the fear of public speaking.
- CyberphobiaTechnophobia, also known as technofear, is the fear or dislike of, or discomfort with, advanced technology or complex devices,…
- TechnophobiaTechnophobia, also known as technofear, is the fear or dislike of, or discomfort with, advanced technology or complex devices,…
- AtychiphobiaFear of negative evaluation (FNE), or fear of failure, also known as atychiphobia, is a psychological construct reflecting…
- HeliophobiaHeliophobia is the fear of the Sun, sunlight, or any bright light. It is a type of specific phobia.
- PyrophobiaPyrophobia is a fear of fire, which can be considered irrational if beyond what is considered normal.
- GerascophobiaGerascophobia is an abnormal or incessant fear of growing older or ageing (senescence).
- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
- GephyrophobiaGephyrophobia is the anxiety disorder or specific phobia characterized by the fear of bridges and tunnels, especially those that are older.
- PhasmophobiaThe fear of ghosts in many human cultures is based on beliefs that some ghosts may be malevolent towards people and dangerous.
- GamophobiaFear of commitment, also known as gamophobia, is the irrational fear or avoidance of long-term partnership or marriage.
- MusophobiaFear of mice and rats is one of the most common specific phobias.
- HippophobiaEquinophobia or hippophobia is a psychological fear of horses.
- ChromophobiaChromophobia is a persistent, irrational fear of, or aversion to, colors and is usually a conditioned response.
- PedophobiaFear of children, occasionally called paedophobia, is fear triggered by the presence or thinking of children, toddlers or infants.
- AnthropophobiaSocial anxiety disorder (SAD), previously known as social phobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by high levels of anxiety…
- ApiphobiaThe fear of bees, also known as apiophobia, apiphobia, or melissophobia, is a specific phobia triggered by the presence or…
- NecrophobiaNecrophobia is a specific phobia, the irrational fear of dead organisms as well as things associated with death.
- ChronophobiaChronophobia, also known as prison neurosis, is considered an anxiety disorder describing the fear of time and time moving…
- Kenophobia
- TaphophobiaTaphophobia is an abnormal (psychopathological) phobia of being buried alive as a result of being incorrectly pronounced dead.
- DentophobiaDental fear, odontophobia, or dentophobia, is a normal emotional reaction to one or more specific threatening stimuli in the…
- AichmophobiaAichmophobia is a kind of specific phobia, the morbid fear of sharp things. It is derived from the Greek aichmē (point) and phobos (fear).
- HexakosioihexekontahexaphobiaThe number of the beast is associated with the Beast of Revelation in chapter 13, verse 18 of the Book of Revelation.
- TestophobiaTest anxiety is a combination of physiological over-arousal, tension and somatic symptoms, along with worry, dread, fear of…
- ZoophobiaZoophobia, or animal phobia, is the irrational fear or aversion towards non-human animals.
- NosophobiaNosophobia, also known as disease phobia or illness anxiety disorder, is the irrational fear of contracting a disease, a type of…
- CardiophobiaNosophobia, also known as disease phobia or illness anxiety disorder, is the irrational fear of contracting a disease, a type of…
- HerpetophobiaHerpetophobia is a common specific phobia, which consists of fear or aversion to reptiles, commonly lizards and snakes, and…
- DidaskaleinophobiaSchool refusal is a child-motivated refusal to attend school or difficulty remaining in class for the full day.
- SpheksophobiaThe fear of wasps, technically known as spheksophobia, is a relatively common type of specific phobia. It is similar to fear of bees.
- ArithmophobiaNumerophobia, arithmophobia, or mathematics anxiety is an anxiety disorder, involving fear of dealing with numbers or mathematics.
- LilapsophobiaLilapsophobia is the fear of tornadoes or hurricanes. Lilapsophobia is considered the more severe type of astraphobia, which is…
- MasklophobiaMasklophobia is a specific phobia used to classify a general and in some cases an irrational fear of masks, people in costumed…
- PhagophobiaPhagophobia is a psychogenic dysphagia, a fear of swallowing.
- Androphobia
- SelachophobiaGaleophobia or selachophobia is the medical term for a fear of sharks.
- AncraophobiaAncraophobia, also known as anemophobia, is an extreme fear of wind or drafts. It has many different effects on the human brain.
- CoprophobiaCoprophobia is fear of or aversion to feces or defecation.
- IchthyophobiaFear of fish or ichthyophobia ranges from cultural phenomena such as fear of eating fish, fear of touching raw fish, or fear of…
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