Phobias starting with S
Here you will find all the phobias starting with the letter S. Our site provides information on how to overcome fears and anxiety. There are a total of 45 phobias starting with the letter S.
Samhainophobia
Fear of Fear of Halloween.
Sarmassophobia
Fear of love play (Malaxophobia).
Sarmassophobia
Fear of love play (). Malaxophobia
Satanophobia
Fear of Satan.
Scabiophobia
Fear of scabies.
Scatophobia
Fear of fecal matter.
Sciophobia
Fear of shadows. Sciaphobia
Scoleciphobia
Fear of worms.
Scolionophobia
Fear of school.
Scoptophobia
Fear of being seen or stared at. Scopophobia or
Scotomaphobia
Fear of blindness in visual field.
Scriptophobia
Fear of writing in public.
Selachophobia
Fear of sharks.
Selaphobia
Fear of light flashes.
Selenophobia
Fear of the moon.
Seplophobia
Fear of decaying matter.
Sesquipedalophobia
Fear of long words.
Sexophobia
Fear of the opposite sex (Heterophobia).
Sexophobia
Fear of the opposite sex (). Heterophobia
Siderodromophobia
Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
Siderophobia
Fear of stars.
Sinistrophobia
Fear of things to the left or left.
Sinophobia
Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.
Sitophobia or Sitiophobia
Fear of food or eating (Cibophobia).
Snakephobia
Fear of snakes (Ophidiophobia).
Snakephobia
Fear of snakes (). Ophidiophobia
Soceraphobia
Fear of parents.
Social Phobia
Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
Sociophobia
Fear of society or people in general.
Somniphobia
Fear of sleep.
Sophophobia
Fear of learning.
Soteriophobia
Fear of dependence on others.
Spacephobia
Fear of outer space.
Spectrophobia
Fear of specters or ghosts.
Spermatophobia or Spermophobia
Fear of germs.
Spheksophobia
Fear of wasps.
Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia
Fear of standing or walking (Ambulophobia).
Staurophobia
Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
Stenophobia
Fear of narrow things or places.
Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia
Fear of hell.
Suriphobia
Fear of mice.
Symbolophobia
Fear of symbolism.
Symmetrophobia
Fear of symmetry.
Syngenesophobia
Fear of relatives.
Syphilophobia
Fear of syphilis.
Eisoptrophobia
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e. g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.
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