aichmophobia, aichurophobia
1. An excessive fear of pointed objects, such as knives, nails, and forks.
Symptoms of this phobia may lead to unusual eating habits; such as, eating alone or without silverware, or to the selection of an occupation in which the phobic person will not have to see or use dangerous implements or their symbolic equivalents.
2. An abnormal or morbid fear of being touched by pointed objects; such as, the finger or other sharp or slender-pointed objects.
akousticophobia
An abnormal fear of sounds.
albuminurophobia
An excessive fear of albumin in one’s urine as a sign of kidney disease. Some people fear that they have kidney disease when their urinary habits change or if they have vague pains in their abdomen or back. Others worry that they are urinating too much, and some worry that they are not urinating enough.
alcoholophobia
An extreme hatred and fear of alcoholism.
alektorophobia
An abnormal fear of chickens which may be a result of the fear of feathers, of winged creatures, or of flying animals or birds. Such fears may also include eggs or live, or dead, chickens. A few reasons include fears of being pecked, swooped upon, and because they roost above eye level or that they eat food from the ground or manure piles which may contaminate the bird. Such fears usually involve relative closeness to live chickens, but usually don’t include cooked chickens.
alethophobia
An abnormal fear of the truth.
aleurophobia
Excessive fear of cats.
algophobia
1. An excessive fear of pain. Mankind has suffered and feared pain since the beginning of time. Although a wide variety of drugs are now available to ease pain, it is still a fearful topic, and the prospect of having pain makes many people overly anxious.
2. A morbid, exaggerated, irrational, or excessive fear of pain.
alliumphobia
An abnormal fear of garlic and it may extend to a variety of plants characterized by their pungent odors, including onions, leeks, chives, and shallots.
allodoxaphobia
An intensive fear or hatred of the opinions of others.
This phobia may relate to hearing or learning opinions of others or of fearing one’s own opinions. This anxiety may also be related to a fear of criticism.
alychiphobia
An excessive fear of failure.
amathophobia
An excessive fear of dust.
Some phobics who fear contamination and germs also include dust as part of their anxieties. A few of those who fear dust keep the windows in their residences closed at all times and install elaborate air-filtering equipment. Some are constantly wiping surfaces and clean their living quarters quite often.
amaxophobia, hamaxophobia
An excessive fear of being in, meeting in, driving in, or riding in certain kinds of vehicles; or of vehicles in general.
ambiguphobe, ambiguphobia, ambiguphobic
Someone who over-defines terms and over determines states of affairs out of a compulsive fear of being misunderstood: "Let me make this perfectly clear"; "I want to make very sure that there's no misunderstanding of what I'm saying."
ambulophobia
An abnormal fear of walking anywhere, anytime.
