1. 10 of the Most Common Phobias
According to the American Psychiatric Association, a phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation. In most cases, the phobia involves a sense of endangerment or a fear of harm.  
BPL-ESL
August 21, 2015

2. Arachnophobia
Fear of spiders – affects more women than men

3. Ophidiophobia
Fear of snakes

4. Acrophobia
Fear of heights

5.  Agoraphobia
Fear of crowded spaces, open spaces or situations in which escape is difficult

6. Cynophobia
Fear of dogs

7.  Astraphobia
Fear of thunder and lightning

8. Trypanophobia
Fear of injections

9. Social Phobias
Fear of social situations

10. Pteromerhanophobia
Fear of flying

11. Mysophobia
Fear of germs or dirt

12. Hippopotomonstrosequipedaliophobia
Fear of long words

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English Word Information –List of Phobias (alphabetically)