phobo-, phob-, -phobia, -phobias, -phobe, -phobiac, -phobist, -phobic, -phobism, -phobous +

(Greek: fear, extreme fear of; morbid, excessive, irrational fear, or terror of something or someone; however, sometimes this Greek element means a strong dislike or hatred for something or someone)


eisoptrophobic
Someone who has an abnormal and persistent fear of mirrors.
electrophobia
An abnormal fear of electricity.
eleutherophobia
An irrational dread of freedom.
elevatorphobia
An abnormal dread of being in an elevator, of being trapped in an elevator, or of being harmed by a free-falling elevator.
emetophobia
An excessive fear of vomiting. Some people with this phobia avoid situations that might remotely provoke vomiting in themselves or in others; such as, going on a boat, riding in a car, flying in an aircraft, riding in a roller-coaster, etc.
emissophobia
An obsessive fear of being reproached or criticized.
enetephobia, enetophobia, enosiophobia
An abnormal fear of pins or needles.
enissophobia
A fear of criticism or committing a sin.
enochlophobia
An abnormal fear of crowds.
enophobia
An excessive hatred of wine or fear of what it might do to a person if he/she drinks it.
enoptrophobia
A terror of mirrors.
enoptrophobiac
An individual who has an abnormal fear or terror of mirrors.
enoptrophobic
A condition whereby a person has a terror or abnormal fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in them.
enosiophobia
An excessive fear of sin or of being reproached for one’s behavior.
entomophobia
1. An irrational dread of insects.
2. A dread of insects of all kinds; including those out in nature, and in one's residence; especially, when they are found in one's bed.
A natural phobia about having bugs in the bed.

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