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)
femiphobia, femiphobic
An irrational fear, or obsession, that a man has of being considered feminine or of being accused of displaying the characteristics of a sissy.
fibriphobia, fibriophobia
An irrational dread of having a fever.
formiphobia
A morbid fear of ants.
Francophobia
A strong dislike or hatred of the French people, French language, or French customs, influences, etc.
friendorphobia
A fear of forgetting a password.
frigophobia
A fear of being cold or freezing, or of cold things.
galeophobia
An intense fear of cats (polecats, skunks, weasels); also of sharks. These come from two different Greek sources with the same spelling.
Gallophobia
An excessive fear of France or anything having to do with France including its language and its culture.
gametophobia, gamophobia
An exaggerated fear of marriage.
gatophobia
A detestation, hatred, or abnormal fear of cats.
gelophobia, geliophobia
An abnormal fear of laughter.
geniophobia
An excessive fear of chins.
genophobia
An abnormal aversion to sexual intercourse.
genuphobia
A fear of servility or submissiveness (kneeling, a form of submissiveness, because of its reference to the knees).
gerascophobia, gerontophobia
A fear of growing old that is based on anxieties of being left alone, of being without resources, and of being incapable of caring for oneself both physically and intellectually.
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