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)
Germanophobia
A fear of Germany, its people, its culture, its language, or of German ideas.
geumaphobia (gyoo" muh FOH bee uh), geumatophobia, geumophobia
A fear of unfamiliar tastes or flavors.
There is a disorder known as gustatory agnosia, in which food becomes tasteless or even has a disgusting taste. People who have this condition may also lose their ability to smell or may find that formerly pleasant odors have become offensive.
With an inability to smell, such phobics may fear that since they can no longer smell previous items, they might be eating or drinking something that formerly caused them anxieties.
giraffeophobia
The fear of sticking your neck out. [From Holiday Folklore, Phobias and Fun by Donald E. Dossey].
graphophobia
1. A pathological fear of writing, a common form of which is severe anxiety or tremulousness if forced to sign one's name while being observed by others.
2. An aversion to writing or a morbid fear of having to write, especially hand writing.
This may be a result of a fear of criticism of one's handwriting and misspellings; as well as, a fear of committing ideas to paper for others to see.
gringophobia
In Spain or Latin America, an intense dislike of North Americans or white strangers.
gymnophobia
1. A pathological fear of being naked.
2. A morbid dread of seeing a naked person or of an uncovered part of the body.
gynephobia, gynophobia
An abnormal fear or hatred of women or any association with them.
hadephobia
An abnormal fear of hell with the idea that one may go there after death and judgment day.
haemaphobia
A morbid fear of blood or of bleeding.
See hemaphobia for all forms of this word group.
haematophobia, hematophobia, hemophobia
A morbid fear of seeing blood.
hagiophobia
An excessive fear or intense dislike of saints or of holy objects or concepts.
halophobia
In botany, the inability of some plants to grow in salt-rich soil.
hamartophobia
A fear of committing errors or sins or of doing the wrong thing and being condemned for it. This word is often misspelled as harmatophobia.
harpaxophobia
1. A morbid fear of robbers or thieves or of being attacked by a robber or a thief.
Such a fear motivates many to have elaborate burglar-alarm systems at their homes and businesses and several locks on their doors.
2. Etymologically from Greek,
harpazo, harpax, "seize, snatch, plunder, rapacious; robbery".
hedenophobia, hedonophobia
An illogical or exaggerated fear of having pleasure.
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