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)


heliophobia
1. An irrational fear of sunlight.
2. An abnormal sensitivity to the effects of sunlight; a strong aversion to sunlight.

In some cases, it may be based on the many warnings that one may get skin cancer from exposure to the sun.

3. In biology, intolerant of high light intensity; shade-loving.
Hellenophobia, Hellenologophobia
An irrational fear or hatred of Greek (and Latin) words or of complex scientific or pseudo-scientific terminology.
helminthophobia
A morbid fear of worm infestations.
hemaphobia, haemaphobia, hematophobia, hemophobia
An abnormal fear of the sight of blood or of transfusions.
heresyphobia, heresophobia
An excessive fear of challenges to official doctrine, or a fear of radical deviations from the “orthodox” view.
herpetophobia, herptophobia
1. A pathologic or abnormal fear of reptiles or snakes; including any creeping animal.
2. An intense fear of catching the herpes disease via sexual activity.
heterophobia
An abnormal fear of the opposite sex, considered sometimes by some psychoanalysts to be a partial explanation for homosexual behavior.
hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

The fear that originates in the Biblical verse Revelation 13:18 which indicates that the number 666 is the Number of the Beast, linked to Satan or the Anti-Christ.

Outside the Christian faith, the phobia has been further popularized as a leitmotif (a recurring musical theme, associated within a particular piece of music with a particular person, place or idea) in various horror films.

hierophobia
1. An abnormal fear of holy people or sacred objects.
2. A morbid fear of sacred or religious objects or clergymen.
hippophobia
An excessive fear of horses.
hodophobia
1. An irrational fear or hatred of traveling
2. A pathological fear of traveling.
homichlophobia
An abnormal fear of fog or humidity.
homilophobia
A hatred for sermons or a fear of being preached to.
homophobia
An excessive hatred of or fear of monotony [doing the same thing over and over]; also said to be a fear of or intense apprehension or hatred of homosexuality or homosexuals in general. Such references should be spoken of or written as homosexualphobia.
homosexualphobia
1. An abnormal fear of, an intense apprehension regarding, or hatred of homosexuals or homosexuality.
2. A dread or fear of becoming a homosexual.

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