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)
iconophobia, ikonophobia
A hatred or dread of images (statues, drawings, paintings, etc).
ideophobia, ideaphobia
An excessive fear of ideas.
illyngophobia
An excessive fear of vertigo or a fear of feeling dizzy when looking down from a high place.
imponereophobia
A distress at being found out that one is an imposter.
iophobia
An excessive fear of poisons. Also, a fear of rust.
Iraqnophobia, Iraqnaphobia, Iraqniphobia
A strong fear of Iraq; especially, its ability to manufacture and use biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons.
isolophobia
An irrational dread of solitude or of being alone.
isopterophobia
An abnormal fear of termites or of other wood-eating insects that are destructive of wooden structures.
ithyphallophobia
A fear of seeing, thinking about, or having an erect penis.
kainophobia, kainotophobia, cainophobia, cainotophobia
An excessive fear of anything new or of change.
kakorraphiaphobia, kakorraphiophobia, kakorrhaphiophobia
An irrational fear of failure, defeat, or of “looking bad”.
katagelophobia
An irrational dread of being ridiculed, “put down”, and embarrassed in social situations.
kathisophobia, cathisophobia
An excessive fear of sitting down.
kenophobia
An abnormal fear of open spaces, of emptiness, or of barren spaces.
keraunophobia
An excessive fear of thunder and lightning (lightning in general).
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