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)
pentheraphobia
A fear of having a mother-in-law intruding in the affairs of a marriage or an excessive irritation of being around her.
phagophobia
An abnormal or irrational fear of eating or swallowing certain kinds of food.
phalacraphobia
A fear of becoming bald.
phallophobia
An exaggerated angst about the penis; especially, an erect penis.
pharmacophobia
A fear of drugs or medicine or of becoming a drug addict.
phasmophobia
An irrational fear of ghosts.
phengophobia, phengophobous
1. An excessive fear of daylight or of sunlight.
2. In biology, intolerant of light.
Human manifestations of this fear involve secluding themselves in curtained rooms where sunlight can not enter and only allowing illumination by artificial light. Usually the individual can go out at night and move around in greater comfort than during daylight.
We mustn't fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world.
—René Magritte
philemaphobe
A person who has an intense fear or dread of kissing; in some cases, because of the fear of germs or the prospects of bad breath.
philemaphobia, philematophobia
An intense fear of kissing; in some cases, because of germs or the unpleasant prospect of bad breath.
philophobia
One who is abnormally afraid of falling in love or of being loved.
philosophobia
A dread of philosophy or of philosophers.
phobia
A morbid, unexplained terror of something.
phobiac
One who has an unexplained terror, or excessive fear, of something.
phobialistphobia
A fear, or dread, of seeing a list of phobias.
phobic
Relating to, or affected by, a morbid, unexplained terror of something or someone.
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