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21 Jul 2013, 11:27 am

G - Gnosiophobia - Fear of knowledge



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22 Jul 2013, 4:54 am

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words.



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22 Jul 2013, 6:41 am

I- Ideophobia: Fear of ideas.



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22 Jul 2013, 2:04 pm

J - Japanophobia - Fear of Japanese.



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22 Jul 2013, 4:56 pm

Kainotophobia - the fear of change


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22 Jul 2013, 5:18 pm

Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers.



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22 Jul 2013, 5:19 pm

L - Logizomechanophobia - Fear of computers



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22 Jul 2013, 5:20 pm

Just goes to show that great minds think alike :)



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22 Jul 2013, 9:26 pm

Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry



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23 Jul 2013, 4:52 am

N - Nosocomephobia - Fear of Hospitals

(This should be easy to remember. A Nosocomial Infection is an infection picked up in a hospital.)



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23 Jul 2013, 6:22 am

O- Oneirophobia, fear of dreams.



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23 Jul 2013, 7:47 am

P- Phobophobia: Fear of phobias.



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23 Jul 2013, 8:03 am

I tried to find one with Q but could not.

so......


Russophobia- Fear of Russians.

(cos we bad)



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23 Jul 2013, 8:55 am

Here are three Q-phobias:

Quadraphobia: fear of the number four.

Quadriplegiphobia: fear of quadriplegics or fear of becoming a quadriplegic.

Quintaphobia: fear of the number five.



Those weren't all that easy to find, though.



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23 Jul 2013, 9:14 am

Sociophobia – fear of people or social situations


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23 Jul 2013, 9:47 am

T- Trypanophobia: Fear of needles