Yesterday we talked about phobias and the meaning of the word, acrophobia. If you missed it, you can find it right here. As promised, I wanted to present a few other words illustrating other phobias. Some are strange and some might be common. But these are pretty interesting!
| Ablutophobia - fear of bathing Autophobia - fear of being alone or of one’s self Cacophobia - fear of ugliness Cynophobia - fear of dogs Heliophobia - fear of sunlight) Lalophobia - fear of speaking Leaukophobia - fear of the color white | Monophobia - abnormal fear of being alone Odontophobia - fear of teeth Paedophobia - fear of children Philophobia - fear of love Sophophobia - fear of learning Siderophobia - fear of stars Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number 13 |
Artist Mickey Bach also has a lot of wonderful and funny drawings showing some different phobias. Take a look at them below. His collection of Word a Day was popular in the 1940s. You can see a collection of them on this website.
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