“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Yes, those of a nervous disposition should indeed look away now, because today we have the penultimate list of irrational fears and phobias that seem to afflict certain members of the population. How and why they develop such curious mental afflictions I don’t. They are real to them, but foolish and amusing to the rest of us.
Today is ‘Q’, ‘R’ and ‘S’.
Enjoy.
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Quadraphobia ……….fear of the number four.
Quadriplegiphobia ……….fear of quadriplegics or fear of becoming a quadriplegic.
Quintaphobia ……….fear of the number five.
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Radiophobia ……….fear of radiation, x-rays.
Ranidaphobia ……….fear of frogs.
Rectophobia ……….fear of rectum or rectal diseases.
Rhabdophobia ……….fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic.(wand)
Rhypophobia ……….fear of defecation.
Rhytiphobia ……….fear of getting wrinkles.
Rupophobia ……….fear of dirt.
Russophobia ……….fear of Russians.
Samhainophobia ……….fear of Halloween.
Sarmassophobia ……….fear of love play. (Malaxophobia)
Satanophobia ……….fear of Satan.
Scabiophobia ……….fear of scabies.
Scatophobia ……….fear of fecal matter.
Scelerophibia ……….fear of bad men, burglars.
Sciaphobia or Sciophobia or Sciaphobia ……….fear of shadows.
Scoleciphobia ……….fear of worms.
Scolionophobia ……….fear of school.
Scopophobia or Scoptophobia ……….fear of being seen or stared at.
Scotomaphobia ……….fear of blindness in visual field.
Scotophobia ……….fear of darkness. (Achluophobia)
Scriptophobia ……….fear of writing in public.
Selachophobia ……….fear of sharks.
Selaphobia ……….fear of light flashes.
Selenophobia ……….fear of the moon.
Seplophobia ……….fear of decaying matter.
Sesquipedalophobia ……….fear of long words.
Sexophobia ……….fear of the opposite sex. (Heterophobia)
Siderodromophobia ……….fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
Siderophobia ……….fear of stars.
Sinistrophobia ……….fear of things to the left or left-handed.
Sinophobia ……….fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.
Sitophobia or Sitiophobia ……….fear of food or eating. (Cibophobia)
Snakephobia ……….fear of snakes. (Ophidiophobia)
Soceraphobia ……….fear of parents-in-law.
Social Phobia ……….fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
Sociophobia ……….fear of society or people in general.
Somniphobia ……….fear of sleep.
Sophophobia ……….fear of learning.
Soteriophobia ……….fear of dependence on others.
Spacephobia ……….fear of outer space.
Spectrophobia ……….fear of specters or ghosts.
Spermatophobia or Spermophobia ……….fear of germs.
Spheksophobia ……….fear of wasps.
Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia ……….fear of standing or walking. (Ambulophobia)
Staurophobia ……….fear of crosses or the crucifix.
Stenophobia ……….fear of narrow things or places.
Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia ……….fear of hell.
Suriphobia ……….fear of mice.
Symbolophobia ……….fear of symbolism.
Symmetrophobia ……….fear of symmetry.
Syngenesophobia ……….fear of relatives.
Syphilophobia ……….fear of syphilis.
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