Some of these don't necessarily seem all that wrong, like algophobia: a fear of pain...
- maniaphobia: fear of insanity
- erythrophobia: fear of red lights or blushing
- erotophobia: fear of sexual love
- dystychiphobia: fear of accidents
- cynophobia: fear of dogs
- lyssophobia: fear of rabies
- hypengyophobia: fear of responsibility
- iophobia: fear of being poisoned
- macrophobia: fear of long waits
- lygophobia: fear of darkness
- maieusiophobia: fear of childbirth
- tocophobia: fear of pregnancy or childbirth
- mysophobia: fear of dirt or contamination; having a compulsion to wash one's hands
- nebulaphobia: fear of fog
- pantophobia: fear of everything; cowardice
- rhabdophobia: fear of being punished or severely criticized
- stygophobia: fear of Hell
- taphephobia: fear of being buried alive; fear of cemeteries (as opposed to taphophilia: a love of funerals)
- theophobia: fear of gods
- brontophobia: fear of thunderstorms
- tonitrophobia: fear of thunder
- verbophobia: fear of words
- xylophobia: fear of wooden objects; fear of forests
- climacophobia: fear of falling down stairs
- cherophobia: fear of gaiety
- anuptaphobia: fear of staying single
- amaxophobia: fear of riding in a car
...and my personal fave-rave of the moment:
- teutophobia: fear of Germans or German things
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