NOUN 6:PHOBIAS AND MANIAS
Sr No.
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PHOBIAS
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MEANING
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MANIAS
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MEANING
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1
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Agoraphobia
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Fear of open spaces
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Bibliomania
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Obsession with books or reading
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2
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Acousticophobia
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Fear of noise
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Egomania
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Obsession with oneself
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3
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Aquaphobia
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Fear of water
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Megalomania
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Obsession with power
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4
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Botanophobia
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Fear of plants
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Verbomania
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Obsession with talking
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5.
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Claustrophobia
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Fear of closed spaces
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Kleptomania
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Obsession with stealing
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6
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Ergophobia
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Fear of work
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Ergomania
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Obsession with work
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7
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Ornithophobia
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Fear of birds
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Monomania
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Obsession with a single idea or thing
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8
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Xenophobia
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Fear of foreigners
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Xenomania
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Obsession with foreign things
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9
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Autophobia
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Fear of being alone or of oneself
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Pyromania
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Obsession for starting fire
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10
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Diplophobia
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Fear of double vision
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Florimaniaq
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Obsession with flowers
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11
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Arsonphobhia
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Fear of fire
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Ablutomania
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Obsession with washing or cleaning one self
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12
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Entomophobia
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Fear of insects
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Aboulomania
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Extreme indecisiveness
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13
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Hypsiphobia
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Fear of heights
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Micromania
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Obsession with self deprecation
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14
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Geliophobia
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Fear of laughter
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Technomania
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Craze for technology
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15
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Ochophobia
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Fear of being in a moving vehicle
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Cynomania
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Obsession with dogs
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16
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Aerophobia/Aviatophobia
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Fear of flying or being in an
aeroplane
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oreximania
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Compulsion to eat
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17
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Glossophobia
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Fear of public speaking
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Nosomania
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Obsession with imagined disease
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18
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Thanatophobia
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Fear of death
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19
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Necrophobia
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Fear of other people’s death
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dipsomania
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Obsession with alcohol
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20
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Hodophobia
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Fear of travelling
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zoomania
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Obsession with animals
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