Thursday, November 7, 2013

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                                             NOUN 6:PHOBIAS AND MANIAS
Sr No.
PHOBIAS
MEANING
MANIAS
MEANING
1
Agoraphobia
Fear of open spaces

Bibliomania
Obsession with books or reading
2
Acousticophobia
Fear of noise
Egomania
Obsession with oneself
3
Aquaphobia
Fear of water
Megalomania
Obsession with power
4
Botanophobia
Fear of plants
Verbomania
Obsession with talking
5.
Claustrophobia
Fear of closed spaces
Kleptomania
Obsession with stealing
6
Ergophobia
Fear of work
Ergomania
Obsession with work
7
Ornithophobia
Fear of birds
Monomania
Obsession with a single idea or thing
8
Xenophobia
Fear of foreigners
Xenomania
Obsession with foreign things
9
Autophobia
Fear of being alone or of oneself
Pyromania
Obsession for starting fire
10
Diplophobia
Fear of double vision
Florimaniaq
Obsession with flowers
11
Arsonphobhia
Fear of fire
Ablutomania
Obsession with washing or cleaning one self
12
Entomophobia
Fear of insects
Aboulomania
Extreme indecisiveness
13
Hypsiphobia
Fear of  heights
Micromania
Obsession with self deprecation
14
Geliophobia
Fear of laughter
Technomania
Craze for technology
15
Ochophobia
Fear of being in a moving vehicle
Cynomania
Obsession with dogs
16
Aerophobia/Aviatophobia
Fear of  flying or being in an aeroplane
oreximania
Compulsion to eat
17
Glossophobia
Fear of public speaking
Nosomania
Obsession with imagined disease
18
Thanatophobia
Fear of death


19
Necrophobia
Fear of other people’s death
dipsomania
Obsession with alcohol
20
Hodophobia
Fear of travelling
zoomania
Obsession with animals

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