Tag: science & technology

Algophobia (from Greek 'algos' meaning pain) is the specific term for abnormal and persistent fear of pain. Agyrophobia is fear of streets, coulrophobia is fear of clowns, and odontophobia is fear of dentists or dental procedures.

Emetophobia (from Greek 'emesis' meaning vomiting) is the specific term for fear of vomiting. Decidophobia is fear of making decisions, keraunophobia and brontophobia both refer to fear of thunder and lightning.

Oikophobia (from Greek 'oikos' meaning house) is the fear of home surroundings, houses, or household appliances. Telephone phobia is fear of telephones, nomophobia is fear of being without a mobile phone, and phagophobia is fear of swallowing.

Cynophobia (from Greek 'kyon' meaning dog) is the fear of dogs. Hydrophobia is fear of water (historically associated with rabies), ichthyophobia is fear of fish, and equinophobia is fear of horses.

Workplace phobia refers to fear of the workplace environment. While this is a descriptive term rather than a classical Greek-derived phobia name, it correctly identifies the condition. Thanatophobia is fear of death, technophobia is fear of technology, and somniphobia is fear of sleep.

Lalophobia (from Greek 'lalia' meaning speech) is the fear of speaking or of speech itself. Bacteriophobia is fear of bacteria, numerophobia is fear of numbers, and stasiphobia is fear of standing or walking.

Nostophobia (from Greek 'nostos' meaning return home) is the fear of returning home. Bacteriophobia is fear of bacteria, numerophobia is fear of numbers, and stasiphobia is fear of standing or walking.

Logizomechanophobia (from Greek 'logizo' meaning to reason/compute and 'mechanopoio' meaning machine) is the technical fear of computers. Computerphobia is a common descriptive term but not the formal clinical designation. Logmechanophobia and monitorphobia are not standard phobia terms.

Dromophobia (from Greek 'dromos' meaning race/course) is the fear of crossing streets. Stasiphobia is fear of standing or walking, while logmechanophobia and monitorphobia are not standard phobia terms.

Stasiphobia (from Greek 'stasis' meaning standing) is the fear of standing or walking. Papaphobia is fear of the Pope, numerophobia is fear of numbers, and monitorphobia is not a standard phobia term.