According to www.dictionary.com, a phobia is “an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.” A common phobia that many people have, for example, is the fear of bees. However, there are some phobias that, despite being rather rare, many people truly do have. So, without further ado, here are 50 Phobias that you may (or may not) know exist…

1. Aulophobia- Fear of flutes
2. Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
3. Bibliophobia- Fear of books
4. Botanophobia- Fear of plants
5. Chromophobia-Fear of colors
6. Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks
7. Decidophobia-Fear of making decisions
8. Domatophobia-Fear of houses or being in houses
9. Electrophobia- Fear of electricity
10. Ereuthrophobia- Fear of blushing
11. Francophobia- Fear of France or French culture
12. Felinophobia- Fear of cats
13. Geniophobia- Fear of chins
14. Germanophobia- Fear of Germany or German culture
15. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia-Fear of long words
16. Hyalophobia- Fear of glass
17. Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down
18. Ichthyophobia-Fear of fish
19. Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors
20. Koinoniphobia- Fear of rooms
21. Katsaridaphobia- Fear of cockroaches
22. Koniophobia- Fear of dust
23. Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables
24. Linonophobia- Fear of string
25. Metallophobia- Fear of metal
26. Microphobia- Fear of small things
27. Nephophobia- Fear of clouds
28. Nomatophobia- Fear of names
29. Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes
30. Onomatophobia- Fear of hearing a certain word or of name
31. Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th
32. Pantophobia- Fear of everything
33. Quadraphobia- fear of the number four
34. Quintaphobia- fear of the number five
35. Rahbdophobia-Fear of magic (wands)
36. Rupophobia- Fear of dirt
37. Selenophobia- Fear of the moon
38. Scriptophobia- Fear of writing in public
39. Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13
40. Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting
41. Uranophobia- Fear of heaven
42. Urophobia-Fear of urine
43. Verbophobia- Fear of words
44. Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing
45. Walloonphobia-Fear of Walloons (French-speaking people who live in Belgium)
46. Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft
47. Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow
48. Xylophobia-Fear of forests
49. Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy
50. Zoophobia-Fear of animals