Howard Faxon
Phobias are very serious and need to be taken seriously. If you have symptoms of a phobia you should consult your doctor. They are not considered to be permanent and are in many cases treatable.
There is a name for each phobia and sometimes more than one name. New ones are added sometimes. It can get confusing so lets find out how well you know the names of some of the lesser known phobias. Or can you deduce them by knowledge in languages?
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Question of
If you have a fear of clowns then you have the following phobia:
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Koinoniphobia
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Coulrophobia
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Catagelophobia
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Elurophobia
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Octophobia is the name for a fear of which of the following?
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Fear of octal numbers
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Fear of the octopus *(octopuses, octopodes, octopi – this would be a different quiz)*
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Fear of the figure 8
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Fear of octagons
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Question of
Fear of flying is which of the following?
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Pteromerhanophobia
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Aerophobia
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A novel by Erica Jong published in 1973
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All of the above
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Question of
Atelophobia is the fear of _________?
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Imperfection
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Antelopes
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Telephones
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Computers
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Question of
The fear of the night is called __________?
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Nyctophobia
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Noctiphobia
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Achluophobia
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All of the above
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Question of
Aphenphosmphobia is the fear of ___________?
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being touched
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people or society
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stairs or steep slopes
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ugliness
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Question of
Dendrophobia is __________?
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Fear of teenagers
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Fear of dentists
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Fear of ferns
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Fear of trees
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Question of
Herpetophobia is the phobia describing _________?
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Fear of blood
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Fear of reptiles
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Fear of women
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Fear of amphibians
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Question of
If you have a fear of tornadoes and hurricanes what is this phobia called?
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Lilapsophobia
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Mageirocophobia
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Gamophobia
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Ephebiphobia
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Question of
At this point in the quiz everyone will get this right if I’ve done my job. The fear of phobias is which of the following?
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Megalophobia
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Ombrophobia
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Genuphobia
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Phobophobia
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Nice quiz
Thanks very much. Cheers.
Oh, just 3
Well these are not the everyday well known ones. Thanks for playing . Cheers
6/10 HAHA
That’s pretty good actually. Cheers
4
Four is pretty good – probably better than I would have done.
Thanks!
Got 4 out of 10. Amazing how universal fear is, yet most of us don’t know the correct name for the different types. Is this a sign of our lack of empathy for others (or just a woeful lack of competence in our mother tongue)?
I think it has more to do with who makes these names. When most people say they have a phobia they say something like, “I’m afraid of heights”. The names are a little much in some ways but I guess there needs to be an official scientific classification.
Yes, and if you have knowledge of ancient languages, unravelling the names must be a doddle!!
Fun quiz even though I only got 2. ?
Two is not so bad considering that these are kind of lesser known ones. Thanks for playing! Cheers.
3 so bad!
That’s not so bad really. Cheers 🙂
5/10. I feel normal, hahahaha, the fact I don’t know their names means I am not suffering from one of them…:)
That’s true .. pretty good score anyway. Thanks for checking it out.
got only 1, so bad 🙁
That’s about what I would have scored if I hadn’t written it. These are mostly uncommon ones.
Cheers
5/10. Who comes up with the names of these phobias anyway? Great quiz but Very tough.
I don’t know but they should get together because several have multiple names and some lists contradict each other. Shrinks, that’s probably who named them. (lol)
5 is really good.
3 correct. lol you did well. UGHHH!!! I have one true phobia. I shake, sweat, hyperventilate and flat out can’t do it. ACROPHOBIA, my heart starts pounding just thinking about it.
I worked one time on a scissor lift 32 feet in the air doing exhibition lighting for a week with a guy who told me when it was done that he was scared of heights. Geez he must have had quite a week – i never noticed.
Me, I like up high stuff so the exhibition lighting I did was all fun. I have looked down on some of the world’s great art.
Anyway, 3 is not that bad.
Only got 3! So bad.
This means maybe you have no phobias. I generally do poorly on the quizzes and I would have on this one as well. Thanks for taking it. Cheers
7
That is really good ! Thanks for doing it
I got only 7 but I enjoyed this quiz. ??
That’s very respectable – I wouldn’t have done so well probably. Thanks
6/10 My Greek is a bit rusty!
Oh my, … you did a phobia/mania quiz, so I went to check it out and I had already taken it – and I did worse the second time.
My quiz career – eeesh. There are maybe 20 quizzes of yours that I haven’t taken. I think
I have the fear of taking quizzes, so what does that call? I failed this test miserably 🙁
Testophobia – test fear, taking tests fear, test phobia.
It wasn’t very sporting of me really. If I didn’t write it I would also fail.
Thanks for doing it anyway! Cheers