1. There are more than 400 distinct phobias well recognized by psychologists.
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  2. Papaphobia is the fear of the Pope.
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  3. Phobophobia
    is the fear of having a phobia.
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  4. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
    is the fear of the number 666.
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  5. Nomophobia
    is the fear of being without your mobile phone or losing your signal.
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  6. Anatidaephobia is the weird fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.
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  7. Caligynephobia
    is the fear of beautiful women.
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  8. Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of an empty beer glass.
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  9. Cherophobia is the fear of being too happy because "something tragic" will happen.
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  10. Philophobia is the fear of falling in love.
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  11. Phobias may be memories passed down through generations in DNA, according to a new research.
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  12. Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Mussolini and Hitler, all suffered from ailurophobia, the fear of cats.
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  13. Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
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  14. "Pistanthrophobia" is the fear of trusting people due to bad past experiences.
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  15. Ommatophobia is the fear of eyes.
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  16. Odontophobia
    is the fear of dentistry and of receiving dental care.
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  17. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
    is the fear of long words.
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  18. Ombrophobia
    is the fear of rain, which can cause severe anxiety attacks.
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  19. Gamophobia is the fear of getting married or being in a relationship.
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  20. Trypophobia
    is the fear of objects with small holes.
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  21. Xanthophobia
    is the fear of the colour yellow.
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  22. Xenoglossophobia
    is the fear of foreign languages.
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  23. Syngenesophobia is the fear of relatives.
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  24. Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.
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  25. Hylophobia is the fear of trees.
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  26. Omphalophobia is the fear of bellybuttons.
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  27. Turophobia is the fear of cheese.
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  28. Anthophobia is the fear of flowers.
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  29. Madonna suffers from brontophobia: a fear of thunders.
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  30. Mageirocophobia is the fear of having to cook.
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  31. Metrophobia is the fear of poetry.
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  32. Ophidiophobia is the abnormal fear of snakes.
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  33. Ephebiphobia is the fear of young people.
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  34. Hamartophobia is the fear of sinning.
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  35. Phonophobia is the fear or aversion of loud sounds.
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