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...every phobia the infinitely inventive--and infinitely fearful--human mind can create, there is a word that has been coined to describe it. There's nephophobia, or fear of clouds, and coulrophobia, the fear of clowns. There's kathisophobia, fear of sitting, and kyphophobia, fear of stooping. There are xanthophobia, leukophobia and chromophobia, fear of yellow, white and colors in general. There are alektorophobia and apiphobia, fear of chickens and bees. And deep in the list, lost in the Ls, there's lutraphobia, or fear of otters--a fear that's useful, it would seem, only if you happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fear Not! | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...necrophobia: ... death neopharmaphobia: ... new drugs neophobia: ... anything new nephophobia: ... clouds noctiphobia: ... night nomatophobia: ... names nosocomephobia: ... hospitals novercaphobia: .... stepmothers numerophobia: ... numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Phobias From A to Z | 3/24/2001 | See Source »

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