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Joy 2 Derivatives
Phobias and Manias
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acrophobia | fear of high places |
| agoraphobia | fear of crowds |
| audiophile | one interested in high-fidelity sound reproduction |
| bibliomania | craze for rare books |
| claustrophobia | dread of being closed in narrow places |
| dipsomaniac | one who craves alcoholic beverages |
| hemophiliac | one who bleeds excessively |
| kleptomaniac | one who has a neurotic impulse to steal |
| megalomania | disorder with fantasies of extreme power and wealth |
| photophilic | light-loving |
| photophobia | painful sensitivity to light |
| pyromania | insane impulse to start fire |
| xenophobia | hatred of strangers and foreigners |
| domophobia | fear of houses |
| necrophobia | bear of dead bodies |
| thanatophobia | fear of death |
| hydrophobia | fear of water; rabies |
| cyberphobia | fear of computers |
| triskaidecaphobia | fear of number 13 |
| neophobia | hatred of new things |