Phobia Dictionary

Phobia Dictionary

A

• Ablutophobia - Fear of washing or bathing.
• Acarophobia - Fear of itching or of insects whose bites cause itching.
• Acerophobia - Fear of sourness.
• Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Nyctophobia, Scotophobia - Fear of darkness.
• Acousticophobia - Fear of noise.
• Acrophobia, Altophobia - Fear of heights.
• Aerophobia - Fear of drafts, air swallowing or airborne noxious substances.
• Aeroacrophobia - Fear of open high places.
• Aeronausiphobia - Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
• Agateophobia, Dementophobia, Maniaphobia - Fear of insanity.
• Agliophobia, Algophobia, Odynophobia, Odynephobia - Fear of pain.
• Agoraphobia - Fear of the outdoors, crowds or uncontrolled social conditions.
• Agraphobia, Contreltophobia - Fear of sexual abuse.
• Agrizoophobia - Fear of wild animals.
• Agyrophobia, Dromophobia - Fear of streets or crossing the street.
• Aibohphobia - Fear of palindromes (not necessarily an actual word; aiboh is not of course Greek or Latin for Palindrome, but is simply intended to make the word itself palindromic)
• Aichmophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia - Fear of needles or pointed objects.
• Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia - Fear of cats.
• Albuminurophobia - Fear of kidney disease.
• Alektorophobia - Fear of chickens.
• Alliumphobia - the abnormal fear of garlic that may extend to a variety of plants characterized by their pungent odor including onions, leeks, chives, and shallots. Allium is the onion [[genu
• Allodoxaphobia - Fear of opinions.
• Amathophobia, Koniophobia - Fear of dust.
• Amaxophobia - Fear of riding in a car.
• Ambulophobia, Stasibasiphobia, Stasiphobia - Fear of walking or standing.
• Anemophobia - Fear of air.
• Amerophobia, Columbophobia - Fear of the United States, American culture, etc.
• Amnesiphobia - Fear of amnesia.
• Amychophobia - Fear of scratches or being scratched.
• Anablephobia - Fear of looking up.
• Ancraophobia, Anemophobia - Fear of wind.
• Androphobia, Arrhenphobia, Hominophobia - Fear of men.
• Anginophobia - Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
• Anglophobia - Fear of England, English culture, etc.
• Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
• Ankylophobia - Fear of immobility of a joint.
• Anthrophobia, Anthophobia - Fear of flowers.
• Anthropophobia - Fear of people or society.
• Antidaeophobia - Fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you (fictional, from Gary Larson cartoon).
• Antlophobia - Fear of floods.
• Anuptaphobia - Fear of staying single.
• Apeirophobia - Fear of infinity.
• Aphenphosmphobia, Chiraptophobia, Haphephobia, Haptephobia - Fear of being touched.
• Apiphobia, Melissaphobia, Melissophobia - Fear of bees.
• Apotemnophobia - Fear of persons with amputations.
• Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
• Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders.
• Arithmophobia - Fear of numbers.
• Arsonphobia, Pyrophobia - Fear of fire.
• Asthenophobia - Fear of fainting or weakness.
• Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia - Fear of thunder and lightning. It is especially common in young children.
• Astrophobia - Fear of stars and celestial space.
• Asymmetriphobia - Fear of asymmetry.
• Ataxiophobia - Fear of ataxia.
• Ataxophobia - Fear of disorder or untidiness.
• Atelophobia - Fear of imperfection.
• Atephobia - Fear of ruin or ruins.
• Athazagoraphobia - Fear of being forgotten, ignored or forgetting.
• Atomosophobia - Fear of atomic explosions.
• Atychiphobia, Kakorrhaphiophobia - Fear of failure.
• Aulophobia - Fear of flutes.
• Aurophobia - Fear of gold.
• Auroraphobia - Fear of the Northern Lights or for Chileans, Argentinians, Falkland Islanders or Antarctic explorers, fear of the Southern Lights.
• Australophobia, Novahollandiaphobia - Fear of Australia, Australians, Australian culture etc.
• Autodysomophobia - Fear that one has a vile odour.
• Automatonophobia - Fear of any inanimate object that represents a sentient being, eg. statues, dummies, robots, etc.
• Automysophobia - Fear of being dirty.
• Autophobia, Eremophobia, Ermitophibia, Isolophobia, Monophobia - Fear of being alone or fear of oneself.
• Aviophobia, Aviatophobia, Pteromerhanophobia - Fear of flying.

B

• Bacillophobia, Microbiophobia - Fear of microbes.
• Bacteriophobia - Fear of bacteria.
• Ballistophobia - Fear of missiles or bullets.
• Barleyphobia - Fear of barley.
• Bananaphobia - Fear of bananas.
• Bolshephobia - Fear of Bolsheviks.
• Barophobia - Fear of loss of gravity.
• Basophobia, Basiphobia - Fear of walking or falling.
• Bathmophobia - Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
• Bathophobia - Fear of depth.
• Batophobia - Fear of heights or of being close to high buildings.
• Batrachophobia - Fear of amphibians.
• Bibliophobia - Fear of books.
• Bitchophobia - Fear of Chris Briscoe (FICTIONAL)
• Blennophobia, Myxophobia - Fear of slime.
• Bogyphobia - Fear of bogies or the bogeyman.
• Botanophobia - Fear of plants.
• Briophobia- Fear of the human foot.
• Bromidrosiphobia, Bromidrophobia - Fear of body odours.
• Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia - Fear of thunder.
• Bufonophobia - Fear of toads.

C

• Cacophobia - Fear of ugliness.
• Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia, Neophobia - Fear of newness, novelty.
• Caligynephobia, Venustraphobia - Fear of beautiful women.
• Cancerophobia, Carcinophobia - Fear of cancer.
• Carbophobia - Fear of carbohydrates (e.g. Atkins diet).
• Cardiophobia - Fear of heart disease.
• Carnophobia - Fear of meat.
• Catagelophobia, Katagelophobia - Fear of being ridiculed.
• Catapedaphobia - Fear of jumping from high and low places.
• Cathisophobia, Kathisophobia, Thaasophobia - Fear of sitting.
• Catoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors.
• Cenophobia - Fear of empty rooms.
• Chaetophobia, Trichopathophobia, Trichophobia, Hypertrichophobia - Fear of hair.
• Cheimaphobia, Cheimatophobia, Psychrophobia - Fear of cold.
• Chemophobia - Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals.
• Cherophobia - Fear of gaiety.
• Chinophobia - Fear of Chinese people, customs, etc.
• Chionophobia - Fear of snow.
• Chirophobia - Fear of hands.
• Chlorophobia - Fear of the colour green.
• Cholerophobia - Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.
• Chorophobia - Fear of dancing.
• Christophobia - Fear of Christianity
• Chrometophobia, Chrematophobia - Fear of money.
• Chromophobia, Chromatophobia - Fear of colours.
• Chronomentrophobia - Fear of clocks.
• Chronophobia - Fear of time.
• Chrysophobia - Fear or the color orange.
• Cibophobia, Sitophobia, Sitiophobia - Fear of food.
• Cleithrophobia, Cleisiophobia - Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
• Cleptophobia, Kleptophobia - Fear of stealing.
• Clithrophobia, Cleithrophobia - Fear of being enclosed.
• Cnidophobia - Fear of stings.
• Coimetrophobia - Fear of cemeteries.
• Coitophobia, Genophobia - Fear of coitus.
• Cometophobia - Fear of comets.
• Coprastasophobia - Fear of constipation.
• Coprophobia, Scatophobia - Fear of feces.
• Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns.
• Counterphobia - The preference by a phobic person for fearful situations.
• Cremnophobia - Fear of precipices.
• Cryophobia - Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost.
• Crystallophobia - Fear of crystals or glass.
• Cyanophobia - Fear of the colour blue.
• Cyberphobia, Logizomechanophobia - Fear of computers or working on a computer.
• Cyclophobia - Fear of bicycles.
• Cymophobia, Kymophobia - Fear of waves or wave-like motions.
• Cynophobia - Fear of dogs or rabies.
• Cypridophobia, Cypriphobia, Cyprianophobia, Cyprinophobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.
• Claustrophobia - Fear of confined spaces.
• Climacophobia - Fear of stairs or of climbing or falling down stairs.
• Clinophobia - Fear of going to bed.

D

• Decidophobia - Fear of making decisions.
• Defecaloesiophobia - Fear of painful bowel movements.
• Deipnophobia - Fear of dining or dinner conversations.
• Demonophobia, Daemonophobia - Fear of demons.
• Demophobia, Enochlophobia, Ochlophobia - Fear of crowds.
• Dendrophobia - Fear of trees.
• Dentophobia - Fear of dentists.
• Dermatophobia - Fear of skin lesions.
• Dermatosiophobia, Dermatophobia, Dermatopathophobia - Fear of skin disease.
• Dextrophobia - Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
• Diabetophobia - Fear of diabetes.
• Didaskaleinophobia, Scolionophobia - Fear of going to school.
• Dikephobia - Fear of justice.
• Dinophobia - Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.
• Diplophobia - Fear of double vision.
• Dipsophobia - Fear of drinking.
• Dishabiliophobia - Fear of undressing in front of someone.
• Domatophobia, Eicophobia, Oikophobia - Fear of houses or being in a house.
• Doraphobia - Fear of fur or the skins of animals.
• Doxophobia - Fear of expressing opinions or receiving praise.
• Dutchphobia - Fear of the Dutch.
• Dysmorphophobia - Fear of deformity.
• Dystychiphobia - Fear of accidents.

E

• Ecclesiophobia - Fear of church.
• Ecophobia - Fear of home.
• Editophobia - Fear of being edited or deleted (this entry suffers!).
• Eisoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
• Electrophobia - Fear of electricity.
• Eleutherophobia - Fear of freedom.
• Emetophobia - Fear of vomiting.
• Enetophobia - Fear of pins.
• Enosiophobia, Enissophobia - Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
• Entomophobia, Insectophobia - Fear of insects.
• Eosophobia - Fear of dawn or daylight.
• Ephebiphobia - Fear of teenagers.
• Epistaxiophobia - Fear of nosebleeds.
• Epistemophobia, Gnosiophobia - Fear of knowledge.
• Epistolophobia - Fear of writing letters
• Equinophobia, Hippophobia - Fear of horses.
• Ereuthrophobia, Erythrophobia, Erytophobia - Fear of blushing, red lights, or the colour red.
• Ergasiophobia - Fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating.
• Ergophobia - Fear of work.
• Ermitophobia - Fear of being alone, loneliness.
• Erotophobia - Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
• Erythrophobia - Fear of blushing or the color red.
• Euphobia - Fear of hearing good news.
• Eurotophobia - Fear of female genitalia.
• Europhobia - Fear of Europe, Europeans, or alternatively, the European Union.

F

• ----aphobia, ---- of the word ----
• Fearaphobia, Fearophobia - fear of developing fears
• Febriphobia, Fibriphobia, Fibriophobia, Pyrexiophobia - Fear of fever.
• Ferrumphobia - Fear of Iron and objects made of iron.
• Francophobia, Gallophobia, Galiophobia - Fear of France, French culture, etc.
• Frigophobia - Fear of very cold objects.

G

• Gamophobia - Fear of marriage.
• Gatophobia - Fear of cats.
• Geliophobia - Fear of laughter.
• Geniophobia - Fear of chins.
• Genuphobia - Fear of knees.
• Gephyrophobia, Gephydrophobia, Gephyrdrophobia, Gephysrophobia - Fear of crossing bridges.
• Germanophobia, Teutophobia - Fear of Germany, German culture, etc.
• Gerascophobia - Fear of growing old.
• Gerontophobia - Fear of old people or of growing old.
• Geumaphobia, Geumophobia - Fear of taste.
• Glossophobia - Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
• Globophobia - Fear of balloons
• Graphophobia - Fear of writing or handwriting.
• Gymnophobia, Nudophobia - Fear of nudity.
• Gynephobia, Gynophobia - Fear of women.

H

• Hadephobia, Stygiophobia, Stigiophobia - Fear of hell.
• Haemophobia - Fear of blood and bleeding.
• Hagiophobia - Fear of saints or holy things.
• Hamartophobia, Peccatophobia - Fear of sinning.
• Haptophobia - Fear of being touched.
• Harpaxophobia - Fear of being robbed.
• Hedonophobia - Fear of feeling pleasure.
• Hegelophobia - Fear of Hegel.
• Heliophobia - Fear of the sun.
• Hellenologophobia - Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.
• Helminthophobia - Fear of being infested with worms.
• Hemophobia, Hemaphobia, Hematophobia - Fear of blood or bleeding.
• Heresyphobia, Hereiophobia - Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation.
• Herpetophobia - Fear of reptiles.
• Heterophobia, Sexophobia - Fear of the opposite sex.
• Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - Fear of the number 666.
• Hierophobia - Fear of priests or sacred things.
• Hippophobia - Fear of horses.
• Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, Sesquipedalophobia - Fear of long words.
• Hobophobia - Fear of bums or beggars.
• Hodophobia - Fear of road travel.
• Hormephobia - Fear of shock.
• Homichlophobia, Nebulaphobia - Fear of fog.
• Homilophobia - Fear of sermons.
• Homophobia - Fear of sameness, monotony, homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
• Hoplophobia - Fear of firearms.
• Hydrargyophobia - Fear of mercurial medicines.
• Hydrophobia - Fear of water, a symptom of rabies.
• Hydrophobophobia, Kynophobia - Fear of rabies.
• Hyelophobia, Hyalophobia, Nelophobia - Fear of glass.
• Hygrophobia - Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.
• Hylephobia - Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy.
• Hylophobia - Fear of forests.
• Hypegiaphobia - Fear of responsibility.
• Hypengyophobia - Fear of responsibility.
• Hypnophobia - Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
• Hypsiphobia - Fear of height.

I

• Iatrophobia - Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
• Ichthyophobia - Fear of fish.
• Iconophobia - Fear of images or icons.
• Ideophobia - Fear of ideas.
• Illyngophobia - Fear of vertigo.
• Insulaphobia - Fear of being isolated, or alternatively, fear of islands
• Islamophobia - Fear of Islam.
• Islandophobia - Fear of Iceland, Icelandic culture, etc.
• Isopterophobia - Fear of termites or other insects that eat wood.
• Ithyphallophobia - Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

J

• Japanophobia, Nipponophobia - Fear of the Japanese.
• Judeophobia - Fear of Jews.

K

• Katikomindicaphobia - Fear of the RNI (Resident Non-Indian).
• Kenophobia - Fear of voids or empty spaces.
• Keraunophobia - Fear of lightning.
• Kinetophobia, Kinesophobia - Fear of movement or motion.
• Klismaphobia - Fear of Enemas.
• Kneemaphobia - Fear of the knee bending backwards.
• Koinoniphobia - Fear of rooms.
• Kolpophobia - Fear of genitals, particularly female.
• Kopophobia - Fear of fatigue.
• Kosmikophobia - Fear of cosmic phenomena.
• Kyphophobia - Fear of stooping.

L

• Lachanophobia - Fear of vegetables.
• Laliophobia, Lalophobia - Fear of speaking.
• Leprophobia, Lepraphobia - Fear of leprosy.
• Leukophobia - Fear of the colour white.
• Levophobia - Fear of things to the left side of the body.
• Librophobia - Fear of having to balance.
• Ligyrophobia - Fear of loud noises.
• Lilapsophobia - Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
• Limnophobia - Fear of lakes.
• Linonophobia - Fear of string.
• Liticaphobia - Fear of lawsuits.
• Lockiophobia, Maieusiophobia, Parturiphobia - Fear of childbirth.
• Logophobia - Fear of words.
• Luiphobia, Syphilophobia - Fear of syphilis.
• Lutraphobia - Fear of otters.
• Lyssophobia - Fear of rabies or of becoming insane.

M

• Macroxenoglossophobia - Fear of long, strange words.
• Macrophobia - Fear of long waits.
• Mageirocophobia - Fear of cooking.
• Malaxophobia, Sarmassophobia - Fear of love play.
• Maniaphobia - Fear of going insane.
• Mastigophobia, Poinephobia - Fear of punishment.
• Mechanophobia - Fear of machines.
• Medomalacuphobia - Fear of losing an erection.
• Medorthophobia - Fear of an erect penis.
• Megalophobia - Fear of large objects.
• Melanophobia - Fear of the colour black.
• Melophobia - Fear or hatred of music.
• Meningitophobia - Fear of a masterbation disease.
• Menophobia - Fear of menstruation.
• Merinthophobia - Fear of being bound or tied up.
• Metallophobia - Fear of metal.
• Metathesiophobia - Fear of changes.
• Meteorophobia - Fear of meteors.
• Methyphobia, Potophobia - Fear of alcohol.
• Metrophobia - Fear or hatred of poetry.
• Mikatikoindicaphobia - Fear of the NRIs (Non-Resident Indians).
• Microphobia, Mycrophobia - Fear of small objects.
• Misophobia, Molysmophobia, Molysomophobia, Mysophobia, Verminophobia - Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs.
• Mnemophobia - Fear of memories.
• Monophobia - Fear of being alone, or of feeling alone.
• Monopathophobia - Fear of a specific disease.
• Motorphobia - Fear of automobiles.
• Mottephobia - Fear of moths.
• Musicophobia - Fear of music.
• Musophobia, Murophobia, Suriphobia - Fear of mice and/or rats.
• Mycophobia - Fear or aversion to mushrooms.
• Myrmecophobia - Fear of ants.
• Mysophobia - Fear of dirt.
• Mythophobia - Fear of myths, stories or false statements.

N

• Necrophobia - Fear of death or dead things.
• Neopharmaphobia - Fear of new drugs.
• Neophobia - Fear of the new.
• Nephophobia - Fear of clouds.
• Nihilophobia - Fear of (absolutely) nothing.
• Noctiphobia - Fear of the night.
• Nomatophobia - Fear of names.
• Nosocomephobia - Fear of hospitals.
• Nosophobia, Nosemaphobia - Fear of becoming ill.
• Nostophobia - Fear of returning home.
• Novercaphobia - Fear of one's stepmother.
• Nucleomituphobia - Fear of nuclear weapons.
• Numerophobia - Fear of numbers.
• Nyctohylophobia - Fear of dark, wooded areas.
• Nyctophobia - Fear of the dark, of night or of nightfall.
• Nhsdirectophobia - fear and loathing of slow computer terminal death

O

• Obesophobia, Pocrescophobia - Fear of gaining weight.
• Ochophobia - Fear of vehicles.
• Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
• Odontophobia - Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
• Oenophobia - Fear of wine.
• Olfactophobia, Osmophobia, Osphresiophobia - Fear of smells.
• Ombrophobia, Pluviophobia - Fear of rain or of being rained on.
• Ommetaphobia, Ommatophobia - Fear of eyes.
• Oneirophobia - Fear of dreams.
• Oneirogmophobia - Fear of wet dreams.
• Onomatophobia - Fear of hearing certain words or names.
• Ophidiophobia - Fear of snakes.
• Ophthalmophobia - Fear of being stared at.
• Opiophobia - A medical doctor's fear of prescribing pain medications for patients.
• Optophobia - Fear of opening one's eyes.
• Ornithophobia - Fear of birds.
• Orthophobia - Fear of property.
• Ostraconophobia - Fear of shellfish.
• Ouranophobia, Uranophobia - Fear of heaven.

P

• Pagophobia - Fear of ice or frost.
• Panthophobia - Fear of suffering and disease.
• Panophobia, Pantophobia - Fear of everything.
• Papaphobia - Fear of the Pope.
• Papyrophobia - Fear of paper.
• Paralipophobia - Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.
• Paraphobia - Fear of sexual perversion.
• Parasitophobia - Fear of parasites.
• Paraskavedekatriaphobia - Fear of Friday the 13th.
• Parthenophobia - Fear of virgins or young girls.
• Pathophobia - Fear of disease.
• Patroiophobia - Fear of heredity.
• Pediculophobia, Phthiriophobia - Fear of lice.
• Pediophobia - Fear of dolls.
• Pediphobia, Pedophobia - Fear of children.
• Peladophobia - Fear of bald people.
• Pellagrophobia - Fear of pellagra.
• Peniaphobia - Fear of poverty.
• Pentheraphobia - Fear of one's mother-in-law.
• Phagophobia - Fear of swallowing, eating or of being eaten.
• Phalacrophobia - Fear of becoming bald.
• Phallophobia - Fear of a penis, esp. erect.
• Pharmacophobia - Fear of taking medicine.
• Phasmophobia, Spectrophobia - Fear of ghosts.
• Phengophobia - Fear of daylight or sunshine.
• Philemaphobia, Philematophobia - Fear of kissing.
• Philophobia - Fear of falling in love or being in love.
• Philosophobia - Fear of philosophy.
• Phobophobia - Fear of phobias.
• Photoaugliaphobia - Fear of glaring lights.
• Photophobia - Fear of light (also refers to aversion to light due to an inflamed/painful eye or excessively dilated pupils)
• Phonophobia - Fear of noises, voices, one's own voice or of telephones.
• Phronemophobia - Fear of thinking.
• Phthisiophobia, Tuberculophobia - Fear of tuberculosis.
• Placophobia - Fear of tombstones.
• Plutophobia - Fear of wealth.
• Pneumatiphobia - Fear of spirits.
• Pnigophobia, Pnigerophobia - Fear of choking or being smothered.
• Pnumonomicroscopicsilicovolcanocoviosophobia - Fear of a lung desease caused by coal dust
• Pogonophobia, Pognophobia - Fear of beards.
• Poliosophobia - Fear of contracting poliomyelitis.
• Politicophobia - Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians.
• Polyphobia - Having many phobias.
• Ponophobia - Fear of overworking or of pain.
• Porphyrophobia - Fear of the colour purple.
• Potamophobia - Fear of rivers or running water.
• Pharmacophobia - Fear of drugs.
• Proctophobia, Rectophobia - Fear of the rectum or of rectal diseases.
• Prosophobia - Fear of progress.
• Psellismophobia - Fear of stuttering.
• Psychophobia - Fear of the mind.
• Pteronophobia - Fear of being tickled by feathers.
• Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets.
• Pyrophobia - Fear of fire.

Q

• Quadraphobia - Fear of quartets or of being drawn and quartered
• Quadrataphobia - Fear of quadratic equations

R

• Radiophobia - Fear of radiation or X-rays.
• Ranidaphobia - Fear of frogs.
• Retterophobia - Fear of wrongly chosen letters.
• Rhabdophobia - Fear of being severely punished or beaten with a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic.
• Rhinophobia - Fear of noses.
• Rhodophobia - Fear of the colour red.
• Rhypophobia - Fear of defecation.
• Rhytiphobia - Fear of getting wrinkles.
• Rupophobia - Fear of dirt.
• Russophobia - Hatred of Russians.

S

• Samhainophobia - Fear of Halloween.
• Satanophobia, Orcusophobia - Fear of Satan.
• Scabiophobia - Fear of scabies.
• Scelerophibia - Fear of bad men, burglars.
• Sciophobia, Sciaphobia - Fear of shadows.
• Scoleciphobia, Vermiphobia - Fear of worms.
• Scopophobia, Scoptophobia - Fear of being seen or stared at.
• Scotomaphobia - Fear of blindness in visual field.
• Scriptophobia - Fear of writing in public.
• Sedatephobia - Fear of silence.
• Selachophobia - Fear of sharks.
• Selaphobia - Fear of light flashes.
• Selenophobia - Fear of the moon.
• Seplophobia - Fear of decaying matter.
• Sesquipedalophobia - Fear of long words.
• Siderodromophobia - Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
• Siderophobia - Fear of stars.
• Sinistrophobia - Fear of things to the left of oneself.
• Sinophobia - Fear of the Chinese, Chinese culture, etc.
• Soceraphobia - Fear of parents-in-law.
• Social Phobia - Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
• Sociophobia - Fear of society or people in general.
• Somniphobia - Fear of sleep.
• Sophophobia - Fear of learning.
• Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
• Spacephobia - Fear of outer space.
• Spectrophobia - Fear of mirrors.
• Spermatophobia or Spermophobia - Fear of sperm.
• Spheksophobia - Fear of wasps.
• Staurophobia - Fear of crosses or crucifixes.
• Stenophobia - Fear of narrow things or places.
• Suriphobia - Fear of mice.
• Symbolophobia - Fear of symbolism.
• Symmetrophobia - Fear of symmetry.
• Syngenesophobia - Fear of relatives.
• Syphiliphobia - Fear of syphilis.

T

• Tachophobia - Fear of speed.
• Taeniophobia, Teniophobia - Fear of tapeworms.
• Taphephobia, Taphophobia - Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
• Tapinophobia - Fear of being contagious.
• Taurophobia - Fear of bulls.
• Technophobia - Fear of technology.
• Teleophobia - Fear of definite plans or of religious ceremony.
• Telephonophobia - Fear of telephones.
• Teratophobia - Fear of bearing a deformed child, of monsters or of deformed people.
• Teratrophobia - Fear of monsters.
• Testophobia - Fear of taking tests.
• Tetanophobia - Fear of tetanus, lockjaw.
• Textophobia - Fear of certain fabrics.
• Thalassophobia - Fear of the sea.
• Thanatophobia, Thantophobia - Fear of death or dying.
• Theatrophobia - Fear of theatres.
• Theologicophobia - Fear of theology.
• Theophobia - Fear of gods or religion.
• Thermophobia - Fear of heat.
• Tocophobia - Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
• Tomophobia - Fear of surgical operations.
• Tonsurephobia - Fear of haircuts.
• Topophobia - Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
• Toxiphobia, Toxophobia, Toxicophobia - Fear of poison or of being accidentally poisoned.
• Traumatophobia - Fear of injury.
• Tremophobia - Fear of trembling.
• Trichinophobia - Fear of trichinosis.
• Triskaidekaphobia - Fear of the number 13. Having a superstition.
• Tropophobia - Fear of moving or making changes.
• Trypanophobia - Fear of injections.
• Tyrannophobia - Fear of tyrants.

U

• Uranophobia - Fear of the heavens.
• Urophobia - Fear of urine or urinating.

V

• Vaccinophobia - Fear of vaccination.
• Venustraphobia - Fear of beautiful women.
• Verbophobia - Fear of words.
• Vestiphobia - Fear of clothing.
• Virginitiphobia - Fear of rape.
• Vitricophobia - Fear of one's stepfather.

W

• Walloonphobia - Fear of the Walloon people or their languages.
• Wiccaphobia - Fear of witches and witchcraft.

X

• Xanthophobia - Fear of the colour yellow or the word yellow.
• Xenoglossophobia - Fear of foreign languages.
• Xenophobia - Fear of strangers or foreigners.
• Xerophobia - Fear of dryness.
• Xylophobia - Fear of wooden objects or fear of forests.
• Xyrophobia - Fear of razors.

Y

• Ymophobia - Fear of contrariety.
  

Phobia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (many years ago, then edited over the years...)

The term phobia, which comes from the Ancient Greek word for fear, denotes a number of psychological and physiological conditions that can range from serious disabilities to common fears to minor quirks.

Phobias are the most common form of anxiety disorder. An American study by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) found that between 5.1 and 21.5 percent of Americans suffer from phobias. Broken down by age and gender, the study found that phobias were the most common mental illness among women in all age groups and the second most common illness among men older than 25.

Understanding and classifying phobias

Social phobias - fears to do with other people and social relationships such as performance anxiety, fears of eating in public etc.
Specific phobias - fear of a single specific panic trigger, like dogs, flying, running water and so on.
Agoraphobia - a generalised fear of leaving your home or your small familiar 'safe' area, and of the inevitable panic attacks that will follow. Agoraphobia is the only phobia regularly treated as a medical condition.
Many specific phobias, such as fears of dogs, heights, spider bites, and so forth, are extensions of fears that everyone has. People with these phobias treat them by avoiding the thing they fear.

Many specific phobias can be traced back to a specific triggering event, usually a traumatic experience at an early age. Social phobias and agoraphobia have more complex causes that are not entirely known at this time. It is believed that heredity, genetics and brain-chemistry combine with life-experiences to play a major role in the development of anxiety disorders and phobias.

Phobias vary in severity among individuals, with some phobics simply disliking or avoiding the subject of their fear and suffering mild anxiety. Others suffer fully-fledged panic attacks with all the associated disabling symptoms.

It is possible for a sufferer to become phobic about virtually anything. The name of a phobia generally contains a Greek word for what the patient fears plus the suffix -phobia. Creating these terms is something of a word game. Few of these terms are found in medical literature.

Common phobias include:

Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders.
Anthrophobia - Fear of people or society
Aerophobia - Fear of drafts, air swallowing or airborne noxious substances.
Agoraphobia - Fear of the outdoors, crowds or uncontrolled social conditions.
Claustrophobia - Fear of confined spaces.
Acrophobia - Fear of heights.
Cancerophobia - Fear of cancer.
Astraphobia - Fear of thunder and lightning.
Necrophobia - Fear of death or dead things.
Cardiophobia - Fear of heart disease.
Dental phobia - Fear of dentists, dental surgery, or teeth.
Pornophobia - Fear of pornographic material.

Treatment
Some therapists use virtual reality to desensitize patients to the feared thing. Other forms of therapy that may be of benefit to phobics are graduated exposure therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Anti-anxiety medication can also be of assistance in some cases. Most phobics understand that they are suffering from an irrational fear, but are powerless to override their initial panic reaction.

Graduated Exposure and CBT both work towards the goal of desensitising the sufferer, and changing the thought patterns that are contributing to their panic. Gradual desensitisation treatment and CBT are often extremely successful, provided the phobic is willing to endure some discomfort and to make a continuous effort over a long period of time. Practitioners of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) claim to have a procedure that can be used to alleviate most specific phobias in a single therapeutic session, though this has not yet been verified scientifically.
Non-clinical uses of the term
In some cases, a fear or hatred is not considered a phobia in the clinical sense because it is believed to be only a symptom of other psychological problems, or the result of ignorance, or of political or social beliefs. These are phobias in a more general, popular sense of the word:

Afrophobia, fear or dislike of Africans or African culture or people of African ancestry
Islamophobia, fear or dislike of Muslims or Islamic cultur
Homophobia, fear or dislike of homosexual people
Xenophobia, fear or dislike of strangers or the unknown, often used to describe nationalistic political beliefs and movements.

Furthermore, the term hydrophobia, or fear of water, is usually not a psychological condition at all, but another term for the disease rabies, referring to a common symptom. Likewise photophobia, is a physical complaint, aversion to light due to an inflamed or painful eye or excessively dilated pupils).

The opposite of the suffix -phobia is a -philia or -philie (meaning "love of").

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Interesting Ways to Boost your Brain

Improve IQ, Memory, Concentration and General Brainpower

Ariel Lehrer

Want a Bigger Brain?

You won’t get it by watching television. That is a passive activity. While you may pick up a few interesting facts if you watch the educational channels, it won’t increase your brain capacity any more than watching weightlifting will make you stronger. It has been said many times. While the brain is not technically a muscle, it functions like one. If you don’t use it, it will become weaker.

Standard thinking for years has been that after a person reaches maturity and the brain has fully developed that new growth or increases in neuron formation not only do not occur but can only be expected to decrease. New developments in the field of neuroplasticity, the ability of the brain to grow and reorganize itself, are proving these conventions wrong. Here are a few activities we have found that will make your brain bigger, or at least make it more active. You may even enjoy these activities:

Juggling

Juggling may actually make your brain grow. German researchers published a report in the journal Nature that studied 24 participants. Before their findings, it was believed that the brain could only change through deterioration. They divided their research participants into two groups. For three months, one group learned to juggle. We don’t know how adept they became, but after 3 months, brain scans using magnetic resonance imaging showed that the volume and density of their brains in areas used for visual and motor activity had increased. The researchers were concerned with measuring the structure of the participant’s brains, not the activity.

The group that did not juggle had no change. The bad news? After 3 months with no practice, the juggling group lost their gains. The researchers were not sure whether longer periods of training would have enable participants to retain their increased brain size. Until further evidence is collected we can call this “use it or lose it” theory demonstrated in cold hard facts.

Meditation

A group of neuroscientist went to visit the Dalai Lama and a few of his closest monk friends at their home in Dharamsala, India. What they wanted to know was whether meditation can expand or strengthen circuits in a person’s brain. It has already been demonstrated that outside stimulation can affect the brain. They wanted to verify whether the power of one’s own internal concentration can do the same.

Their findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, were remarkable. The monks who participated had in excess of 10,000 hours of meditation experience. They were asked to meditate on specific ideas, like compassion. Their brain functioning was compared to inexperienced meditators focusing on the same subject. The increase in the activity of the monk’s brains was not only greater than that of the inexperienced people to whom they were compared; it was greater than anything previously recorded in similar research. The high-frequency brain activity called gamma waves of their brains dramatically increased during the experiment. These tests also relied on functional magnetic resonance imaging to document activity in the left prefrontal cortex of the participant’s brains.

The thought experiment actually overwhelmed activity in the right prefrontal cortex where negative emotions and anxiety dwell. It appears that their discipline has increased the level of their consciousness in a positive and measurable way.

Additional information gathered by research scientist Sara Lazar of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School revealed a thicker cortex in the brains of those who practiced Buddhist insight meditation.

Face to Face Contact (Face Time)

Harvard lecturer, Edward M. Hallowell, tells us in his article “The Human Moment at Work” that we need face to face contact to get our brains to work at their best. The information we process in impersonal communication or reading the computer screen just does not compare to the neurons that are firing when we’re reading someone’s face and engaging in the complex array of skills used while interacting with them.

Research conducted at McGill University showed that it could take as little as one day for someone to begin to hallucinate without normal human contact.

Coffee

Don’t forget that morning cup of coffee, and mid-morning, and lunchtime, and early afternoon, etc. In preliminary findings published by Florian Koppelstaater of the Medical University at Innsbruck, Austria, caffeine was found to inhibit adenosine receptors and excite nerve cells in the brain. Effectively, this improves short-term memory and speeds up reaction time by acting on the brain’s prefrontal cortex. It regulates higher brain function in areas involved in executive memory, concentration, attention, planning, and monitoring. What a great pick-me-up effect.

The study group abstained from coffee and other stimulants for 24 hours before being tested. Some were then given either strong cup of coffee while others were given a placebo. Several days later their roles were reversed. The participants who actually ingested the caffeine had significantly greater activation in parts of the prefrontal lobe, known as the anterior cingulate and the anterior cingulate gyrus and performed better in memory tests than those who did not receive caffeine.

Sex

In general, having a relaxed and stress free mind will lead to better thinking. We can think of many ways to accomplish this. Put on some great music, laugh a little, take a walk in the woods, exercise, get a good night sleep. If none of these suit you, you may want to try a little intimate contact. During orgasm, the chemical oxytocin is released. It creates a feeling of trust between partners that allows them to relax and generates bonding and emotional attachment

The hormone was given to patients with autistic spectrum disorders. It improved their brain function, reduced repetitive disorders, and helped them to perform better in reading social cues. The hormone increased activation of the prefrontal cortex of the brain, the area that processes facial cues.

Drugs

Not the illicit kind. We mean cognitive enhancement drugs. Many are being developed to treat age related dementia and other disorders such as Narcolepsy but have been found to be just as beneficial to the healthy mind.

Research has found that with the use of modafinil, even someone who is sleep deprived can perform better mentally than they do when fully rested. Ritalin, developed for those with attention deficit disorders, has come into common use among many people with no attention deficit disorders for the superior concentration that it provides.

Pharmaceutical companies are fast developing a long list of other memory enhancement drugs. Most of these drugs act on nicotinic receptors to excite the brain or the cannabinoid system to prevent a person from being too relaxed. Other drugs focus on memory enhancement but researchers foresee some drawbacks in this area. They have found that the drugs can unlock unwanted memories. Forgetting sometimes has its advantages also.

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Improving your Memory

Tips and techniques to help you remember...

...you know, that thing... I forgot.

Having problems forgetting appointments, to-dos, errands, feeding your children and pets, picking up after yourself, getting out of bed... not to mention forgetting birthdays, and even anniversaries?

If you are like many people, you will often find yourself forgetting something. In an age of computers, PDA’s, and many other devices - this my be ok for some folks, unless you forget where you put those devices. Others may want to increase their ability to memorize things - luckily there are a few creative ways you can improve your long and short term memory.

Use your Senses & Be Aware

Practice creating vivid images/concepts in your head - using all of your senses. Analyze your surroundings by sound, sight, smell, taste, and touch. Being aware all of your senses will give your mind more ways to associate (and thus remember) when it is time to recall something.

This is like form of meditation -- which is good for your brain in a variety of ways. (see our article: Interesting Ways to Improve Your Brain for more info).

Practice this tip of simply being more aware of your surroundings everyday and you will find your general memory greatly improved.

Humor & Vulgarity

There has been a lot said about the power of positive thinking. Recently, a huge bandwagon of new-age positive thought = positive outcome theories have been on tips of everyone's tongue from Oprah to your local convenience store clerk. Just do a google search for "Law of Attraction" or "The Secret" if you aren't in the cult loop.

Negative thoughts fog our minds, but clearing out the negative and focusing on the positive also improves memory & concentration.

Stress is a big brain buster, so minimize stress and negative thoughts to keep your wits.

Apt Quote: “What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can't move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer.”

See the Future

Have trouble remembering to-dos, appointments, meetings, deadlines, birthdays and other future events?

Here is the secret: When you know you have an upcoming event you don't want to forget, picture yourself at the event. What are you doing, who is there, what does it smell like? Imagine the event...even better: imagine yourself taking the steps that lead to the event.

For example... let's say tommorrow you have to call the someone. Picture yourself in your home/office, picture yourself picking up the phone, imagine dialing the number and talking to the person of the other end.

Associate

Association is among one of the easiest and most used tools in learning. This is the process of taking the information you wish to memorize, and linking it mentally to something else that is natural to you. When learning something new, try to associate the new concept with one to which you are already familiar.

Couple association with being aware using all of your senses and you will have a higher rate of successful recall.

Chunky like your mom

Chunking information is a great mnemonic method to remember multiple items. Many people naturally use chunking to remember phone numbers: Instead of thinking "17342876642" we chunk it as 1-734-287-6642.

The concept of chunking comes from a famous 1956 paper by George A. Miller: The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on our Capacity for Processing Information. If you are a sucker for classic works in the history of psychology (I know, who isn't?) you can read the whole original paper here.

Write it Down

We generally think of "writing things down" as a means to NOT have to remember something. The paper does the work for -- we just need to remember where we put that piece of paper...

But, writing things down has another effect: you clear your mind and take away the stress of "having to remember", and by doing so you actually have more room in your noggin for remembering stuff. I know that explanation wasn't scientific, but it works.

To-do lists are championed by business gurus and soccer moms alike. Try writing everything down for a week or two and see how much this improves your memory & focus. A great digital tool for "writing things down" is provided by a website called Nozbe.com -- I recommend it for clearing your head and also organizing your thoughts.

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Body Language and Flirting

Continuation of the previous blog...

Only 7% of communication is verbal communication. (see note)

38% of it depends on our intonation, or the sound of our voice. For instance: A shaky, uneven voice may suggest that a person is shy, intimidated, or dishonest. A clear, loud voice may indicate that a person is confident.

The largest chunk of communication is body language, which takes up the remaining 55%. These statistics show that a person who knows how to control their body and voice is considered more appealing than someone who knows only a mouthful of pick-up lines and crowd pleasers.

The impression we make on others starts not when we first open our mouth, but with our posture, breathing, appearance, and movement. Also see MicroExpressions .

Art and Science of Flirting and Body Language

The art of flirting is expressed with actions. And non-verbal communication is more important than words. Although flirting signals are rarely noticed consciously -- the message is always sent across.

Flirting Quickies (for our lazy readers) Male Flirting Signals: - hands on belt or belt buckle - preening / grooming - stretching (and other actions that make him seem bigger) Female Flirting Signals: - actions that make her appear smaller - playing with hair - exposure of neck or inner wrists General Flirting Signals: - eye contact - mirroring - triangulation - "accidental" touching

This artful dance makes possible for strangers to become comfortable with each other, even at their first exchange of words. People become at ease with others when they find the other person pleasant. People appear pleasant as a result of showing interest in others...

Eye Contact and Triangulation

Our actions (body language) reflects our interest in various ways. In general, these actions manifest by instinct when we are facing people that we admire. For example, in intimate conversation, people usually look at each other's eyes.

Sometimes we shift our vision from one eye to the other, and to the bridge of the nose. This is what is called the triangular formation of vision. As a person becomes more interested in another, this triangular formation extends downward. Some say that it’s rude to look at a stranger’s body, but when you really think about it, people really can’t help it when they feel attracted.

When people are talking to mere acquaintances, they simply look at their eyes, but when people are interested in someone, they tend to notice a lot more than just the eyes and the nose. Also... looking at the someone's mouth can suggest interest in kissing.

Mirroring

We can make others feel comfortable by mirroring or matching their mood. When two people enjoy similar things, they tend to move in sync with each other. This does not mean that every single move they make is exactly the same, but rather that their moods are the same.

When a person finds something in common with another, an instinctive fondness develops between them. This same effect is replicated by mirroring. In mirroring, you need to tune in to the other person’s movements and imitate them, not mimic them. Also, these actions should not be done in the same pace as his/hers, otherwise, the person might take it instead as mockery. Generally, the mirror actions should be done after 10-20 seconds, and must be done naturally. The other purpose of the mirror actions is to show the other person that you accept and respect their views without them noticing it. In effect, he/she will subconsciously see you as an open-minded person.

Other Flirting Signals

When people are interested in the person they’re talking to, they tend to face the person more. This is also noticeable in a person’s arms and legs. When a person’s attention is completely focused on another, their legs, knees, or feet are always extended in the direction of the other person. Another common signal are the pupils of our eyes. When people like what they see, their pupils increase in size, and tend to blink more. Eyes can blink in sync when looking into the eyes of the person they like.

Male Body Language and Flirting

Aside from general body language, there are also signs specific to males and to females when they show their interest in a potential mate. When a man notices a woman he finds attractive, he may suck in his gut, flex his muscles, and other postures that cause him to appear taller and stronger.

A man shows his readiness to get involved by putting his hands on his hips, or putting his thumbs behind his belt. Most men do this to appear macho and posed, but a commonly unknown fact is that this action also highlights the genital region sending the message:
“I’m virile.”

Men do other things like smoothing their hair, and fixing ties, to make them look their best. Men do these while women are watching to show their interest.

Read more about Male Body Language

Female Body Language and Flirting

The actions of women, on the other hand, are more subtle but very sexy in the eyes of men. A woman can make a man desire her more by exposing the skin of her neck.

When a woman tosses her hair from one side to the other, the gesture appears more intentional, and is often followed by a well directed intimate gaze.

The same thing goes when a woman exposes the thin skin on her wrist. Both actions appeal to men saying, “I want to show you more.” Women can very well play with men’s minds by doing little things like wiping off their sweat, and fondling with their hair, fingers, and feet.

The most appealing sign a woman can give is to sit with one leg pressed on top of the other. This gesture makes the legs appear very well toned. A hand on the thigh completes the position and is definitely considered a call for the attention.

Whenever people show their interest, an exchange takes place. When a mutual confirmation is established, one of them then makes the first move to approach. Body language makes up a very big part in the first moments of courtship, and may determine if people become more intimate.

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Eye Direction and Lying

Continuation of the previous blog...

Eye Movement and Direction & How it Can Reveal Truth or Lies

This is a continuation of our previous article " Detecting Lies". Many comments by our visitors have asked about how eye direction can indicate the presence of a lie.

So can the direction a person's eyes reveal whether or not they are making a truthful statement? Short answer: sort of. But, it isn't as simple as some recent television shows or movies make it seem. In these shows a detective will deduce a person is being untruthful simply because they looked to the left or right while making a statement.

In reality, it would be foolish to make such a snap judgment without further investigation... but the technique does have some merit. So, here it is... read, ponder and test it on your friends and family to see how reliable it is for yourself.

Visual Accessing Cues

The first time "Visual Accessing Cues" were discussed (at least to my knowledge), was by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in their book "Frogs into Princes: Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) " From their experiments this is what they found:

When asked a question a "normally organized" right-handed person looks (from your viewpoint, looking at them):

Up and to the Left
Indicates: Visually Constructed Images (Vc)
If you asked someone to "Imagine a purple buffalo", this would be the direction their eyes moved in while thinking about the question as they "Visually Constructed" a purple buffalo in their mind.

Up and to the Right
Indicates: Visually Remembered Images (Vr)
If you asked someone to "What color was the first house you lived in?", this would be the direction their eyes moved in while thinking about the question as they "Visually Remembered" the color of their childhood home.

To the Left
Indicates: Auditory Constructed (Ac)
If you asked someone to "Try and create the highest the sound of the pitch possible in your head", this would be the direction their eyes moved in while thinking about the question as they "Auditorily Constructed" this this sound that they have never heard of.

To the Right
Indicates: Auditory Remembered (Ar)
If you asked someone to "Remember what their mother's voice sounds like ", this would be the direction their eyes moved in while thinking about the question as they "Auditorily Remembered " this sound.

Down and to the Left
Indicates: Feeling / Kinesthetic (F)
If you asked someone to "Can you remember the smell of a campfire? ", this would be the direction their eyes moved in while thinking about the question as they used recalled a smell, feeling, or taste.

Down and To the Right
Indicates: Internal Dialog (Ai)
This is the direction of someone eyes as they "talk to themselves".

The Gist of it...

How this information is used to detect lies:

Example: Let's say your child ask's you for a cookie, and you ask them "well, what did your mother say?" As they reply "Mom said... yes." they look to the left. This would indicate a made up answer as their eyes are showing a "constructed image or sound. Looking to the right would indicated a "remembered" voice or image, and thus would be telling the truth.

Final Notes:

*** Looking straight ahead or with eyes that are defocused/unmoving is also considered a sign of visual accessing.

*** A typical left-handed person would have the opposite meanings for their eye-directions.

*** As with other signs of lying, you should first establish and understand a persons base-behavior before concluding they are lying by the direction of their eyes.

*** Many critics believe the above is a bunch of bull***t. In my own experiments I have found these techniques to be more true than not. But, why not find out for yourself? Make up a list of questions that like the sample ones, and give them to your friends/family anyone who would be your guinea pig, observe their eye movements and record the results.

*** This guide is hardly in-depth, I recommend getting the book "Frogs into Princes: Neuro Linguistic Programming" by Richard Bandler and John Grinder for a more thorough explanation if the subject interests you.

***Also see: Micro Expressions and Lying and Lie Detection & Microexpressions Resource Page - For videos, links, articles, and books.

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