Meanings
plural cynophobias
- uncountableusuallyAn irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.
Taffy's cynophobia, expressed in spitting, growling, melancholy miauling, served to ease the awkwardness of greeting between unprepared hostess and uninvited guest.
1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 3371 more example
This finding has significant implications for the study of cynophobia, since one would expect from the classical conditioning model of fear that a dog bite should have a lasting negative impact on a child's attitude toward dogs.
2001, Steven R. Lindsay, Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training: Etiology and Assessment of Behavior Problems, →ISBN, page 164Synonyms: canophobia · Antonyms: cynophilia
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From cyno- + -phobia. Piecewise doublet of canophobia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish kynofobi
- kynofobian irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
Dutch canofobie, kynofobie
- canofobiean irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
- kynofobiean irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
Esperanto cinofobio, hundofobio
- cinofobioan irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
- hundofobioan irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
French cynophobie
- cynophobiean irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
German Canophobie, Kynophobie
- Canophobiean irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
- Kynophobiean irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
- Hundeangstan irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
Indonesian sinofobia
- sinofobiaan irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
Italian cinofobia
- cinofobiaan irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
Lithuanian kinofobija
- kinofobijaan irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
Malay kinofobia
- kinofobiaan irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
Norwegian Bokmål kynofobi
- kynofobian irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
Polish kynofobia
- kynofobiaan irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
Portuguese cinofobia
- cinofobiaan irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
Spanish cinofobia
- cinofobiaan irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
Swedish kynofobi
- kynofobian irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
Turkish kinofobi
- kinofobian irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
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cynophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cynophobia
“cynophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cynophobia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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