Meanings
- uncountableSynonym of ailurophobia.
It’s so much easier to condescend to him, to make up stories about his Puritanism, his felinophobia, his general scariness.
2002 April 5, Paul Greenberg, “John Ashcroft: The scariest man in government”, in The Item, volume 107, number 169, Sumter, S.C., page 8A3 more examples
And there is felinophobia, or fear of cats. About a year ago, Rockwell Sayre, wealthy Chicago realtor, left most of his fortune for the extermination of these animals, for which he had maintained a lifelong aversion.
1936 November 9, “Strange Cure for Agoraphobia, Worst of Fears: Science Studies the Amazing Liberation From a Psychic Prison of Mr. Kern”, in The Shreveport Times, volume LXIV, number 162, Shreveport, La.Shakespeare was afraid of cats. This fear, felinophobia, is shared by hundreds of persons and by the Dowager Queen Mary of England.
1937 November 20, Zeke Cook, “Scared Sick: Many Persons Really Have Bee[n] Stricken As Result of Fright”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, volume 11, number 96, Pittsburgh, Pa., page 28At Oakland California, three cats have inherited stock valued at $25,000—thus providing the public with yet another silly example of felinophobia!
1959 August 24, The Ottawa Journal, 74th year, Ottawa, Ont., page 6Synonyms: ailurophobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of ailurophobia.
Origin
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