zoophobia

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noun

An unusual fear of non-human animals.

“The girl who had zoophobia didn't like animals, domestic or wild.”

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Meanings

nounzoophobia (countable and uncountable, plural zoophobias)

plural zoophobias

  1. countableuncountableAn unusual fear of non-human animals.

    The girl who had zoophobia didn't like animals, domestic or wild.

Origin

From zoo- + -phobia. Piecewise doublet of biophobia.

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Translations

Arabic رهاب الحيوان
  • رهاب الحيوانunusual fear of animals
Bulgarian зоофобия
  • зоофобия (zoofobija)unusual fear of animals
Catalan zoofòbia
  • zoofòbiaunusual fear of animals
Chinese Mandarin 動物恐懼症 /动物恐惧症
  • 動物恐懼症 /动物恐惧症 (dòngwù kǒngjùzhèng)unusual fear of animals
Czech zoofobie
  • zoofobieunusual fear of animals
Dutch zoöfobie
  • zoöfobieunusual fear of animals
Estonian zoofoobia
  • zoofoobiaunusual fear of animals
Finnish zoofobia, eläinkammo
  • zoofobiaunusual fear of animals
  • eläinkammounusual fear of animals
French zoophobie
  • zoophobieunusual fear of animals
German Zoophobie
  • Zoophobieunusual fear of animals
Hebrew זואופוביה
  • זואופוביהunusual fear of animals
Indonesian zoofobia
  • zoofobiaunusual fear of animals
Italian zoofobia
  • zoofobiaunusual fear of animals
Japanese 動物恐怖症
  • 動物恐怖症 (dōbutsu kyōfushō)unusual fear of animals
Korean 동물공포증
  • 동물공포증 (dongmulgongpojeung)unusual fear of animals
Latvian zoofobija
  • zoofobijaunusual fear of animals
Persian جانورهراسی, زوفوبیا
  • جانورهراسی (jānvarharāsī)unusual fear of animals
  • زوفوبیاunusual fear of animals
Polish zoofobia
  • zoofobiaunusual fear of animals
Portuguese zoofobia
  • zoofobiaunusual fear of animals
Romanian zoofobie
  • zoofobieunusual fear of animals
Russian зоофобия
  • зоофобия (zoofobija)unusual fear of animals
Spanish zoofobia
  • zoofobiaunusual fear of animals
Swedish zoofobi
  • zoofobiunusual fear of animals
Thai อาการกลัวสัตว์
  • อาการกลัวสัตว์unusual fear of animals
Turkish zoofobi
  • zoofobiunusual fear of animals
Ukrainian зоофобія
  • зоофобія (zoofobija)unusual fear of animals
Cite this entry
APA

zoophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoophobia

MLA

“zoophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoophobia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zoophobia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoophobia.

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