Meaning of felinophobia | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of ailurophobia.

uncountable

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.”

“Shakespeare was afraid of cats. This fear, felinophobia, is shared by hundreds of persons and by the Dowager Queen Mary of England.”

“At Oakland California, three cats have⟳ inherited stock⟳ valued at $25,000—thus providing the public with yet another silly example of felinophobia!”

“It’s so much easier to condescend to him, to make⟳ up stories about his Puritanism, his felinophobia, his general scariness.”

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