Canophobia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of cynophobia. uncountable

    "I’ve got canophobia,’ she said. ‘And no one else does in this whole country.’ Is it a racial characteristic, she wondered. Pioneers and cowboys who had conquered a whole continent wouldn’t worry about dogs."

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cynophobia

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"I’ve got canophobia,’ she said. ‘And no one else does in this whole country.’ Is it a racial characteristic, she wondered. Pioneers and cowboys who had conquered a whole continent wouldn’t worry about dogs."

Etymology

From cano- + -phobia. Piecewise doublet of cynophobia.

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