Tom suffers from ailurophobia.
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Ailurophobia
//ˌaɪljʊəɹəˈfəʊbɪ.ə//
Synonyms for "ailurophobia" (4 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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49 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- աիլուրոֆոբիա noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Bulgarian
1 entries- айлурофобия noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Catalan
2 entries- aelurofòbia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- ailurofòbia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 恐貓症 /恐猫症 noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- 貓恐怖 /猫恐怖 noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Danish
1 entries- ailurofobi noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Dutch
1 entries- ailurofobie noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Estonian
3 entries- ailurofoobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- galeofoobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- kassikartus noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Finnish
2 entries- ailurofobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- kissakammo noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
French
3 entries- ailourophobie noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- ailurophobie noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- galéphobie noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
German
2 entries- Aelurophobie noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- Ailurophobie noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Greek
1 entries- αιλουροφοβία noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Italian
2 entries- ailurofobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- elurofobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Japanese
1 entries- 猫恐怖症 noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Kannada
2 entries- ಬೆಕ್ಕಂಜಿಕೆ noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನಂಜಿಕೆ noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Norwegian
1 entries- ailurofobi noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Persian
1 entries- گُربههراسی noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Polish
4 entries- ailurofobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- felinofobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- galeofobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- gatofobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Portuguese
4 entries- ailurofobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- catufobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- elurofobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- galeofobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Romanian
1 entries- ailurofobie noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Russian
3 entries- айлурофо́бия noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- галеофо́бия noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- гатофо́бия noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Spanish
2 entries- ailurofobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- elurofobia noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Swedish
1 entries- ailurofobi noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Tamil
1 entries- பூனையச்சம் noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Thai
1 entries- อาการกลัวแมว noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Turkish
2 entries- ailurofobi noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- kedi korkusu noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Ukrainian
3 entries- айлурофо́бія noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- галеофо́бія noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
- гатофо́бія noun (irrational fear or hatred for cats)
Sample sentences
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Ailourophobia†, (Katiphobia, or Gatophobia,) is a typical monomania. The fear of cats in certain monopsychoneurotic and psychopathic persons dates back to the beginning of the life of the feline.
Source: wiktionary
Whatever the cause there are many recorded instances of persons suffering from ailurophobia exhibiting symptoms of distress in rooms which apparently contained no cats; later cats would be discovered, hidden behind curtains or in closets.
Source: wiktionary
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