ailurophobia

NOUN
  1. a morbid fear of cats
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How To Use ailurophobia In A Sentence

  • I've heard that Julius Caesar had Ailurophobia, the fear of cats.
  • Your friend Chip's ailurophobia acts up every Halloween. Infoplease - Daily Almanac
  • Most of said adjectives are formed off the latin roots -- equine, feline, bovine, etc. (although - phobias are, naturally, formed off the Greek; hence ailurophobia for fear of cats, instead of something like felinophobia, which would mix a Greek suffix on a Latin root -- eek, cringe). Breakfast in Bed
  • And that’s saying a lot considering my ailurophobia and ursaphobia. Your Big Fat Election Brain Dump, 1/11/08 « Whatever
  • Like all fears and phobias, ailurophobia is created by the unconscious mind as a protective mechanism.
  • Cats have been endowed with a magical ability to detect the overweening ambitions of dictators, many of whom have consequently been accused of ailurophobia on the flimsiest evidence.
  • Bolsheviks Bolshephobia books bibliophobia bound (being) or tied up merinthophobia bowel movements (painful) defecaloesiophobia brain disease meningitophobia bridges (crossing) gephyrophobia buildings (high) batophobia bullets ballistophobia (see also missiles) bulls taurophobia buried alive (being) taphephobia cancer carcinomophobia cats ailurophobia Pangsuan Diary Entry
  • The correct word for describing hatred of cats is "ailurophobia". Being Catty
  • Napoleon, Genghis Khan, and Mussolini all had ailurophobia, a morbid and irrational fear of domestic felines. Undefined
  • Bolsheviks Bolshephobia books bibliophobia bound (being) or tied up merinthophobia bowel movements (painful) defecaloesiophobia brain disease meningitophobia bridges (crossing) gephyrophobia buildings (high) batophobia bullets ballistophobia (see also missiles) bulls taurophobia buried alive (being) taphephobia cancer carcinomophobia cats ailurophobia Pangsuan Diary Entry
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