felinophobia

English

Etymology

From feline +‎ -o- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

felinophobia (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of ailurophobia
    • 1936 November 9, “Strange Cure for Agoraphobia, Worst of Fears: Science Studies the Amazing Liberation From a Psychic Prison of Mr. Kern”, in The Shreveport Times‎, volume LXIV, number 162, Shreveport, La.:
      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.
    • 1937 November 20, Zeke Cook, “Scared Sick: Many Persons Really Have Bee[n] Stricken As Result of Fright”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, volume 11, number 96, Pittsburgh, Pa., page 28:
      Shakespeare was afraid of cats. This fear, felinophobia, is shared by hundreds of persons and by the Dowager Queen Mary of England.
    • 1959 August 24, The Ottawa Journal, 74th year, Ottawa, Ont., page 6:
      At Oakland California, three cats have inherited stock valued at $25,000—thus providing the public with yet another silly example of felinophobia!
    • 2002 April 5, Paul Greenberg, “John Ashcroft: The scariest man in government”, in The Item, volume 107, number 169, Sumter, S.C., page 8A:
      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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