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A morbid fear of cats
Answer for the clue "A morbid fear of cats ", 12 letters:
ailurophobia
Word definitions for ailurophobia in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An irrational fear or hatred of cats or other felines.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ailurophobia is a type of specific phobia : the persistent, irrational fear of cats . The name comes from the Greek ( ailouros ), "cat" and ( phóbos ), "fear". Other names include felinophobia, elurophobia, and cat phobia.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"morbid fear of cats," 1905, from -phobia "fear" + ailouros "cat," which is of unknown origin. Folk etymology connects it with aiolos "quick-moving" + oura "tail." Related: Ailurophobe (1914).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a morbid fear of cats
Usage examples of ailurophobia.
Now that she has learned her family truths, her ailurophobia seems to have receded.
She had heard of ailurophobia but had always imagined it was the equivalent of the squeamish distaste she felt for large squashy insects.