Crossword clues for zoophobia
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1901, from zoo- "animal" + -phobia. Related: Zoophobic; zoophobe.
Wiktionary
n. An unusual fear of animals.
WordNet
n. a morbid fear of animals
Wikipedia
Zoophobia or animal phobia is a class of specific phobias to particular animals, or an irrational fear or even simply dislike of any non-human animals.
Examples of specific zoophobias would be entomophobias, such as that of bees ( apiphobia). Fears of spiders ( arachnophobia), birds ( ornithophobia) and snakes ( ophidiophobia) are also common. See the article at -phobia for the list of various phobias. Sigmund Freud mentioned that an animal phobia is one of the most frequent psychoneurotic diseases among children.
Zoophobia is not the sensible fear of dangerous or threatening animals, such as wild dogs (example: wolves, dingoes, and coyotes), big cats, bears or venomous snakes. It is a phobia of animals that causes distress or dysfunction in the individual's everyday life.
Usage examples of "zoophobia".
I had a most arresting example of this zoophobia when one of the stray cats occasionally found in the gardens pressed itself against the windowpane of the consulting room, causing Katharina to jump in exaggerated fright.
The zoophobia, on the other hand, which I had at first been inclined to put into the same category, could now be seen in fact to be somewhat more significant.