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ailurophobia
[ ahy-loor-uh-foh-bee-uh, ey-loor- ]
noun
Psychiatry.
- an irrational or disproportionate fear of cats.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 补颈路濒耻路谤辞路辫丑辞路产颈肠 adjective noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of ailurophobia1
First recorded in 1905鈥10; from Greek 补铆濒辞耻谤辞(蝉) 鈥渃at鈥 + -phobia
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Alfred Hitchcock was afraid of eggs; Julius Caesar, Napoleon and Alexander the Great were all afraid of cats 鈥 ailurophobia.
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The unaccountable fear of dogs is not so common as ailurophobia, although it is said that De Musset cordially detested them, and Goethe despised them, notwithstanding, forsooth, he kept a tame snake.
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