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First recorded in 1905. From ailuro- (“cat”) + -phobia (“fear, hatred”), both from Ancient Greek.
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ailurophobia (usually uncountable, plural ailurophobias)
- An irrational fear or hatred of cats or other felines.
1920, Carl Can Vechten, The Tiger In The House, pages 62–63:Whatever the cause there are many recorded instances of persons suffering from ailurophobia exhibiting symptoms of distress in rooms which apparently contained no cats; later cats would be discovered, hidden behind curtains or in closets.
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irrational fear or hatred for cats
- Armenian: աիլուրոֆոբիա (ailurofobia)
- Bulgarian: айлурофобия f (ajlurofobija)
- Catalan: aelurofòbia f, ailurofòbia f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 貓恐怖/猫恐怖 (māo kǒngbù), 恐貓症/恐猫症 (kǒng māo zhèng)
- Danish: ailurofobi c
- Dutch: ailurofobie f
- Estonian: kassikartus, ailurofoobia, galeofoobia (et)
- Finnish: ailurofobia (fi), kissakammo
- French: ailurophobie (fr) f, ailourophobie (fr) f, galéphobie (fr) f
- German: Ailurophobie (de) f, Aelurophobie f
- Greek: αιλουροφοβία (el) f (ailourofovía)
- Italian: ailurofobia (it) f, elurofobia f
- Japanese: 猫恐怖症 (ねこきょうふしょう, neko kyōfushō)
- Kannada: ಬೆಕ್ಕಂಜಿಕೆ (kn) (bekkañjike), ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನಂಜಿಕೆ (kn) (bekkinañjike)
- Norwegian: ailurofobi (no) m
- Persian: گُربههراسی (gorbe-harâsi)
- Polish: ailurofobia (pl) f, gatofobia f, felinofobia f, galeofobia f
- Portuguese: elurofobia f, ailurofobia (pt) f, galeofobia f, gatofobia f, catufobia f
- Romanian: ailurofobie f
- Russian: айлурофо́бия (ru) f (ajlurofóbija), галеофо́бия f (galeofóbija), гатофо́бия f (gatofóbija)
- Spanish: elurofobia (es) f, ailurofobia (es) f
- Swedish: ailurofobi (sv) c
- Tamil: பூனையச்சம் (pūṉaiyaccam)
- Thai: อาการกลัวแมว (aa-gaa-rók-luua mɛɛo)
- Turkish: ailurofobi (tr), kedi korkusu (tr)
- Ukrainian: айлурофо́бія f (ajlurofóbija), галеофо́бія f (haleofóbija), гатофо́бія f (hatofóbija)
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