Zoophobia
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Zoophobia or animal may have one of two closely related meanings: a generic term for the class of specific phobias to particular animals,[1] 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) 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.[1]
Zoophobia should not be confused with sensible fear of dangerous or threatening animals, such as the fear of wild bears or venomous snakes.
Phobias of certain animals
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Agrizoophobia | of wild animals |
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Ailurophobia | of cats |
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Apiphobia | of bees |
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Arachnophobia | of spiders |
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Bovinophobia | of cattle |
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Chiroptophobia | of bats |
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Cynophobia | of dogs |
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Entomophobia | of insects |
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Equinophobia | of horses |
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Herpetophobia | of reptiles and amphibians |
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Ichthyophobia | of fish |
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Mottephobia | of butterflies and moths |
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Murophobia | of mice and rats |
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Ophidiophobia | of snakes |
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Ornithophobia | of birds |
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Selachophobia | of sharks |
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Scoleciphobia | of worms |
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lutraphobia | of otters |
See also
References
- ^ a b Nandor Fodor, Frank Gaynor, "Freud: Dictionary of Psychoanalysis", 2004: ISBN 0-7607-5301-6 (initial publ. 1950), article "Zoophobia, infantile", pp. 205-206
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