cynophobia

English

Etymology

From cyno- +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪnəˈfoʊbi.ə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪnəˈfəʊbi.ə/
• Rhymes: -əʊbiə
• Homophone: Sinophobia

Noun

cynophobia (usually uncountable, plural cynophobias)

1. An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.
   • 2001, Steven R. Lindsay, Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training: Etiology and Assessment of Behavior Problems, →ISBN, page 164:

     This finding has significant implications for the study of cynophobia, since one would expect from the classical conditioning model of fear that a dog bite should have a lasting negative impact on a child's attitude toward dogs.

Antonyms

• cynophilia

Related terms

• cynophobe
• cynophobiac
• cynophobic
• cynophile

Translations

an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines

• Danish: kynofobi c
• Dutch: canofobie (nl) f, kynofobie (nl) f
• Esperanto: cinofobio, hundofobio
• French: cynophobie (fr) f
• German: Canophobie f, Kynophobie f, Hundeangst f
• Italian: cinofobia (it) f
• Lithuanian: kinofobija f
• Malay: kinofobia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kynofobi (no) m

  Nynorsk: kynofobi m

• Polish: kynofobia (pl) f
• Portuguese: cinofobia (pt) f
• Spanish: cinofobia (es) f
• Swedish: kynofobi (sv) c
• Turkish: kinofobi (tr)