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ailurophobia /ˌʌɪljʊərəˈfəʊbɪə /noun [mass noun]Extreme or irrational fear of cats.Like all fears and phobias, ailurophobia is created by the unconscious mind as a protective mechanism....- Cats have been endowed with a magical ability to detect the overweening ambitions of dictators, many of whom have consequently been accused of ailurophobia on the flimsiest evidence.
- I have never heard of ailurophobia.
Derivativesailurophobe noun ...- The bad news for ailurophobes is that cats seem to be drawn to people who don't like them.
- He always enjoyed visiting with Regent, but admitted, just recently, that he's also an ailurophobe.
- Julius Caesar, Hitler and Mussolini were said to be ailurophobes.
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