zoophobia
- noun
- /zoʊəˈfoʊbiə/
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zoofobia
- Therapy helped him gradually overcome his severe zoophobia.
Examples
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His zoophobia made it impossible for him to visit friends who had pets.
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After being chased by a dog as a child, she developed zoophobia.
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Her zoophobia prevents her from visiting the zoo.
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Many people with zoophobia avoid pets.
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His zoophobia causes him to feel extreme anxiety whenever he sees an animal.
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After a traumatic incident with a cat, her zoophobia grew to the point where she couldn't enter a park.
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With therapy, he learned to manage his zoophobia and even started volunteering at an animal shelter.
Antonyms
How Afraid
Surface Forms
Morphology
zoophobia = phobia (semi-transparent) = zoo + phob + ia
The word is formed by adding the combining form zoo- 'animal' to phobia, but the combining form is less immediately transparent than an ordinary English prefix.
Etymology
Zoophobia comes from two Greek parts: zoo- meaning 'animal', as in zoo, and -phobia meaning 'fear', as in claustrophobia. So, zoophobia simply means 'fear of animals' and is used for an extreme or unreasonable fear of animals.