zoöphobia

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See also: zoophobia

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

zoö- +‎ -phobia

Noun[edit]

zoöphobia (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of zoophobia
    • 1901, W. J. McGee, American Anthropologist, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, Volume III, №. I, page #12:
      […] and the stronger mentality is naturally the more deeply influenced — until continued experience of superior faculty awakens consciousness of superior power, stirs the sleeping giant of self‐confidence, and rends the shackles of zoöphobia forever.