gatophobia
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Ailourophobia†, (Katiphobia, or Gatophobia,) is a typical monomania. The fear of cats in certain monopsychoneurotic and psychopathic persons dates back to the beginning of the life of the feline."
- "Rumor from over Laurel way has it that there is a severe epidemic of gatophobia in that city.[…]Don’t ask to see our dictionary please, Semper’s buried in it."
- "Has hydrophobiaphobia got you down? Bothered about your tendency towards triskaidekaphobia or gatophobia? If so, don’t worry. Those are just big words for minor phobias, and almost everybody has a minor touch of a phobia or two, according to J. P. Chaplin, a professor of psychology at the University of, Vermont and author of “Dictionary of Psychology,” which was printed this week."
- "The family cat enters the room and stares at you balefully. At once you are assailed by ailurophobia, galeophobia and gatophobia, all meaning the fear of cats, plus amychophobia, the fear of being clawed."
- "Some members of the ensemble, apparently victims of gatophobia, leaped about the stage trying to avoid the feline intruder."
- "According to the book, Napoleon, Mussolini, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan, besides being powerful leaders, shared another trait — gatophobia, a fear of cats."