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cynophobia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌsaɪnəˈfoʊbi.ə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪnəˈfəʊbi.ə/
  • rhymes with -əʊbiə
  • homophone: Sinophobia

1

noun

Meaning 1

An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: canophobia

Antonyms: cynophilia

2

noun

Meaning 2

a morbid fear of dogs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: zoophobia

History

Etymology

From cyno- + -phobia. Piecewise doublet of canophobia.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: kynofobi — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Dutch: canofobie — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Dutch: kynofobie — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Esperanto: cinofobio — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Esperanto: hundofobio — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • French: cynophobie — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • German: Canophobie — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • German: Kynophobie — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • German: Hundeangst — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Indonesian: sinofobia — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Italian: cinofobia — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Lithuanian: kinofobija — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Malay: kinofobia — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kynofobi — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kynofobi — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Polish: kynofobia — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Portuguese: cinofobia — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Spanish: cinofobia — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Swedish: kynofobi — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines
  • Turkish: kinofobi — an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines