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zoophobia

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An unusual fear of non-human animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The girl who had zoophobia didn't like animals, domestic or wild.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a morbid fear of animals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: simple phobia

Narrower terms: acarophobia, arachnophobia, ailurophobia, cynophobia, entomophobia, lepidophobia, musophobia

History

Etymology

From zoo- + -phobia. Piecewise doublet of biophobia.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رهاب الحيوان — unusual fear of animals
  • Azerbaijani: zoofobiya — unusual fear of animals
  • Bulgarian: зоофобия (zoofobija) — unusual fear of animals
  • Catalan: zoofòbia — unusual fear of animals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 動物恐懼症 /动物恐惧症 (dòngwù kǒngjùzhèng) — unusual fear of animals
  • Czech: zoofobie — unusual fear of animals
  • Dutch: zoöfobie — unusual fear of animals
  • Estonian: zoofoobia — unusual fear of animals
  • Finnish: zoofobia — unusual fear of animals
  • Finnish: eläinkammo — unusual fear of animals
  • French: zoophobie — unusual fear of animals
  • Galician: zoofobia — unusual fear of animals
  • Georgian: ზოოფობია (zoopobia) — unusual fear of animals
  • German: Zoophobie — unusual fear of animals
  • Hebrew: זואופוביה — unusual fear of animals
  • Indonesian: zoofobia — unusual fear of animals
  • Italian: zoofobia — unusual fear of animals
  • Japanese: 動物恐怖症 (dōbutsu kyōfushō) — unusual fear of animals
  • Korean: 동물공포증 (dongmulgongpojeung) — unusual fear of animals
  • Latvian: zoofobija — unusual fear of animals
  • Macedonian: зоофобија (zoofobija) — unusual fear of animals
  • Persian: جانورهراسی (jānvarharāsī) — unusual fear of animals
  • Persian: زوفوبیا — unusual fear of animals
  • Polish: zoofobia — unusual fear of animals
  • Portuguese: zoofobia — unusual fear of animals
  • Romanian: zoofobie — unusual fear of animals
  • Russian: зоофобия (zoofobija) — unusual fear of animals
  • Spanish: zoofobia — unusual fear of animals
  • Swedish: zoofobi — unusual fear of animals
  • Thai: อาการกลัวสัตว์ — unusual fear of animals
  • Turkish: zoofobi — unusual fear of animals
  • Ukrainian: зоофобія (zoofobija) — unusual fear of animals