Zoophobia

Zoophobia

Zoophobia or animal phobia may have one of two closely related meanings: a generic term for the class of specific phobias to particular animals,Nandor Fodor, Frank Gaynor, "Freud: Dictionary of Psychoanalysis", 2004: ISBN 0760753016 (initial publ. 1950), [http://books.google.com/books?id=HNqaBjvvp-AC&pg=PA206&dq=%22zoophobia+is%22+-wikipedia&lr=&sig=BhWtXO4Py0wxvsCBOpDx9Ja5jck#PPA206,M1 article "Zoophobia, infantile", pp. 205-206] ] or an irrational fear or even simply dislike of any non-human animals.

Examples of specific zoophobias would be entomophobias, such as a fear of spiders (arachnophobia), snakes (ophidiophobia) or bees (apiphobia). See the article at -phobia for the list of various phobias. Sigmund Freud mentioned that an animal phobia is one of the most frequent psychoneurotic diseases among children.

Zoophobia should not be confused with sensible fear of dangerous or threatening animals, such as the fear of wild bears or venomous snakes.

ee also

*Entomophobia

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