Zoophobia
specific phobia that involves a fear caused by the presence or thought of a specific animal that poses little or no danger at all
Zoophobia (or Animal Phobia) is a general phobia and the set of specific phobias (and sub-phobias), this kind of phobia is having irrational fear of animals, which were described by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, who saw this behavior in psychoneurotic childrens.[1]
| Phobia | Condition |
|---|---|
| Ailurophobia | fear of cats |
| Arachnophobia | fear of arachnids |
| Batrachophobia | fear of amphibians |
| Chiroptophobia | fear of bats |
| Cynophobia | fear of dogs |
| Entomophobia | fear of insects |
| Equinophobia | fear of horses |
| Ichthyophobia | fear of fish |
| Lepidopterophobia | fear of butterflies and/or moths |
| Melissophobia | fear of bees |
| Musophobia | fear of mice and rats |
| Ophidiophobia | fear of snakes |
| Ornithophobia | fear of birds |
| Ostraconophobia | fear of shellfish |
| Ranidaphobia | fear of frogs |
| Vermiphobia | fear of worms |
References
change- ↑ Nandor Fodor, Frank Gaynor, "Freud: Dictionary of Psychoanalysis", 2004: ISBN 0-7607-5301-6 (initial publ. 1950), article "Zoophobia, infantile", pp. 205-206