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canophobia

canophobia noun: synonym of cynophobia.

Noun

canophobia (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of cynophobia.
    • I’ve got canophobia,’ she said. ‘And no one else does in this whole country.’ Is it a racial characteristic, she wondered. Pioneers and cowboys who had conquered a whole continent wouldn’t worry about dogs.1979, Feinstein, Elaine; Weldon, Fay, New stories, Hutchinson, page 68
    • Dave Parker’s encounter with the savage hound would not give him canophobia, which would stay with him for the rest of his life.1995, Stewart, Paul, Bubble and shriek, Puffin, page 63
    Synonyms:
    cynophobia

Synonyms of canophobia

Origin of canophobia

From cano- + -phobia. Piecewise doublet of cynophobia.

Questions about canophobia

What does canophobia mean?
Canophobia means synonym of cynophobia.
What part of speech is canophobia?
Canophobia is a noun.

Words near canophobia in the dictionary

  1. canophile
  2. canophiles
  3. canophilia
  4. canophilist
  5. canophilists
  6. canophobia
  7. canopic
  8. canopic jar
  9. canopic jars
  10. canopied
  11. canopies

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