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kynophobia

kynophobia is the alternative form of cynophobia.

Meaning of cynophobia

Noun

cynophobia (usually uncountable, plural cynophobias)

  1. (usually) An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.
    • Taffy's cynophobia, expressed in spitting, growling, melancholy miauling, served to ease the awkwardness of greeting between unprepared hostess and uninvited guest.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 337
    Synonyms:
    canophobia
    Antonyms:
    cynophilia

Questions about kynophobia

What is kynophobia the alternative form of?
Kynophobia is the alternative form of cynophobia.

Words near kynophobia in the dictionary

  1. Kynlee
  2. Kynnumboon
  3. kynodesme
  4. kynological
  5. kynology
  6. kynophobia
  7. Kynthos
  8. kynuramine
  9. kynuramines
  10. kynurenate
  11. kynurenates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kynophobia (page history and authors); cynophobia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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